Anonymous wrote:Question about timing. My U10 girl plays in Classic and I think is good enough for a good travel team but we've wanted to keep her in something low key. I'm sure this spring she will be lobbying to do travel tryouts (for Fall, 2019).
There's a lot of talk on this board about attending practices before tryouts. I'm wondering--when (what month) is it 'too late' to start making a concerted effort to join a travel team for next fall? I'd like her to continue with the Classic team this spring and am hoping that if it looks like the team is staying together, she'll want to do it another year. But also don't want to be left behind by acting too late.
There is no real time frame for that. As a practical matter it is best to wait a bit until teams are practicing outside but there is no reason not to start reaching out to coaches now.