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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you end up of the bottom court of a tryout there could be a bunch of reasons: the club doesn't need your position, the coach prefers someone else, you don't have the physical "stats" they are looking for, your DD's energy lagged, a skill wasn't good, etc. And sometimes it's just luck, they see you for a small period of time in a large group of people and if you aren't standing out right then they move on to someone else.

As parents we tend to focus on what happened to our DD during club tryouts. Its natural and appropriate. We believe our girls are great players or at least "better than that other girl" who got noticed.

The reality is that every year there are a lot of players who end up on the bottom court at tryouts and are understandably frustrated by the result. Clubs only take 10-12 players per team and the they have 3-5x+ more players than that trying out. The math dictates someone has to end up an bottom court. Unless you are a D1 P4 lock of a player who everyone knows and recognizes, it happens to everyone at some point.

Our DD plays in college now and it happened to her multiple times during her journey. Many times we thought she was "better" than someone else that was chosen. For her though, she was understandably disappointed in the moment and then chose to move on. We learned something from our DD in those situations. You can continue to dwell on a perceived slight of the past or focus your efforts on the future.[/quote]

No sh!t, Sherlock! We figured out that MOCO was not interested for whatever reason. The problem was that - after they took the money - they didn't even pretend to be interested. They could have moved my DD on a higher court for a few minutes, watch her play with people who don't shank every ball, then decide to move her back on the bottom court if she didn't have any useful skill. At least she could not complain that she was not even given one chance. Spending the entire tryout on the bottom court with almost nobody watching was quite humiliating for her. We did move on (different club, another club season), but I will keep sharing this experience so others know what they can expect. [/quote]
Doesn't really seem like you've moved on....

Club watches her play at the beginning of the tryout, club doesn't move her to upper court. By the end of the tryouts coaches are focused on the upper courts, not the bottom courts.

Sounds like a typical tryout. Welcome to club volleyball

Were other players moved off of the bottom court at some point in her tryout?

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DP: Wow are you intent on trying to shame or dismiss people’s experiences just because you don’t like what they’re saying about one club? Both people said the DDs started on the bottom court. They didn’t get observed with other girls first and then moved, they were relegated to the bottom court & ignored. That would turn anyone off a club, but no one sounds like they didn’t move on. You’re very judgy on a sitch that isn’t even the one they described.[/quote]

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