U-10
DRILL OVERVIEW (click on link)
PROCESS
THREE DAY TRYOUT:
EVALUATORS – PROFESSIONAL TRAINERS; AGC.
EVALUATION PROCESS:
DAY 1 (FIRST TRYOUT) – DRILLS AND SKILLS (SEE PARAGRAPH DESIGNATED “DAY ONE AND OVERVIEW” HEREIN). PLAYERS TO BE RANKED BASED ON OBJECTIVE RESULTS. DRILLS WILL BE REVIEWED AND RUN WITH THE PLAYERS AT TEAM PRACTICES. PARENT COACHES TO SUBMIT TEAM RANKINGS TO BE PROVIDED TO AGC.
DAYS 2 AND 3 – SCRIMMAGES. PLAYERS WILL BE ASSIGNED A NUMBER WHICH WILL REMAIN WITH HIM/HER THROUGHOUT THE TRYOUTS
DAY 2 (SECOND TRYOUT): - SCRIMMAGES – PLACEMENT AT SECOND TRYOUT (SCRIMMAGE DAY 1) WILL BE BASED ON RANKINGS ON DRILLS AND SKILLS RESULTS. PROFESSIONAL TRAINERS, COACHES AND AGC [THE EVALUATORS] TO TAKE LISTS AND TO ORGANIZE SCRIMMAGE TEAMS AND SCRIMMAGE SCHEDULE/MATRIX. SCRIMMAGES TO BE 3 V. 3 SIDED (TOP THREE PLAYERS TO PLAY NEXT TOP RANKED THREE PLAYERS, ETC.)
THERE SHALL BE UP AND DOWN MOVEMENT OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM TWO PLAYERS ON EACH FIELD AFTER EACH SCRIMMAGE. THE MIDDLE TWO RANKED PLAYERS ON EACH FIELD WILL REMAIN ON THAT CURRENT FIELD FOR THE FOLLOWING SCRIMMAGE.
THERE WILL BE SIX SCRIMMAGES AT FIVE MINUTES PER SCRIMMAGE WITH A FIVE MINUTE BREAK BETWEEN EACH SCRIMMAGE. CHILDREN ON EACH FIELD FOR EACH SCRIMMAGE WILL BE RANKED ONE THROUGH SIX. THIS PROCESS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE SIX SCRIMMAGES ON DAY 2 (THE FIRST SCRIMMAGE DAY).
AT COMPLETION OF SECOND TRYOUT, ALL EVALUATORS TO REMAIN AT THE FIELD AND RANK THE CHILDREN IN ORDER BASED ON PERFORMANCE ON THE FIELD DURING THE SCRIMMAGES (ONE THROUGH XX [XX IS THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS]). PARENT COACHES TO BE AVAILABLE AT THE FIELD FOR COMMENT ON ANY PARTICULAR RANKED PLAYER, BUT ONLY AT THE REQUEST OF THE AGC SHOULD THE AGC DEEM IT NECESSARY. EVALUATIONS AFTER SECOND TRYOUT TO BE COMPILED BY AGC. AGC TO CONSIDER PARENT COACH’S TEAM RANKINGS. AGC TO TAKE LISTS AND TO ORGANIZE/DETERMINE SCRIMMAGE TEAMS AND SCRIMMAGE SCHEDULE/MATRIX FOR DAY 3 TRYOUT.
SHOULD A PLAYER MISS A TRYOUT, THE AGC, TEAM COACH AND SKILLS COACH WILL DETERMINE WHERE A PLAYER WILL BE PLACED FOR THE FOLLOWING TRYOUT.
DAY 3 (THIRD TRYOUT): SCRIMMAGES – ISOLATING THE BUBBLE.
