Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:30     Subject: Vogues vs Nova 94
Anonymous wrote:SYA

Team near Centreville


Anyone here on the new team or have more info? Curious why they broke away from Vogues
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 18:34     Subject: Vogues vs Nova 94
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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..
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 13:13     Subject: Vogues vs Nova 94
When did vogues acceptances for 3rd get extended? What's National team vs. regional team?
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 11:04     Subject: Vogues vs Nova 94
Anonymous wrote:
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
Post 02/11/2026 10:45     Subject: Vogues vs Nova 94
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.