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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s terrible that I know from two parents that VA Elite gave out offers before tryouts.  Clearly against Chrva rules.   They are selective with their players but once on the team the results aren’t there and players are not happy.[/quote]

Many clubs try to keep the teams together as much as possible if the players have a good chemistry. I've heard about coaches telling the players at the end of the season how much they enjoyed working with them and how much they hoped the team would stay together for the next season. But they know that they will lose a couple of players who go to better clubs, a couple who had enough and want to move to different clubs, and they don't actually want to bring back some of the players. Some players may misread this as a certain promise that they would get an offer - however, there is no offer until you see it in writing. I don't think any club would risk a CHRVA sanction by offering written offers before the tryouts. A coach may tell you "I want you on my team during the next season" and that's a pretty strong indication that you will be getting an offer, but - still - you need to have the offer in writing. And the written offer will not go out before the tryouts. [/quote]

DP but if I’m not mistaken they can go out anytime after 11am on Friday. It doesn’t have to be after tryouts. Some clubs base them on what they saw in clinics or prior years. I have no idea if VAE is one of those clubs. [/quote]

I know of a case where MOCO made an offer to a player who could not show up at the tryouts due to an injury. They knew that player from their fall training program. Was that unfair to everyone who showed up at the tryouts hoping to get a spot on a MOCO team? It could possibly be perceived that way, but the club evaluated everyone and made a decision based on all the data they had.  Would a club send offers to their star athletes before they show up at the tryouts? It might be possible because they pretty much know how they play and they want them to continue on the team. Would it be better to pretend that the tryouts count in those cases? I think it would help their image, but those star athletes would still get offers. [/quote]
Virtually every club sees players ahead of tryouts now.  Several clubs have fall leagues/programs. Almost all MD clubs run clinics. Most VA side clubs do as well.  We talk about the importance of going to clinics before tryouts.  During those programs/clinics, all clubs do identify players that they are interested in. Many clubs also have an injury/illness policy if they know a player or if they played for the club in a prior year but the player is unable to try out.

Having been through the "injured for tryouts" discussion with our DD before, clubs that don't know you but are interested may ask for video to evaluate you. Clubs that do know you and believe you have the ability to play on one of their teams can and will offer you a spot regardless if you miss tryouts. There are many examples of this across the well-known clubs in the region.

At the clubs like VAE with one team per age who run private/hidden "invite-only" clinics, tryouts are becoming a formality for the vast majority of players who don't receive the private invites. The fact that VAE often doesn't even hold a tryout for an age group (U18) yet makes offer to their players proves this.

But at the larger clubs with multiple teams there still seems to be a lot of purpose behind the tryouts. The fall programs/clinics may identify a player to watch at tryouts, but those clubs often have a lot of players they are seeing for the first time also make teams.[/quote]

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