It gets harder and harder to make the switch to a top team by 8th grade. My daughter tried out for one of the "top 2 teams" last summer. And I thought she was good enough to make it. But she didn't.
Not bitter at all. I appreciate the loyalty and wish we had tried to make the jump sooner. It sounds like by 8th grade (and certainly 9th), that as long as you are a good kid and your parents are not insufferable, that they will keep the kid they know before adding an unknown quantity.
With that being said, we considered trying out for SW as well. She would have made SW for sure based on what I have seen on the field. But I am almost glad we didn't. As her current team is going to make the playoffs. But I have no ill will towards SW. She has a few friends that play for them. And they seem happy (despite the results this year)
