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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do parents really assume that an alliance means that their child has a better chance of getting a spot on a team. We all agree it’s a gimmick, right?[/quote]

One would think since this isn’t Valor’s first rodeo, they agreed to take at least one kid per team. Lessons learned from NVA. If not, it will be an utter failure and PE will be looking for a new job.[/quote]

Sorry for the stupid question, but I’m new in all this. What do you mean by “they take one kid per team”?[/quote]

PP is saying that Valor made an "alliance" with NVA but didn't get anything in writing from NVA on how many "Valor" players would be rostered on the NVA teams, and NVA basically took almost zero Valor kids. So Valor promised parents a "path" to higher league play but Valor kids didn't have a path in reality.

The new alliance with FVU from what I have heard is the same-no official guarantees in writing of X number of Valor kids per team. Not really sure what this "deal" gets Valor besides marketing to naive parents. [/quote]

No club will promise X number of slots to anyone. Most clubs will defer to the best players who show up to tryouts. But in most cases, there might be 1 player at tryouts who has the skill to start and about 5-10 of players who "could" be rostered and play for an ECNL-N team.

This alliance is really more for the younger players. If a player shows real promise and is blowing away the competition at Valor,[b] this FVU alliance gives a chance for the player to practice[/b] and get seen by FVU coaches and hopefully move over to FVU full time. Most of tryouts is about being seen by the coaches and if the coach knows the player, that is most of the battle.  [/quote]

So there are concrete plans in writing for joint practices for any Valor kid tobe able to  practice with NVU teams? That's part of the agreement?[/quote]

I think this is the wrong question to ask. I think we should be asking what are the cohesive elements of these partnerships, the coaching philosophies and style of play. Because if you have coaches at Valor teaching how to kick the ball down the field so another player can chase after it, that is not going to transfer to a higher level of play if FVU plays possession.

All of the Valor, Vienna, and BRYC clubs that filter into FVU need to have a baseline philosophy of what and how to play. They should be teaching the fundamentals at younger ages, such as ball skills, playing out of the back, possession, using space. And then progress into more complicated strategies as the players mature. This allows the players in this new FVU alliance to have a leg up on the players coming from other clubs. [/quote]

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