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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have a kid at VYS any more but given their decision to not implement the new birth year mandates in rec, their decision makes sense.   For the person who asked how competitive a rec tournament is, you obviously have never been to one.  Many clubs do have tryouts early in the season and then have practices for  those select teams in order to "win" an All-Star tourney.  VYS has traditionally only selected their all-star teams near the end of the house season and then only had a few practices with those teams before the tourney.  This approach always struck me as the right way to do an "All-Star" tournament but since other clubs place more emphasis on winning, VYS' approach has resulted in VYS teams being disadvantaged.  That approach in combination with the birth year decision makes the decision to skip the tournament at the younger age group imminently reasonable.[/quote]

Of course kids would like to win, and it will be as competitive as a rec tournament can be, but the bigger point is that being selected for and playing in it is what matters most to the kids. It is a reward for working and playing hard. To take that away because some dolt is afraid they won't be "competitive" is missing the point of the tournament. [/quote]

Rumor is that VYS is having their own internal All-star tournament.
Which will probably work better.[/quote]

Why would it be better? The kids might like to play against other teams.

My own kid played in this tournament. They didn't win but they had a blast. It gives kids a taste of a tournament environment versus a club based "festival". I don't get why you feel hiding the kids from this is better for them. It is just a day event after all. [/quote]

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