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[QUOTE="swish7, post: 4562340, member: 486"]
Just to add, the year prior at 'call backs' there was a scrimmage at the end of tryouts. The scrimmage ended 3-3, or something like that and my kid scored one of the goals. He doesn't make the team. You find out later that only 3-4 kids make it and everyone else was just carried over from the prior year.

But, the next year, a bunch of kids get dissatisfied and leave and all of a sudden there is a special tryout or you get pulled up from an alternate spot.

With True, similar experience, 3-2 score in the scrimmage and my kid had one of the assists, and again doesn't make it. But, a year later, 2 kids whom were on my rec team are now on the True state team. Apparently they were called up from a True regional team and never had to tryout. At the same time, I learn that some kids did the state team for a while and a bunch left, which probably opened up spots for other kids whom were ultimately called up.

Its not a satisfying experience, or much of a learning experience, IMO. The antithesis of the 'creators game', IMO.

The best experience I have seen with club is when you can get your kid on the radar of other clubs where when they have a need they call you and say 'hey, want to come do a tournament in DE this weekend'? I have talked with some dads whose kids are on that circuit and are apparently having a lot of fun with it.

My kid did Brady's Bunch a couple times and that was a lot of fun. Another good time was the All American Games at UMass. Kind of expensive, but you got a lot of lacrosse in.
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