Is a ladder tournament like "king of the court"? DS said they did a lot of short match play during tryouts, though it was not the only deciding factor. DS (a freshman this year) was told at the end of tryouts that he'd made a team, but not whether it was JV or Varsity until several days into practice. He felt pretty sure he would be JV (and he is), but that was new to us.

It's really hard when so much depends on just a couple days of tryouts. Hopefully there is enough depth on the opponents' teams so he is challenged in his matches (or, he can dominate and prove it's time to move him up ). From what I've seen from DD's two seasons, the starting place is just a starting place - the coaches adjust placement as they see the kids play more. Are they playing doubles, singles, both?