Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are a few things that will be important to you. We will always try to over communicate to insure you are all up to date.
Registration: If you want to try out, then you need to register before the tryouts. If you are late, please send an e-mail to stpatrickshoops@gmail.com to be put on the wait-list. Please do not come to tryouts without registering. If we have room we will put you on a team. If we do not and you come to the tryouts, you will have set your child up for disappointment. The registration period is a month long. Once we close registration we begin to set the number of teams and arrange our limited practice slots. That process will determine if people are added off the wait-list.
- November 15 is the last day for refunds. If you plan to exit the program, please do so before Nov 15 to get a full refund. Nov 16 and on, no refund.
- Team size. Due to gym shortage issues, we may have more kids on a team vs more teams. We prefer 10 kids to a team, but we may need to go to 11 or even 12.
- Practice times: Practices start early or mid-November. The times are never perfect and not close to long enough. Coaches select practice times through a draft process, so changes are not usually made. We will not move players to different teams due to practice schedules.
- Game times: You will get info mid-Dec. Games begin early January. The season, including playoffs, runs through to St. Patrick’s Day.
- Switching to another team: Once you are assigned to a team it is almost impossible to switch, as the ripple effects can be challenging for all. Please don’t request a coach…odds are if you loved your coach everyone loved them.
- Gyms: You will get a lot of messages from me on this as it is mission critical. No food, snacks, or pets in the gym ever. Please don’t let your dog run around and then come into the gym. Water bottles must be taken out after every practice. If you forget, it could get our entire program kicked out of the gym for this year and beyond. Schools are very clear on this and they enforce it. This isn’t baseball…1 strike and we are out. Don’t take this lightly, as it would affect 100’s of kids.
- Gyms: Re-read point 6 above.
- Best way to communicate with the program is through the e-mail. Again…email is the best. Not our personal e-mails…stpatrickshoops@gmail.com. There are a few of us who will monitor it. Remember, CYO is not our job or even our hobby. We do it for the kids and because we think we can make it fun and/or someone turned off the lights and left us holding the gym keys and ball bags. We stole this from Kerry Huffman, but it addressed the issue so well….. Don’t send the nasty email or nasty “you killed Johnny’s NBA hopes by not putting him on Jack’s team ” or “my child is an A team player” call, as it will result in your extra ski vacation time suddenly becoming an exciting reality for you and me. Watching the kids move on to high school this year, there are many “B” players who will be playing high school ball in Marin and SF schools this year, so don’t get hung up on the “A” / “B” thing. We all want what is best for our kids. We have all dealt with success and disappointment. Between the 3 of us who work on this committee, we have a total of 11 children, so we have heard and seen it all.
- Team selection criteria. We put together teams based on skill for the A teams and balance for the B teams. We will not leave any kids out in the breeze without a friend or classmate if we are made aware of it. With that said, we will not be able to grant all wishes. There are just too many kids. Last year we had 320 players.
In case, you missed it:
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: Friday, October 6, 2017 at 5:00 pm.
Again, we will be sending out and posting Evaluation dates/times and more information to everyone once we know.
Sean McFadden
Bill Ryan
Instructions:
You will need the following items to complete this registration form
– Health insurance and doctor information – Major credit card for online payment