Mark, while I assist in our leagues with writing the rules, registration, tryouts, and officials training, I am certainly not as involved in the inner workings like you. However:
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
Grunewar (and anyone else involved with a kids rec league) - just curious how you handle the situation regarding kids who register but don't show up for their tryouts. Our policy is that they cannot be drafted, but are put on teams as "hat picks" after all the kids who showed up are drafted.
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We have had similar issues in the past and have had to "re-shuffle the deck" after a few practices to even the playing field. But, sometimes, I don't know how some of these coaches draft or what they see in some players......
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
BTW - we restrict the number of kids per team to ten, so everyone gets good playing time. We have a rule that if a kid shows up for both practices during the week, he or she must play at least 50% of the game on the weekend (HS play on Friday nights, 3-8 play on Saturdays). Fortunately, the refs are not responsible for monitoring that - parents have to file a complaint with the Board if it happens.
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The number of teams in our leagues and players per team are dictated by sign-ups. If we can get eight-nine per team it usually works. Ten can be many and limit playing time if everyone shows....it can be a crap shoot a times. Science Fairs, SAT's and other sports cause us some tough weekends during the fall (summer it's vacations). Our league has similar participation rules, but they are seldom enforced. Our refs don't monitor it either, but I am certainly cognizant of it and will back a coach to the league if I see it happening.
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
We also have a "scholarship" program to fund the registration fees of kids from low-income families. I administer that program. It's funded by late registration penalty fees and donations.
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We also have a scholarship program for our less fortunate families. One of our leagues has a good many of these families. The one league pays me and our refs for both classroom and on-court training sessions for which I donate all my pay to the league for its scholarship program.