TRAVEL TEAM EVALUATIONS, TEAM FORMATION

AND COACH, TRAINER SELECTION

 

The purpose of this document is to supplement the Club Policy for Team Formation dated 9/1/83.

 

 

Player Evaluations

 

Travel Team Evaluations will be governed by the Travel Team Evaluation Committee consisting of all registered coaches and assistant coaches in the Club. The committee will be co-chaired by the First Vice President and the Head Coach. The Committee will:

 

o With the support of the Publicity Coordinator, make sufficient advanced notification to the community of registration dates, times and places through flyers, newspaper articles and other media. This will take place in the spring prior to the start of the new season. All players will be registered prior to evaluations.

 

o Based on registrations received, schedule evaluations (tryouts) for each age group. Adequate time must be provided to allow the Registrar a sufficient period to register teams with the League.

 

o Schedule Committee, Board members and other qualified personnel to supervise evaluations.

 

            o Plan skill stations and other evaluation techniques which make the best use of                 available resources and avoid idle time of players being evaluated.

 

o Clearly record, tabulate, summarize and present evaluation data to Committee Chairpersons. The player's name, date of birth, phone number, coaches and skill level will be included as key data.

 

o Evaluate players and make recommendations for team formation to Club Officers.

 

o With the support of the registrar and Travel Coaches, notify players of evaluation results only after team formation has been completed and verified by the Board of Directors. A listing of key data for each Travel Team will be forwarded to the First Vice President, Travel.

 

 

Team Formation

 

Players will be assigned to teams based on their evaluation results and coach's input. For age groups with multiple teams, players with highest evaluation results will be given the opportunity to play on the highest Division or most competitive  teams.

 

 

Coach Selection

 

Recommendations for new Travel Coaches will be forwarded to the First Vice President and Head Coach and will be cataloged by the Travel Coordinator. Resumes may be secured but are not required. Appointment of Travel Coaches will be made by the Head Coach with the approval of the Board of Directors.

 

Trainers

 

A Trainer, coach or organization such as U.K. Elite, Joe Palumbo, etc that gets paid to work with teams must have a resume on file with the Club. The Board of Directors will decide on the applicant. If approved, the trainer will be placed on a list of recommended paid trainers/coaches. A team that uses an unapproved trainer will be placed in bad standing and possibly fined. An approved paid trainer or coach will be allowed to work with a maximum of two (2) teams at one time during any season. This will allow for the maximum training for these teams. Any paid trainer or coach in violation of this procedure will be removed from the list of trainers and possibly fined.

 

                                                                                                            PJL

                                                                                                Adopted 10/7/91

                                                                                                Revised 9/27/93

                                                                                                Revised 8/26/96

                                                                                                Revised 6/17/03 (GS)