- Jun 28, 2010
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parents,
my dilemma is this....my daughter has been playing faithfully on the same ASA travel team for five years. she is the one veteran on the team. all of the other players from previous years have moved on to play for elite teams. although she has wanted to move on and try out for some of these other teams out there, we have been held back for two reasons...finances (i'm a single parent!) and loyalty (this is the first travel team coach to see potential in her and accept her).
now that we are five years into it and she will be turning 18 later this year, she is no longer happy with this team. yes, she has a gret time with her current team mates. they are great friends. in fact, she met her best friend while playing on this team. however, this team has won only 2 games in the past 2 years. my daughter earns at least 1 MVP honor in at least 1 game of every tournament where we play. she's no all star, but she is a good player who wants to play at the next level in college. however, because our team is on a losing streak we end up in the losers bracket of every tourney and there are no college coaches around to get a look at her.
so i am looking for advice...will another team take a player with only 1 more year of eligibility at 18U? should she start to look at and try out for 23U teams? how do we get her seen by the college coaches right now?(especially since we obviously can't count on her team to take her to the right tournaments to be seen)
we need help!!
thanks.
frustrated mom in NJ
my dilemma is this....my daughter has been playing faithfully on the same ASA travel team for five years. she is the one veteran on the team. all of the other players from previous years have moved on to play for elite teams. although she has wanted to move on and try out for some of these other teams out there, we have been held back for two reasons...finances (i'm a single parent!) and loyalty (this is the first travel team coach to see potential in her and accept her).
now that we are five years into it and she will be turning 18 later this year, she is no longer happy with this team. yes, she has a gret time with her current team mates. they are great friends. in fact, she met her best friend while playing on this team. however, this team has won only 2 games in the past 2 years. my daughter earns at least 1 MVP honor in at least 1 game of every tournament where we play. she's no all star, but she is a good player who wants to play at the next level in college. however, because our team is on a losing streak we end up in the losers bracket of every tourney and there are no college coaches around to get a look at her.
so i am looking for advice...will another team take a player with only 1 more year of eligibility at 18U? should she start to look at and try out for 23U teams? how do we get her seen by the college coaches right now?(especially since we obviously can't count on her team to take her to the right tournaments to be seen)
we need help!!
thanks.
frustrated mom in NJ