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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid attended, while I sat in the car, sipping coffee and catching up on phone calls to family members, a pleasant 90 minutes. Thus, disclaimer: my information about the tryout itself is all second hand from a tween boy ...

It was mostly scrimmages; kid felt there was not enough space (11v11 on a space appropriate for 7v7) and that few players seemed to have very many touches on the ball; teams seemed unbalanced in terms of talent and in terms of the type of players on a team (e.g., a team with 11 boys and 8 who play defender for their club) and he had no idea how the teams were chosen; within a team, the way the 11 boys decided on positions and formation for the scrimmage was left completely up to them, with the results you'd expect from such an approach with 12/13 year old boys who don't know one another lol ...

But overall he said it was "fine" and that he had fun and is glad he went. So all's well that ends well. We aren't expecting much to come of it but it was an experience. [/quote]

You used the word teams quite a bit for something that had nothing to do with teams.
All individuals were in the same situation in the same environment it sounds like, so the individuals who adapted and stood out have better recruitment chances.[/quote]

Yes, you're right - thank you. I forgot soccer is an individual sport and the concept of a "team" or "teamwork" or any sort of organized approach from players thrown onto the pitch with the same pinny color is irrelevant. Done rightly, soccer is a really just a bunch of individuals all running around doing their own thing without regard to any "team" ... my mistake lol[/quote]

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