Last year (having completed one club season at that point), we went to one or two clinics for each club she targeted early in the fall. The idea is that we didn't want her to be a "new face" to the club/coaches during tryouts. She ultimately attended some invite-only clinics closer to tryout weekend. DD accepted a spot at Paramount after this process.

We were in this exact position last year with DD playing high school JV and looking at 16u club tryouts. We ended up going to every clinic offered by her first choice club (from which she ultimately received an offer) and attended 1-2 clinics at maybe two other clubs. It was definitely worthwhile to do the research upfront to figure out which clubs were realistic targets for her level. In our case, for example, there would not have been any benefit to going to Paramount clinics every weekend.

Hello - noob VB parent here. DD plays JV in HS and will be trying out for 16U in the fall. We understand the importance of attending weekend clinics with clubs that she’ll be trying out for, but also understand the need to not put all of our eggs in one basket. Any sense for what’s a reasonable number of clinics to attend prior to tryouts? Just trying to figure out how to string together weekend plans. Thx.