Believe it or not it's time to start planning for the 2010-2011 season. It seems a little ridiculous that we are communicating with you regarding the 2010-2011 season which is 7 months away while still in the thick of the 2009-2010 season, but that's the way hockey operates these days. For your edification and planning purposes we offer the following information.
REGISTRATION:
Registration for Mite, Squirt, PeeWee, Bantam and Midget programs will open this week on line at www.ccyh.org.
All players interested in playing CCYH in the 2010-2011 season need to attend evals. In order to participate in evals players need to be registered and have paid the non-refundable $100 registration fee prior to participate in evals.
TUITION AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE:
Tuition for Mites will remain at $999 for the season
Tuition for Squirt, PeeWee and Bantam teams will remain at $1275 despite increases in practice ice costs
Payment Schedule:
Mites
SQ/PW/Bantam
SQ/PW/Bantam Goalies
Eval Fee by 3/30/10
$100
$100
$100
Second Payment by 5/15/10
600
600
300
Final Payment by 8/15/10
299
575
225
total
$999
$1275
$625
EVALUATION TIMES:
Tuesday, March 30th 8:40p Bantams (back rink @ Valley Sports)
Thursday, April 1st 5:40p Mites (front rink @ Valley Sports)
6:50p Squirts
8:00p PWs
Tuesday, April 6th 8:40p Bantams (back rink @ Valley Sports)
Thursday, April 8th 5:40p Mites (front rink @ Valley Sports)
6:50p Squirts
8:00p PWs
We will not hold Evaluations for Midget or Girls U19.
CCYH will offer Girls U10, U12 and U14 teams dependent on registration of interest, but no tryouts.
For questions regarding our girls program please contact Jeff Smith at
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AGE GROUPS:
Mite: 2002 & 2003 Birth years (or younger)
Squirt: 2000 & 2001 Birth years
PeeWee: 1998 & 1999 Birth years
Bantam: 1996 & 1997 Birth years
Midgets: 1995 or older or in HS
EVALUATIONS AND TEAM PLACEMENTS:
Team Placement Philosophy:
The team placement process is designed to place your player on the team most appropriate for his/her current development and skill level. We believe that players have more fun, gain greater confidence and demonstrate better development as hockey players when playing with others of equal ability. CCYH uses the following methodology for evaluations and team placement:
Greg Carter Evals:
CCYH hires Greg Carter and his staff to provide an independent, third party perspective in the process of evaluations. Carter will evaluate the players through several skills stations, a speed test and small-space scrimmages. The comprehensive nature of the third party evaluation requires two separate sessions to complete.
Coaches Evals:
Each season, CCYH requires coaches and assistant coaches to complete an evaluation for each player on their current team. The evaluation consists of a ranking (1 to 10) in categories such as skating, shooting, stick handling, defending and the miscellaneous factors of attitude and game awareness, etc. The coaches are also asked to rank the players in terms of "school yard pick", in what order would they pick or rank the players if they were building a team.
Board Discussion:
This empirical data is then evaluated by the Player Development Directors and the Age Group Coordinators for team placements. Nuances in team placements and team size are discussed at the board level. Team announcements are posted in August of the upcoming season.
FAQ’s Regarding Evaluations:
Q: Why are evaluations done so early?
A: We schedule evals at the end of the season when players are skating regularly and best prepared to exhibit their current abilities. Also, the leagues that we participate in require commitments in June/July. Therefore, we need to have a good understanding of how many teams CCYH will place in each league and at the appropriate level.
Q: Do I need to come to both sessions?
A: Players should make every effort to come to both sessions of evals for his/her age group. Each data point only helps to best place players on the team that affords that player the best chance to enjoy success and have fun.
Q: If I don’t come to both sessions, will my player be placed on a team?
A: Players who do not make both sessions will still be placed on a team. However, the best way to insure your player gets placed on the most appropriate team is to make both eval sessions.
Q: If the evaluations are in April, why don’t we find out about team placement until August?
A: CCYH tries to avoid team disruptions and situations where we are re-working teams and reallocating players after team placements have been announced. Throughout the course of the registration process, there often are additions and subtractions from the ranks of players that cause the number of teams within any age group to change. CCYH has a policy of targeting team rosters no greater than 16 players, though the ideal roster size is generally 12 to 13 players. As an example, if we target 4 teams of 11 to 12 players each and lose 4 to 5 players during the summer we then need to adjust to 3 teams of 13 to 14 players.
Q: Why do we use Greg Carter?
A: The program recognizes the importance of proper placement both for the continued development of the players and for their continued enjoyment of the game. Though no process is perfect, the program has determined that an important aspect of proper placement is the involvement of an independent, third-party professional evaluator to run the evaluation sessions. This data used in conjunction with coaches’ evaluations allow us to rank players for placement on the most appropriate team. We are fortunate to have proximity and access to Greg Carter and his staff.
Q: What jersey should my player wear to the evaluations?
A: Each player will be given a numbered pinney to wear at the beginning of each evaluation session. Your player may wear any jersey he/she chooses underneath the pinney.
Should you have any questions or require additional information in regard to evals, placement, ancillary skills sessions, camps or the myriad club/select teams please feel free to speak with me or Director of Player Development, Paul Nelson.
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