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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW my DD rec’d an immediate offer on Mojo’s team despite never having played at ECP or attending a clinic.  She accepted an offer an open-level team instead, but to be fair, the owner reached out after we declined and was gracious.  (That wasn’t true of all the coaches at the tryout — DD really didn’t enjoy them).

All of DD’s offers were for open and national-level teams but the one she did NOT get was with the regional team Dulles Youth Sports (DYS). Go figure! That club is wildly popular, in part because it’s relatively inexpensive but also because it seems very fun and laid back.
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Sorry but this doesn’t disprove the point above about mojo.
AT the tryout, if they have already seen you at clinics, they make it known very quickly that they don’t want you by assigning you to a court that none of the coaches bother to look at. It’s super obvious!
I suspect that with the one girl who got 5 offers, she’s probably on the shorter side—inferred from mom’s post—and they figured they have enough shorter players who are known to them already.
The point is—you and your DD saw a different side to how the MOJO staff treats players because your DD was one of “the chosen”—-even if she was chosen the second they first saw her at tryout for the first time. (I’m guessing your DD is very tall or she was otherwise known to them from having seen her play at prior tournaments for another team) They are very consistent at love-bombing the ones they want—even if it’s players they just met. And they are equally consistent at completely dismissing and ignoring the ones they have no interest in even while AT the tryout. That is t the case everywhere. My DD didn’t get 5 out if 6 offers. She got 1 out if 3. But the staff at two of those clubs really engaged with all the players and encouraged all of them.

And of course mojo made a follow-up call and were gracious when your DD turned them down because the whole point of the call was to see if it was too late to persuade her to choose them (They probably asked “are you sure? Have you paid the deposit yet?—because we’d really love you to play for us and it’s not too late for you to change your mind…” And they know that there is always next year, so it is not a surprise that they know how to be nice to players they want.

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OP here and I understand people’s frustrations with the club, truly.  I was not trying to “disprove the point” but inly sharing my experience which differed from yours.  Mojo did show interest in some players at tryouts, despite not knowing them previously and despite my DD not being tall.  I realize that wasn’t the case for your child.  The owner was gracious in that she at least followed up when we declined (no other club did) and as soon as I confirmed that we had accepted an offer, she wished us well and asked that we reconsider them in the future.

And yes, when DD decided on a club, she did not attend the last tryout and let other clubs know immediately.  [/quote]

My daughter didn’t go with Mojo, either, but had a very good experience there. [/quote]

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