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Originally Posted by The Wall33
Personally, and I say this as a paid evaluator of many tryouts, whether or not a kid says thank you at the end of a tryout has very little to do with his ability to make the team.
Yes it is polite and yes it will not hurt your standing with me, but it will make virtually no difference to your rank. Personally, I do not like artificial suckups, they are transparent and can easily be spotted. Let your work ethic and puck stopping talent speak for you. Come to the tryout in peak shape - that will speak way more volume than words.
I make a point of meeting with the goalies after the session to explain why they were cut. That is a good time to ask detailed questions regarding areas needing improvement.
Wellsie
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Strange how everyone is focusing on, and clearly misundertanding, what was probably the least significant part of my post. Sucking up to the coach obviously isn't a good thing, nor was it what I was saying. #20 is focusing on that one comment because he's a punk with a bad attitude, and probably can't really argue positively in his favor regarding the first four points. If he has half the talent he says he does, then what is the
real reason he keeps getting cut from teams?
However, if a coach talks to you, and you show no motivation or enthusiasm, that is going to tell him something. Maybe it is different out here, where there are no districts, and kids can try out for any team they want, going to multiple team tryouts a day sometimes. We want to make sure we offer spots to kids who really want to play for us, not as a second or third choice just in case they don't make another team.
It is fairly common out here to offer a kid a spot, then have your next choice run off and sign somewhere else, only to find that the kid you offered the spot to has gone to another tryout later that day and signed with that club. Now you are out both players.
Anyway, reread my original post, #1 through #4 are the
real important points, but anything you can do to legitimately make yourself more noticable in a positive manner only helps.
Tier 1 tryouts start out here in just a few weeks, with Tier 2 the following week, so we're all focused on getting ready to
fully evaluate kids.