My daughter finished her first year of select softball this summer. We decided we would not return to the same organization and began attending tryouts near our home. We attended multiple tryouts for about 5 teams. She did receive an offer from the first team she tried out for.
My disappointment is in the feedback or lack thereof, received from the other 4 teams. If parents and their daughters can invest a 1/2 day of their time for an organization's tryout, it would be common courtesy to at least receive an email/text stating, "thanks for trying out but your skill set doesn't match our current needs" or something, instead of nothing. Again, we are somewhat new to the whole tryout process but this is a big deal to 12 and 13 year old athletes who love the game and believe what the coaches are telling them (We will contact you within 2 days). Coaches, if you do not call back to let them know yes or no, then just tell them in the tryout, "if your skill set matches our needs, we will contact you within 2 days. If not, continue to work hard and we hope to see you at next year's tryouts and best wishes in finding a right fit".
Sorry, rant over...
My disappointment is in the feedback or lack thereof, received from the other 4 teams. If parents and their daughters can invest a 1/2 day of their time for an organization's tryout, it would be common courtesy to at least receive an email/text stating, "thanks for trying out but your skill set doesn't match our current needs" or something, instead of nothing. Again, we are somewhat new to the whole tryout process but this is a big deal to 12 and 13 year old athletes who love the game and believe what the coaches are telling them (We will contact you within 2 days). Coaches, if you do not call back to let them know yes or no, then just tell them in the tryout, "if your skill set matches our needs, we will contact you within 2 days. If not, continue to work hard and we hope to see you at next year's tryouts and best wishes in finding a right fit".
Sorry, rant over...