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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If those players already had offers why would they move to Va Elite then? I could see moving up a notch to metro but don’t understand why they’d pay more and go through the trouble of switching. Explain pls.

Also how or what other research can be done?[/quote]
3 reasons they move after they get an offer:
1) College coach has multiple players that have committed from region and asks them to play together.  They figure out what works best and both go to that club.  At U17 the good players are well known and most good clubs will take them.
2) The club they played for when they got offers doesn't have open-level national travel teams at U18.  Either they or the college coach determine they should be playing at that level with others like them, so they move clubs.  This is why there is a consolation of talent at U18 and you see so much movement in U18 teams. 
Some clubs have very good younger teams but don't run open-level travel competitive U18 teams.  Players and coaches that are committed generally want to play at a level equivalent to their college competition level.

Paramount was the regional example of both #1 & #2 last year, with pairs of players from NYU, Hampton & VA State joining the team and 2 other commits joining as well.  VAE has had similar changes at the U17 and U18 teams in the past.

3) They are happy with the offer but want to try for something higher by using VAE recruiting.  For the list of schools provided that rarely is what happens. Most of those schools start recruiting in U16 and already have players in discussions before their junior year of HS.

For research, the best source is families of players that have gone through the process.  Asking them why they made the move, when they made it and what their experience was is very important.

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It is true that there was significant movement of 18s players between VA Elite, VAJRs, and Paramount last year. If you dig back into the Metro vs Paramount thread there is some pretty detailed discussion and analysis about the movement of players. The short version is there was a lot of discontent on both Paramount and Juniors which resulted in those players looking for somewhere else to play-some were committed and some weren’t, but it’s almost certainly true that the players who were uncommitted at the time of tryouts were already well into their recruiting process. A few players did leave VAE to play for Paramount or Juniors but my impression was that was in hopes of getting a starting position which was an uphill battle at VAE which had a core group of starters that had been on that team for years. [/quote]

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