how long should you expect to hear back from the coaches at tryouts

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my dd went to several tryouts this weekend. should every coach contact the player one way or the other if they made the team or not? and how long should it take to be contacted?

 

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If a team, as in our case, has additional tryouts this weekend, you most likely will not hear anything until late Sunday and then into Monday. Then if they have made an offer and a player needs a couple of days to think about it you could be into the end of the week. I would say within the 72 to 94 time frame following the will know better who is and is not committed.

I know due to the numbers of girls that tryout, it is very difficult to call everyone back. We post our teams by 9/1 on our website and then try to e-mail all others. It's not the best situation, but at lease we try to make contact.

 

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If you were not asked to stay after tryouts to talk with coaches - or have not recieved a call by the next day. You can be assured you are not their 1st pick. They are waiting on other choices to accept or decline to continue their search.

 

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It varies from team to team, they should have given you some kind of time frame at tryouts. Some list who made it on their website, some will grab the kid before they even get off the field, to after all tryouts are complete. Had one even say if you don't hear from us by such and such a time, thankyou no you did not make it.

 

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If you were not asked to stay after tryouts to talk with coaches - or have not recieved a call by the next day. You can be assured you are not their 1st pick. They are waiting on other choices to accept or decline to continue their search.

I agree with this statement. The Coaches that were interested in my daughter asked her to tell her parents to stay after tryouts so that they could talk with us. However, this may be because she is a pitcher and we knew the team was looking for a pitcher. Some teams will tell you upfront that if you don't here from them within a week, then assume your daughter didn't make the team. Others will tell you that they will contact you by X date.

 

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My policy is always to call each and every girl/family. At the tryouts, we let them know when the latest this will be. This year, we had tryouts spanning 2 weekends and told the girls that we would call them all within 48 hours of the last tryout. I personally don't believe in the "if you don't hear from us, you didn't make the team" philosophy, nor am I real crazy about e-mailing, though that's much better than no contact at all.

While we do call or talk to some girls/families right away, the others should not automatically assume they are not wanted. In some cases, we may know of other girls trying out in the near future who might be a better fit for our team and we wouldn't want to ask someone to join the team who might not end up getting much playing time. In other cases, I guess you can say the person is a "second choice", but with so many of the girls going to multiple tryouts, its just the nature of the beast ... similar to getting a job you might not have been the top choice for. I know some people in my company who weren't the first choice but got the opportunity and have had fantastic careers.

 

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My policy is always to call each and every girl/family. At the tryouts, we let them know when the latest this will be. This year, we had tryouts spanning 2 weekends and told the girls that we would call them all within 48 hours of the last tryout. I personally don't believe in the "if you don't hear from us, you didn't make the team" philosophy, nor am I real crazy about e-mailing, though that's much better than no contact at all.

While we do call or talk to some girls/families right away, the others should not automatically assume they are not wanted. In some cases, we may know of other girls trying out in the near future who might be a better fit for our team and we wouldn't want to ask someone to join the team who might not end up getting much playing time. In other cases, I guess you can say the person is a "second choice", but with so many of the girls going to multiple tryouts, its just the nature of the beast ... similar to getting a job you might not have been the top choice for. I know some people in my company who weren't the first choice but got the opportunity and have had fantastic careers.

Most teams don't go to that much trouble -- your standards are high and hopefully that translates into more talent coming your way.

As a parent or as a player, it's OK to ask the coach at the end of the tryout, "about how quickly will you finish the evaluation process and make offers?". Any good coach should be able to answer that question without pause.

 

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Thanks, BPM ... I hope you're right about that! Seriously though, one of the first rules of coaching is to treat your players and their families like you would want to be treated, and if I or my kid drove somewhere and tried out for 2-3 hours, and they didn't even bother to call me and let me know what was going on, that it would not be an organization I would want to play with anyhow.

 

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jwb is right on...I also believe that while not an easy call to make...telling someone they weren't selected....a courtesy they most definitely deserve.

 

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Not easy at all ... maybe the most difficult thing to do in coaching ... especially for girls who you know were giving it their all and really wanted to make the team ...

 

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I came home from a Court hearing today to find Ted a bit down because he had been making the phone calls telling girls and their families that we are not able to make them an offer. But it is the policy of the Buckeye Heat, announced with specificity at the tryouts, that phone calls will be made within a week of the tryouts. We agree with others who have stated above that if the player and her family took the time to attend our tryouts, they deserve personal contact as soon as possible if they are not going to receive an offer.

 

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I came home from a Court hearing today to find Ted a bit down because he had been making the phone calls telling girls and their families that we are not able to make them an offer. But it is the policy of the Buckeye Heat, announced with specificity at the tryouts, that phone calls will be made within a week of the tryouts. We agree with others who have stated above that if the player and her family took the time to attend our tryouts, they deserve personal contact as soon as possible if they are not going to receive an offer.

It things like this that make an organization have a good reputation. Not many take the time to do this. even if only five or six players show up for a tryout.

 

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Not easy at all ... maybe the most difficult thing to do in coaching ... especially for girls who you know were giving it their all and really wanted to make the team ...

I agree 100%! As the head of the organization I try to get to know all the girls and their family (was much easier when I was younger) and having to tell a player that has been with you for a year or two that they didn't make the cut is horrible.

Some take it personally and that is the worse!!!!!! There is nothing personal when it comes to cutting someone, at least not with our organization. I would like to keep everyone who tries out, but that is not realistic.

 

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my dd went to several tryouts this weekend. should every coach contact the player one way or the other if they made the team or not? and how long should it take to be contacted?

thanks for the information.

 

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It things like this that make an organization have a good reputation. Not many take the time to do this. even if only five or six players show up for a tryout.

My dd's pitching coach has very high complements for this organization.

 

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we contact them and it's excruciating and not fun. Worst time of the year from a personal standpoint. We give an end date. Most coaches can get there's done before the end date and others need the entire time to make a complete evaluation. Case by case for us.

 

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As the Executive Director of the Marion Diamonds, we call every girl back. As stated above, these calls are difficult and time consuming. Some ask where they need to improve and we try to tell them where they didn't score well. Others are realistic and know based on watching the tryouts. We had tryouts two weeks ago and we are just now finishing those calls. It takes awhile as some girls would like a few days to decide and if you do that a couple times, it pushes you back quickly. We had over 210 girls tryout and took about 110 girls for our 2011 teams.

 

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It is great to have organizations around that take the time to call all the girls. I also believe it is very important to let the girls know where the improvements need to be made. Constructive criticism is important for growth. Some parents might be new to travel ball and not realize what all is needed, or maybe they just don't know where to go to get help. Keep up the good work, maybe some other teams will start to follow your example of how to treat the girls.

 

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So HOW do you tell someone they are cut or didn't make the team? How do you start that conversation?

 

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That is the hardest thing to do. Been doing it for 25 years and it never gets any
easier. There is never a simple way to sart that conversation.