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I would be completely shocked if there is an ECNL or DA club out there that does not extend written offers to top players prior to tryouts.  It's their only way of ensuring that their top kids won't jump to another club.  [/quote]

If your child happens to get one of these offers, whether from their own club or an outside club, then how long do they have to determine whether to accept it?  I'd guess that one would have as much time as they'd like, given it is a pre-offer to a player who is highly desired by the club.  But I could also see the coaches and club putting a fair amount of pressure on the child to accept quickly, given the desire to lock-down certain players early.

I appreciate this would be a nice problem to have for one's kid, but I am just curious of how it should be handled if, for example, your child was looking at a couple of clubs and received an early offer from one club before any of the other clubs. [/quote]

In my daughter's case, there was a deadline on the emailed offer, however, we told the coach that we were not prepared to accept in that time frame and we understood that the club could pull her offer.  He told us that the deadline did not matter to him and she had the spot regardless.  She ended up moving clubs before the tryout date and we made sure to let him know as soon as a decision was made.  I'm sure some coaches may hold players to a deadline--probably depends on how many kids have already accepted, the kid's standing on the team, how many outside kids the coach is targeting, etc.[/quote]

Thanks, very helpful[/quote]

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