Anonymous wrote:SYA

Team near Centreville

Anyone here on the new team or have more info? Curious why they broke away from Vogues

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Anonymous wrote:My kid tried out for both, plus 2 others. Here's my take, too late for this year but may help in the future-- Elevate is much more organized, despite what seemed like more kids at the tryout. Better communication from coaches to parents, and more positive feedback. As a previous poster said, Elevate is forming 3 teams, recognizing they may not get the most accurate view from 1 or 2 tryouts and they want to give promising kids a chance to develop. Coach also said they know most kids play multiple sports and shouldn't give that up at this age, it makes for better athletes - but they build the cushion into their practices to allow for more depth. Big thumbs up from this parent.

Yeah, it sounds great until kids skip all the practices and just show up for games, and then there's no play time for the "bench" players.

I don't think this is common in 3rd-4th-5th grade. The multi-sport kids on our daughter's AAU team last year were all at 75% of the basketball practices. The bigger conflict is with weekend tournament games (which often conflict with games for the other sport), not practices. We almost always had 1-3 girls who could not make a tournament.

As a coach for one of these programs,

If a player misses most of the practices, she will not play in the tournament. They will not know the plays and it will hurt the players who come to the practices. Play time is earned in practice, period.

We routinely have 1-3 players missing from a tournament. There are conflicts like birthdays, camps, family commitments. So it is rare for the entire team to be at a tournament..

When did vogues acceptances for 3rd get extended? What's National team vs. regional team?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid tried out for both, plus 2 others. Here's my take, too late for this year but may help in the future-- Elevate is much more organized, despite what seemed like more kids at the tryout. Better communication from coaches to parents, and more positive feedback. As a previous poster said, Elevate is forming 3 teams, recognizing they may not get the most accurate view from 1 or 2 tryouts and they want to give promising kids a chance to develop. Coach also said they know most kids play multiple sports and shouldn't give that up at this age, it makes for better athletes - but they build the cushion into their practices to allow for more depth. Big thumbs up from this parent.

Yeah, it sounds great until kids skip all the practices and just show up for games, and then there's no play time for the "bench" players.

I don't think this is common in 3rd-4th-5th grade. The multi-sport kids on our daughter's AAU team last year were all at 75% of the basketball practices. The bigger conflict is with weekend tournament games (which often conflict with games for the other sport), not practices. We almost always had 1-3 girls who could not make a tournament.

Anonymous wrote:My kid tried out for both, plus 2 others. Here's my take, too late for this year but may help in the future-- Elevate is much more organized, despite what seemed like more kids at the tryout. Better communication from coaches to parents, and more positive feedback. As a previous poster said, Elevate is forming 3 teams, recognizing they may not get the most accurate view from 1 or 2 tryouts and they want to give promising kids a chance to develop. Coach also said they know most kids play multiple sports and shouldn't give that up at this age, it makes for better athletes - but they build the cushion into their practices to allow for more depth. Big thumbs up from this parent.

Yeah, it sounds great until kids skip all the practices and just show up for games, and then there's no play time for the "bench" players.

If you don't receive an offer within 3 days after tryouts, plan ahead try out for a different team this weekend. The "sorry, you didn't make it" email may not come until weeks afterwards.

Anyone who has a 7th grade girl heard from vogues or elevate?

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Anonymous wrote:Basketball newbie here. If your kid is not selected, do they tell you or is it just silence?

I am a coach for a program listed here.

Yes, we have sent out offers and we are waiting for the players to accept. We always have a few that need a little extra time to make sure they can commit to the schedule. If they decline, we an offer to the next player on our list. So it may take a few days. After our roster is full and everyone is committed, we inform the program commish, and they send out an email to the families who did not get picked. That allows the players to move onto another tryout for a different team…

Oh this is helpful, thanks. If a kiddo is definitely not a fit do you let them know right away - so no info might mean they are still under consideration? Or you don’t notify anyone at all until full roster is set?
- Parent of a kid who wants to play with one team, has heard nothing at all but is sitting on an invite from another team.

My kid tried out for both, plus 2 others. Here's my take, too late for this year but may help in the future-- Elevate is much more organized, despite what seemed like more kids at the tryout. Better communication from coaches to parents, and more positive feedback. As a previous poster said, Elevate is forming 3 teams, recognizing they may not get the most accurate view from 1 or 2 tryouts and they want to give promising kids a chance to develop. Coach also said they know most kids play multiple sports and shouldn't give that up at this age, it makes for better athletes - but they build the cushion into their practices to allow for more depth. Big thumbs up from this parent.

Anonymous wrote:Basketball newbie here. If your kid is not selected, do they tell you or is it just silence?

I am a coach for a program listed here.

Yes, we have sent out offers and we are waiting for the players to accept. We always have a few that need a little extra time to make sure they can commit to the schedule. If they decline, we an offer to the next player on our list. So it may take a few days. After our roster is full and everyone is committed, we inform the program commish, and they send out an email to the families who did not get picked. That allows the players to move onto another tryout for a different team…