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posted 05/08/2012 Parents and Coaches,
It's that special time of the year when Littleton Soccer Club holds the spring tryouts. Tryouts are the process we use to help us determine which team each player will be placed on for the upcoming fall season. Each age group has two nights during which they can come, play and be evaluated versus their peers. These results, along with coach evaluation, help LSC place each player on a team at the appropriate skill level.
The tryouts are being held at Russell Street fields according to the following schedule:
May 21, 22 5:30-7:00 U12 Boys and Girls
May 23, 24 5:30-7:00 U10 Boys and Girls
June 11, 12 5:30-7:00 U14 Boys and Girls
Players should go to the appropriate nights based on their age and defined as follows:
U10 – Players that are 2
nd year U8 and 1
st year U10 during the current season.
U12 – Players that are 2
nd year U10 and 1
st year U12 during the current season.
U14 – Players that are 2
nd year U12 and 1
st year U14 during the current season.
Tryouts will start promptly at 5:30 so please try to arrive early and be sure that your player is ready to go. Each player should arrive with a ball, cleats, shin guards, and plenty of water. No uniforms or special clothing is needed as each player will receive a reversible pinnie with a unique number to be worn during his or her time there. Each night will follow the same schedule:
5:00-5:30 Check In – Sign in and get your numbered pinnie.
5:30-7:00 Players split into age groups and move to there designated area with evaluators.
7:00-Finish Check Out – Players sign out and return pinnie. NO player is allowed to leave without a parent.
Each night when the players are with the evaluators, there will be a brief warm up and then the players will play a series of small sided soccer games on multiple fields. It is during this time the players will be scored based on their ability. Goalies will not be evaluated at the U10 level. If players at in the U12 or U14 age group are interested and would like to be evaluated as goalies, they should tell the assessors who will do their best to score them at the position.
The process that LSC uses for the tryout is called Promotion/Relegation. At the beginning of each night, players are randomly placed in short duration soccer games. As players are identified as stronger or weaker, they are moved from one field to another and grouped together. This process is done multiple times until the evaluators have placed each player in the appropriate group for that night and score them based on ability versus their peers. Please note that a player’s ending group on any given night does not mean that is the team the player will be on. Coach evaluations are used in conjunction with these scores to help LSC place each player at the appropriate level.
It is our hope that this document is helpful and informative and answers some of the questions commonly asked about this process. As always, if you have questions or concerns, please contact a LSC board member and they will be happy to discuss any soccer related matter.
Thank you for your help and support,
The Littleton Soccer Club Board
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