EVALUATORS TO BE MINDFUL OF ISOLATING BUBBLES. SCRIMMAGES WILL BE 4 V. 4 SIDED. PLAYERS WILL BE MOVED AFTER EACH SCRIMMAGE. THE TOP TWO RANKED PLAYERS ON THE FIELD WILL MOVE UP AND THE BOTTOM TWO RANKED PLAYERS WILL MOVE DOWN. THE FOUR MIDDLE RANKED PLAYERS WILL REMAIN ON THAT CURRENT FIELD. THIS PROCESS WILL CONTINUE FOR FOUR SCRIMMAGES. SCRIMMAGES WILL BE EIGHT MINUTES WITH A TWO MINUTE HALF TIME. THERE WILL BE FIVE MINUTE BREAKS BETWEEN SCRIMMAGES. THERE WILL BE A FIFTEEN MINUTE BREAK FOLLOWING THE LAST OF THE FOUR SCRIMMAGES. THE BUBBLE GROUPS WILL BE ASSESSED AND DETERMINED BY THE EVALUATORS AND THE AGC. THE AGC AND EVALUATORS WILL DETERMINE THE BUBBLE PLAYERS AND WIL PLAY ATLEAST ONE BUBBLE GAME SCRIMMAGE.
AT COMPLETION OF THIRD TRYOUT, ALL EVALUATORS [MARK’S TRAINERS AND AGC] TO COME UP WITH INDEPENDENT RANKING OF PLAYERS ON FIELDS. EVALUATIONS AFTER THIRD TRYOUT TO BE COMPILED BY AGC. MEETING TO BE HELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER TRYOUT BETWEEN EVALUATORS AND AGC. EVALUATORS AND AGC TO RANK PLAYERS AND DETERMINE TEAMS. COACHES (ONLY THE HEAD PARENT COACH FROM EACH TEAM WILL ATTEND THIS FINAL MEETING AND SAID HEAD COACH IS TO SEEK INPUT REGARDING THE RANKING OF PLAYERS FROM ASSISTANT COACH PRIOR TO THE MEETING) WILL NOT BE PRESENT FOR THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE EVALUATORS AND THE AGC BUT MUST BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING FOR INPUT/COMMENT SHOULD THE AGC DETERMINE THAT INPUT/COMMENT REGARDING ANY PARTICULAR PLAYER IS REQUIRED. INDEPENDENT CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO A PLAYER’S ATTENDANCE AT GAMES AND PRACTICES. AGC AS FINAL ARBITRATOR.
NO GOALIE TRYOUTS FOR U-10 AGE GROUP.
U-11 AND U-12
TWO DAY TRYOUT:
DAYS 1 AND 2 – SCRIMMAGES – ISOLATING THE BUBBLES; 40 YARD DASH AND DISTANCE RUN TO BE RUN ON DAY 1 AND/OR DAY 2 AT DISCRETION OF AGC.
EVALUATION PROCESS:
SPRING SEASON – “A” COACH TO OBSERVE “B” GAME; “B” COACH TO OBSERVE “A” GAME; – “B” COACH TO OBSERVE “C” GAME; “C” COACH TO OBSERVE “B” GAME; AGC TO OBSERVE GAMES.
RANKING LISTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO AGC BY COACHES AND FROM TRAINERS.
EVALUATORS – PROFESSIONAL TRAINERS; PROFESSIONAL COACHES (PROFESSIONAL COACHES WILL REMAIN WITH THEIR AGE GROUP); AGC.
DAY 1 (FIRST TRYOUT): AGC TO TAKE LISTS AND TO ORGANIZE SCRIMMAGE TEAMS AND SCRIMMAGE SCHEDULE/MATRIX (TOP THREE PLAYERS TO PLAY NEXT TOP RANKED THREE PLAYERS, ETC.)
THERE SHALL BE UP AND DOWN MOVEMENT OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM TWO PLAYERS ON EACH FIELD AFTER EACH SCRIMMAGE. THE MIDDLE TWO RANKED PLAYERS ON EACH FIELD WILL REMAIN ON THAT CURRENT FIELD FOR THE FOLLOWING SCRIMMAGE.
