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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a question about ASA tryouts (2009 Boys, if it matters).  For the kids who make it through the "cattle call" tryouts, does ASA assign them a color team before the deadline to accept/decline the ASA travel roster spot?

DS tried out (with ASA) last year, made the first cut into the travel program, and attended the "sorting" tryout (I don't know what it's called, but the session for all the kids who had made it through the cattle call tryouts, and were now being sorted into the color teams).  We were on the fence between doing travel and doing ADP, and ultimately decided on ADP.  We declined the travel offer a couple of days before the deadline for decisions, and before DS had been assigned to a color team.

Now we're back in the same travel vs. ADP quandary again this year.  DS has had a wonderful ADP experience, but is still interested in travel.  If he were to make it through the travel tryouts, it might be helpful to know what team he would be on before deciding whether to accept the roster spot (and forgo ADP).  Perhaps the weakest travel team isn't a big enough upgrade over his (rather good) ADP team  to justify the increased cost and time commitment?

Does anyone know how this process works?  We short-circuited it last year, and didn't get to see how the order of operations works at the tail end of the tryout process.  Any thoughts on the relative merits of lower travel teams versus ADP?[/quote]

Any age after U9 - you will be told the team color with offer.

Only U9s go through the second sorting/placement tryout.

I assume your kid is a U10 this year.

Since you are mentioning ADP I assume this is Arlington—guessing this isn’t ASA (Alexandria also ASA) or Annapolis.

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Thanks, PP!  Yes, I am asking about Arlington.  Sorry for the confusion caused by mentioning ASA (I'm obviously new here!).

DS will be U10 this year, so thanks for explaining how things will differ from the U9 tryout process.  It's good to know that the team color will come with the offer.  I wonder how good a job the coaches do of "sorting" and placing the kids on to color teams during the tryouts, while also weeding out all of the kids who won't make the travel program at all?  I suppose most of the kids who make it through the tryouts will already have played U9, so the coaches will already have a good idea of which color team they will assign them.

Any thoughts on how worthwhile the training/playing experience is on the lower Arlington teams?   [/quote]

So this is why you go to a few practices before the tryouts. You can see if your kid likes the coach, other kids, speed of play and style of practice. I think if you work quickly- ie contact Arlington, you can get to a least one practice before tryouts. [/quote]

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