Originally Posted by Anonymous
You seem to feel there are many sinister reasons one kid makes ateam over another and I can tell you from first hand knowledge that the yj take try-outs seriously. I have seen many kids make a lower level team do to poor try-outs only to be moved up the next year. i am sure that the way a child plays for the entire previous year makes an impact on what team they are playing for the next year as I am also positive that if a new kid shows up and does great at tryouts they have a shot at top teams.


I think tryouts are a horrible way to separate kids. Unfortunately that's the easiest way to do things with the time allotted. Trying to gauge a players talent from 1+ hours on a field is a difficult task. I would hope that all organizations, YJ included, would judge the girls they already know from previous bodies of work within their organiztion. Anybody that thinks differently is fooling themselves.