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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the odds of making it on a team like the Stars/Takeover or Hurricanes? Our DD is competitive but has avoided them because it seems impossible to make their teams.  We would like to gear up for Spring. 7th grade. Anything else we should consider that might not be as difficult to make? [/quote]

Part of making a good team is who your kid knows and who knows your kid.  My kid, as a not super skilled or confident 7th grader did a camp with a great coach and I think impressed that coach with his work ethic.  Later that coach offered to train him, and through that he met the coach of an EYBL team.  Spring of  9th grade, that coach invited my kid to work out with their team, and knowing the coach going in made him much more confident (especially since the coach gave him good feedback during the workout). He never would have made that team going into a tryout cold.

So, get your kid to as many quality camps and clinics as possible, hang around basketball gyms where good kids train and talk to people you meet there.  My kid met tons of people that way, including former college and pro players  and current college players.  As your kid develops, it get easier to met those folks b/c they will see your kid working seriously and will strike up a conversation.  [/quote]

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