JOHNN
Just a dad of 3 girls
My daughter will be doing her first tryouts in a couple weeks and multiple teams are having open practices prior to tryouts. We went yesterday to watch one team and she really liked what she saw as far as how organized practice seemed and that the girls seemed to be having alot of fun. After, she expressed that she would really like to be on that team so Im planning on bringing her to one or two more of the practices before tryouts.
I get that open practices are a great way to see if there is a comfort level with the other girls and as a basic warmup to the tryout. I also see it could be a positive if she goes to a few of their practices and does well but on tryout day has an off day. But could the opposite ring true before the actual tryouts if she has an off day at the open practice but does well in the tryout? Or am I thinking into this way too much?
I get that open practices are a great way to see if there is a comfort level with the other girls and as a basic warmup to the tryout. I also see it could be a positive if she goes to a few of their practices and does well but on tryout day has an off day. But could the opposite ring true before the actual tryouts if she has an off day at the open practice but does well in the tryout? Or am I thinking into this way too much?