THERE WILL BE SIX SCRIMMAGES AT FIVE MINUTES PER SCRIMMAGE WITH A FIVE MINUTE BREAK BETWEEN EACH SCRIMMAGE. CHILDREN ON EACH FIELD FOR EACH SCRIMMAGE WILL BE RANKED ONE THROUGH SIX. THIS PROCESS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE SIX SCRIMMAGES ON THE FIRST SCRIMMAGE DAY.
AT COMPLETION OF FIRST TRYOUT, ALL EVALUATORS TO REMAIN AT THE FIELD AND RANK THE CHILDREN IN ORDER BASED ON PERFORMANCE ON THE FIELD DURING THE SCRIMMAGES (ONE THROUGH XX [XX IS THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS]). PARENT COACHES TO BE AVAILABLE AT THE FIELD FOR COMMENT ON ANY PARTICULAR RANKED PLAYER, BUT ONLY AT THE REQUEST OF THE AGC SHOULD THE AGC DEEM IT NECESSARY. EVALUATIONS AFTER TRYOUT TO BE COMPILED BY AGC. AGC TO TAKE LISTS AND TO ORGANIZE/DETERMINE SCRIMMAGE TEAMS AND SCRIMMAGE SCHEDULE/MATRIX FOR DAY 2 TRYOUT.
SHOULD A PLAYER MISS THE FIRST TRYOUT, THE AGC, TEAM COACH AND SKILLS COACH WILL DETERMINE WHERE A PLAYER WILL BE PLACED FOR THE FOLLOWING TRYOUT.
DAY 2 – (SECOND TRYOUT): EVALUATORS TO BE MINDFUL OF ISOLATING BUBBLES. SCRIMMAGES WILL BE 6 V. 6 SIDED. PLAYERS WILL BE MOVED AFTER EACH SCRIMMAGE. THE TOP TWO RANKED PLAYERS ON THE FIELD WILL MOVE UP AND THE BOTTOM TWO RANKED PLAYERS WILL MOVE DOWN. THE EIGHT MIDDLE RANKED PLAYERS WILL REMAIN ON THAT CURRENT FIELD. THIS PROCESS WILL CONTINUE FOR FOUR SCRIMMAGES. SCRIMMAGES WILL BE EIGHT MINUTES WITH A TWO MINUTE HALF TIME. THERE WILL BE FIVE MINUTE BREAKS BETWEEN SCRIMMAGES. THERE WILL BE A FIFTEEN MINUTE BREAK FOLLOWING THE LAST OF THE FOUR SCRIMMAGES. THE BUBBLE GROUPS WILL BE ASSESSED AND DETERMINED BY THE EVALUATORS AND THE AGC. THE AGC AND EVALUATORS WILL DETERMINE THE BUBBLE PLAYERS AND WIL PLAY ATLEAST ONE BUBBLE GAME SCRIMMAGE.
AT COMPLETION OF THIRD TRYOUT, ALL EVALUATORS [MARK’S TRAINERS AND AGC] TO COME UP WITH INDEPENDENT RANKING OF PLAYERS ON FIELDS. EVALUATIONS AFTER SECOND TRYOUT TO BE COMPILED BY AGC. MEETING TO BE HELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER TRYOUT BETWEEN EVALUATORS AND AGC. EVALUATORS AND AGC TO RANK PLAYERS AND DETERMINE TEAMS. COACHES (ONLY THE HEAD PARENT COACH FROM EACH TEAM WILL ATTEND THIS FINAL MEETING AND SAID HEAD COACH IS TO SEEK INPUT REGARDING THE RANKING OF PLAYERS FROM ASSISTANT COACH PRIOR TO THE MEETING) WILL NOT BE PRESENT FOR THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE EVALUATORS AND THE AGC BUT MUST BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING FOR INPUT/COMMENT SHOULD THE AGC DETERMINE THAT INPUT/COMMENT REGARDING ANY PARTICULAR PLAYER IS REQUIRED. INDEPENDENT CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO A PLAYER’S ATTENDANCE AT GAMES AND PRACTICES. AGC AS FINAL ARBITRATOR.
