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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Speaking of DA, what do you consider the optimal age for joining and what do you see as the trade-offs? In particular, do you consider that competing with good players makes up for so-so coaching and/or that getting in DA early (i.e. U12/U13) increase substantially your chances to be there at the U17/U18 level?[/quote]

Each team in NOVA, except for DC United, has two teams for DA at U12.  With the amount of practices and kids in the practices, I would say if your DS club has good training, your DS is getting plenty of minutes in NSCL, VPL, CCL, EDP then stick with the select team.  If you see the DA clubs move from U12 to U13 the teams are cut in half, so for most players it was a way for clubs to bolster their resources and get paid for having a one-year tryout.

That being said, I think a player and his parent's, if they're serious about joining DA at U13-U16(virtually impossible at U17 imho), should keep on signing up for separate training and the player should practice by himself every day he doesn't have practice to reach a level that they would stand out above the players already on a DA team.

I think it's possible, but for most that have the discretionary income they will pay the $2,500+fees per year to join at U12 in hopes of having a leg-up in the U13 and on tryouts.[/quote]

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