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I knew about Robinson sports being involved, but had no clue about the SW connection. There were 4 girls on current SW team at AS, 3 on Red. Given how SW has performed, that is even too high a number for any legit all star team, but 12 or whatever they have for UA150 is insane.

Did a lot of girls get bumped from UA150? Is that the problem? Just curious. UA and AS are the same dates so maybe SW girls decided to tryout for UA instead? I havent seen anyone coment that a qualified player did not make AU. Without that being the case whats the problem. Who's to say.

Did a lot of girls get bumped from UA150? Is that the problem? Just curious. UA and AS are the same dates so maybe SW girls decided to tryout for UA instead? I havent seen anyone coment that a qualified player did not make AU. Without that being the case whats the problem. Who's to say.

Robinson is M&D, not Skywalkers

UA 150 has quickly dropped into the APEX 60 category. Top girls are going to BIC and Juniors. UA 150 is nowhere close to the level of talent it was only 2 or 3 years ago.

Disagree. Looking at the roster for both at this age, they are very similar. Both are very similar on how they select kids. Only difference is BIC limits how may girls they will take from one team. This is good and bad, if you are on a top 5 team you may be left out of BIC even if you are better than some of the girls on other lower level teams.

This is first year for both and a lot of girls just didn't apply. UA150 is still a top event once the girls get to HS.

No. It's not. Wait til that third round of invites go out. Girls that can barely catch and throw make it. Robinson tries to invite girls from as many clubs as possible and it shows. When my daughter (a top 10 D1 school commit) did it, her team was absolutely terrible.

Did a lot of girls get bumped from UA150? Is that the problem? Just curious. UA and AS are the same dates so maybe SW girls decided to tryout for UA instead? I havent seen anyone coment that a qualified player did not make AU. Without that being the case whats the problem. Who's to say.[/quote]

I know at least a half dozen girls who applied and haven’t been invited yet, and they are way more deserving than the SW, 3d VA Metro, and M&D shore players. And they might get left off completely bc UA will want to get girls from all over the country and will be mid-atlantic heavy already. There is simply no way that these girls should get an invite to this, especially in the early waves, when the supposed best players are taken. That is the problem.

You're confusing events. UA 150 and AS are not at the same time. All America and AS are at the same time and All America tryouts aren't until February.

Correct - Robinson (M&D) and Skywalkers (2 separate entities) own the rights to and run UA 150, to my knowledge.

UA150 is owned by 3Step, who owns M&D.

American Select and New Balance All America are on the same weekend, New Balance is the the more select tournament, correct?

Question about winter and pre-spring team events....... For those 29's and 30's that played in indoor championships last weekend at Spooky Nook - did you club cover the cost or did you have to payextra (above your regular club dues)? Did your club take your whole roster or did the coaches select certain players to go and exclude others ? Did you have equal or somewhat close to equal playing time? Did your teams have girls that sat out significant amounts of time or even entire halves? Was it considered optional, mandatory, or optional with the expectation that all the girls would attend? Just curious how different clubs handle that tournament.

My other question is how clubs handle non-club run practices and outside leagues during the winter. Does your club play in outside leagues in the winter ? Do your actual coaches coach in these outside leagues or do parents jump in and coach ? Do non coach parents enter portions of your teams in outside leagues and exclude others ? If so, how does your club and/or actual coaches address this ? IS your team holding winter practices that are not through your club and covered by your regular dues and asking everyone to pay extra) ? If so, are non coach parents running these practices and only inviting certain players? Or do your actual coaches coach and include everyone ? Are they optional or are they mandatory ? If you can't attend winter practices because of conflicts are you still being asked to contribute to these extra costs that pay for the indoor spaces ? How are conflicts with winter sports handled ?

I'm just curious how all the different teams treat winter lax events. I'll be interested to see the replies

Outside of Maryland, AS is the premier event for the rest of the country. It seems the Baltimore region tends to do better in AA than AS. Not sure if its because other regions focus on AS or because of how the evaluation process is handled for AA vs. AS. But to answer your question both are great events if your daughter makes either team she should be excited.

Our club does most as a team and the team covered the expense at Spooky Nook. All played relatively equal time. I believe we may have paid a little by those only that decided to play the winter indoor because some decided not to because of other conflicts, but all were offered the opportunity. We do have some practices included with the club and are also offered others that cost between $10-$15 only for those that make those extra practices. Certain practices are preferred to attend and covered while the extra we pay for are all optional because the club understands some don’t play a winter sport and prefer the extra training. Maybe I am reading your post incorrectly but it sounds like you have major concerns about how your club operates?

Depends of what you consider "select". Both require tryouts, so theoretically you need to show up and perfrom. AS has multiple teams per region, so many more spots available. I believe Long Island had 4 teams last year. AA only has 1 yeam per region, so less spots available. That being said, the talent can shift depending on where the better players want to play. Seems like more of the NY players have headed toward AS last 2 years. MD has had a pretty even split in top talent between the 2 teams.

Ask around, see who is tryng out for each, and make the best decision for your kid. Oh, and AS costs about 3x as much as AA. Just fyi...

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So it happened.