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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know nothing of Valor but have to concur that the tryouts we saw were very poorly run compared with the others we have experienced.

When we registered, they asked what team our kid was currently playing for (the answer was none as we had just moved here from overseas, where he played on a strong team). Upon arrival, they had lists of which kids were to go to which field or part of the field. I was told the top team was over practicing by themselves. My child was sent to what i guess was the peasant field since we did not list a current club team in his registration. The coaches did not pay attention to that field at all. After the first tryout, we did not return. Still, we received an email offer for the 4th out of 5 teams. He was offered 1st or 2nd team at several other orgs and those tryouts involved moving kids around, timing their running, doing drills, mixing the kids up, and there were several coaches/adults observing, taking notes, etc. They did not immediately divide the kids up based on their current team and then ignore the kids they put on the lowest field. [/quote]

Would you be able to share which club actually did a good job? TIA. [/quote]

We went to SYC tryouts for both regular season as well as super Y several times and I thought those were run very well. We were already with a club so we have played against SYC many times and the coaches all pretty much already knew my child. I don’t know if that makes a difference. For regular tryouts they did have 4 to 5 little scrimmages set up and then a main game happening on the big field. My child pretty much went from 4 to 5 minutes on a smaller field and then got asked to play on the big field. We did get offers. We did bring a friend and that friend started on one of the smaller fields and work their way up to the field right before the big field. It seemed every field had a coach that was assigned to those kids and when they saw someone they were interested in they progressively move that child upper field. That child also did get an offer after the second tryout after a week or so after ours.

For super why tryouts it was just personal footwork skills that were analyzed, and then they went into a scrimmage. We went to one of the last tryouts for super y so I think majority of the team had already been picked and they were just interested in a couple extra players. Both of the kids I brought one only being mine got offers.

I will also throw in there that for super Y we’ve been asked from teams that we’ve guessed with if our kid would be interested in playing super wide with them without even trying out.

Other clubs that we have tried out with were just practice invitations. I do like those better, because I think it gives the coach an opportunity to just concentrate on one to two new players, versus 4 to 5 fields of players.

We did go to Valor tryouts, and they were similarly run to the SYC tryouts just a lot less kids were there. The coaches seemed to not mingle as much with the players, seemed very serious and kept to themselves with their clipboards.

Personally, I think it’s a great skill to have to try out for teams, so any chance we get my child would like to try out. It’s also great for networking.  many parents think that you have to try out for a team during the tryout season to get on another team however, that is false. We’ve had friends that got on new teams because the coach saw them in a game and asked them to come to try out or a practice. That following season they left for the other team. This has also opened up the doors for guesting with other teams, which is great if your kid is wanting to play more soccer.

My last comment about this process is that we are in the younger age groups not at the regional tryout level yet and obviously those tryouts are completely different from what I hear.
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