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    #16
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Back to the OP question. Yes, RDS is a great training product. Anyone who says it is not, is silly.

    These training sessions are function... time (incl. drive time) + money invested < coaching talent + quality of other participants...

    If your drive is less than 30 minutes, it is worth $299
    Honestly, there is nothing “great” about it. If they quickly cast your son aside with the uncoordinated group you have literally flushed $300 down the toilet. If your son makes the stronger group you end up with middle of the road training and a nice polyester training shirt. The talent there is no better than you generic NEP team. Noob parents perch themselves like vultures along the sidelines hoping their son gets discovered. RDS is the funding mechanism for the Academy teams, that is it. The Revs used to indicate which players on the Academy roster were RDS graduates. There’s a reason they no longer do that.

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      #17
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Honestly, there is nothing “great” about it. If they quickly cast your son aside with the uncoordinated group you have literally flushed $300 down the toilet. If your son makes the stronger group you end up with middle of the road training and a nice polyester training shirt. The talent there is no better than you generic NEP team. Noob parents perch themselves like vultures along the sidelines hoping their son gets discovered. RDS is the funding mechanism for the Academy teams, that is it. The Revs used to indicate which players on the Academy roster were RDS graduates. There’s a reason they no longer do that.
      Agree 100%. My kid did RDS for 2-3 years and then was selected for the academy. But he was the only one who made the team who had done it regularly. They don't bother recruiting out of RDS any more.

      Also we found quality of players really varied from session to session. If you want to get in some extra sessions for your kid and you have $300/each session to blow then go ahead. But don't go into it thinking your kid will get "discovered" (for what that's another thread. . . )

      Gary Hall would sometimes put in appearance and it was so heartbreaking to overhear him tell kid after kid that came up to him at the end "I'm just bein' honest with you, you don't have what we're looking for". So many kids (& parents ) get their hopes up and all they want is your money.

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        #18
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        If your child "makes" RDS training with the revs, is this much of an accomplishment or do they hold tryouts to justify the $300 cost?
        Anyone can sign up for RDS training, just go to their website. No tryouts needed.

        If your kid is selected for the ‘invitational’ that is slightly better, but still a money grab. Training is decent though (better than regular RDS).

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          #19
          Now that the Revs are getting their residency program off the ground RDS will become even less relevant than it already is. They intend to roster players from other states that live so far away that they'll need housing. The Revs already try to cherry pick established players from other clubs every year that didn't go to RDS. Additionally, the Revs generally cut about half the players from their rosters each year. Don't go to RDS hoping for a positive outcome. It's exercise only and you need to treat it as such.

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