GOALIE TRYOUTS: THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE GOALIE TRYOUT ON DAY 1 AND/OR DAY 2. ANY PLAYER TRYING OUT FOR GOALIE WILL AND WHO IS SELECTED FOR A TEAM BASED ON A GOALIE TRYOUT WILL BE EXPECTED TO PLAY THE GOALIE POSITION.
U-13 AND U-14:
ONE TRYOUT:
EVALUATION PROCESS:
RANKING LISTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO AGC BY COACHES AND FROM TRAINERS.
SPRING SEASON – “A” COACH TO OBSERVE “B” GAME; “B” COACH TO OBSERVE “A” GAME; – “B” COACH TO OBSERVE “C” GAME; “C” COACH TO OBSERVE “B” GAME; AGC TO OBSERVE GAMES.
EVALUATORS – PROFESSIONAL TRAINERS; PROFESSIONAL COACHES (PROFESSIONAL COACHES WILL REMAIN WITH THEIR AGE GROUP); AGC.
DAY 1 – (FIRST TRYOUT): AGC TO TAKE LISTS AND TO ORGANIZE SCRIMMAGE TEAMS AND SCRIMMAGE SCHEDULE/MATRIX (TOP SIX PLAYERS TO PLAY NEXT TOP SIX PLAYERS, ETC.).
EVALUATORS TO BE MINDFUL OF ISOLATING BUBBLES. SCRIMMAGES WILL BE 6 V. 6 SIDED. PLAYERS WILL BE MOVED AFTER EACH SCRIMMAGE. THE TOP TWO RANKED PLAYERS ON THE FIELD WILL MOVE UP AND THE BOTTOM TWO RANKED PLAYERS WILL MOVE DOWN. THE EIGHT MIDDLE RANKED PLAYERS WILL REMAIN ON THAT CURRENT FIELD. THIS PROCESS WILL CONTINUE FOR FOUR SCRIMMAGES. SCRIMMAGES WILL BE EIGHT MINUTES. THERE WILL BE FIVE MINUTE BREAKS BETWEEN SCRIMMAGES. THERE WILL BE A FIFTEEN MINUTE BREAK FOLLOWING THE LAST OF THE FOUR SCRIMMAGES. THE BUBBLE GROUPS WILL BE ASSESSED AND DETERMINED BY THE EVALUATORS AND THE AGC. THE AGC AND EVALUATORS WILL DETERMINE THE BUBBLE PLAYERS AND WIL PLAY ATLEAST ONE BUBBLE GAME SCRIMMAGE.
AT COMPLETION OF THE TRYOUT, ALL EVALUATORS [MARK’S TRAINERS AND AGC] TO COME UP WITH INDEPENDENT RANKING OF PLAYERS ON FIELDS. EVALUATIONS AFTER THE TRYOUT TO BE COMPILED BY AGC. MEETING TO BE HELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER TRYOUT BETWEEN EVALUATORS AND AGC. EVALUATORS AND AGC TO RANK PLAYERS AND DETERMINE TEAMS. COACHES (ONLY THE HEAD PARENT COACH FROM EACH TEAM WILL ATTEND THIS FINAL MEETING AND SAID HEAD COACH IS TO SEEK INPUT REGARDING THE RANKING OF PLAYERS FROM ASSISTANT COACH PRIOR TO THE MEETING) WILL NOT BE PRESENT FOR THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE EVALUATORS AND THE AGC BUT MUST BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING FOR INPUT/COMMENT SHOULD THE AGC DETERMINE THAT INPUT/COMMENT REGARDING ANY PARTICULAR PLAYER IS REQUIRED. INDEPENDENT CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO A PLAYER’S ATTENDANCE AT GAMES AND PRACTICES. AGC AS FINAL ARBITRATOR.
GOALIE TRYOUTS: THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE GOALIE TRYOUT. ANY PLAYER TRYING OUT FOR GOALIE WILL AND WHO IS SELECTED FOR A TEAM BASED ON A GOALIE TRYOUT WILL BE EXPECTED TO PLAY THE GOALIE POSITION.