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    Tryout etiquette

    No offer from current club. Should we start attending other clinics/trainings/tryouts? Afraid it will get back to the coach/club.

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    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    No offer from current club. Should we start attending other clinics/trainings/tryouts? Afraid it will get back to the coach/club.
    Do you know if offers have been made at your club yet? Many teams and clubs haven’t made offers yet. If you know kids have offers and your child doesn’t, I’d talk with the coach and ask to be leveled with. And yes, I’d attend other practices or tryouts to find a good place for your child to land.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Do you know if offers have been made at your club yet? Many teams and clubs haven’t made offers yet. If you know kids have offers and your child doesn’t, I’d talk with the coach and ask to be leveled with. And yes, I’d attend other practices or tryouts to find a good place for your child to land.
      I’m not 100% sure if offers have been made, but I suspect some have received offers based on hearsay.

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        #4
        If the roster is 18 and say 8 have offers agree time to see what’s up. However, it’s a high risk kid you might see offer come out sooner. Offers haven’t started at our club yet...

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          #5
          Every coach/club should be willing to tell its players if they will either definitely have a spot, definitely not have a spot or if they're on the bubble. Obviously the last two groups should get busy looking elsewhere. Screw any club that would hold it against a player for looking around, especially it's a bubble player. You have to look out for your kid. Even if you're solid and set it's good to check out your options now and then.

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            #6
            Only 3 weeks into spring season, know a few People Over the years who told heir coaches too early that they were testing the waters elsewhere. Didn’t work out so well for any of them. Ask your questions get your answers and handle on your own. No reason to share any more than required

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              #7
              ^ you don't have to tell them you're looking but you have every right to ask where your player stands. You're the paying customer. If your kid's spot is questionable they likely won't care if you're looking around. They only care about the players who are difference makers. This is all part of the youth soccer industry and clubs know it. If a club or coach holds it against you why are there to begin with?

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                #8
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                No offer from current club. Should we start attending other clinics/trainings/tryouts? Afraid it will get back to the coach/club.
                You are all like the jerk athletes (Anthony Davis) who don't fulfill their contract obligation and quit midway.
                Fine example you set.

                Hope you all lose your spots and don’t make a new team

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  You are all like the jerk athletes (Anthony Davis) who don't fulfill their contract obligation and quit midway.
                  Fine example you set.

                  Hope you all lose your spots and don’t make a new team
                  Listen coach, few will leave this season, this is for the fall season. You and your clubs have begun tryouts before the spring season has barely begun. You will eventually reap what you sow ..... The sooner, the better.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Listen coach, few will leave this season, this is for the fall season. You and your clubs have begun tryouts before the spring season has barely begun. You will eventually reap what you sow ..... The sooner, the better.
                    People generally leave for two reason - they're looking for a better fit OR they're just unhappy with the club. Clubs can reduce turnover by doing a better job selecting players for fit (#1) and making an effort towards better customer satisfaction (#2). Treat your customers poorly and you deserve what you get.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      You are all like the jerk athletes (Anthony Davis) who don't fulfill their contract obligation and quit midway.
                      Fine example you set.

                      Hope you all lose your spots and don’t make a new team
                      It's precisely this attitude that chases customers away. Sometimes the situation is so bad families have to pull their kids before the season is done. Most times you can and should stick it out, but not if it's killing your kid's love of the game

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        It's precisely this attitude that chases customers away. Sometimes the situation is so bad families have to pull their kids before the season is done. Most times you can and should stick it out, but not if it's killing your kid's love of the game
                        Parents and their attitudes kill way more love of the game...
                        Not a coach, either.
                        Just sick of the wimps

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                          #13
                          We cant simultaneously ask for a single pyramid while advocating families shop their children when the club identifies them as a bubble player. Isn’t it highly probable the player really is a bubble player at that level, and more likely the club is actually recommending what is developmentally best?

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            We cant simultaneously ask for a single pyramid while advocating families shop their children when the club identifies them as a bubble player. Isn’t it highly probable the player really is a bubble player at that level, and more likely the club is actually recommending what is developmentally best?
                            A few truths about youth soccer

                            - there's more spots than talent
                            - clubs are businesses, even those claiming to be non profit
                            - parents need to look out for their kids
                            - parents are terrible assessing their kid's talent
                            - parents are terrible assessing coaching talent

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              A few truths about youth soccer

                              - there's more spots than talent
                              - clubs are businesses, even those claiming to be non profit
                              - parents need to look out for their kids
                              - parents are terrible assessing their kid's talent
                              - parents are terrible assessing coaching talent
                              - coaches are terrible at assessing talent
                              - coaches are dumber than a box of rocks
                              - you pay this guy to coach your kid soccer but otherwise they are an idiot and you would never pay them to anything else for you

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