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@justlearning1469 !
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Depending in your university, as I know this is true of mine, usually they will have your squad teams which are the ones you have to take part in trials to get onto. These take place at the start of the year and as far as I'm aware if you don't get through the trials then there isn't opportunity to join again in the year, you have to try again next year. Each team will have their 1st team which are the top players and then there will also be your 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams as well. Most sports societies offer the main teams to try out for and then they also offer their social team which is for people that just go because they enjoy the sport and want to make friends, they don't play competitively. I don't know for certain but if you get onto the 3rd team for example, I'd assume you might be able to move up to 2nds if a space became available and you were offered it. However, this is not always the case. Some people who don't get through the trials just join the social team, for example Hallam has their main Netball squad and then they have Social Netball which takes place once a week and they play matches in that session against each other but they don't go and compete with other universities and don't play in varsity. If you're part of the Social Netball team, you can't move up and play in the squad matches because you didn't pass the trials. Once again this is true of my university, I can't comment on any others although I know a few have the system of 1st team and then 2nds, 3rds and 4ths.
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