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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. We put this policy in about 15 years ago (we're almost 35 years old) when we found out there were some coaches who knew some players were really good and told them not to show up for tryouts. Then, these coaches drafted them onto their teams without the other coaches knowing how good these kids really were!
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.
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.
I'd be curious to hear any other policies other kids rec leagues have from any of you out there. Thanks.
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In our league coaches don't draft their own teams. We draft as a group. The coaches in each age group get together. We have a sheet with all of the players and their evaluations. The players are drafted onto teams and then after all of the teams have been formed the coaches draw for a number and that's the team they get. Then if the coaches kid is not on that team, they trade for him. It has to be a player of equal skill.
The philisophy is based on a parenting tool some use. If you have one piece of cake left and two kids, you let one kid cut the cake and the other gets to pick. The kid cutting is going to make sure he cuts it evenly.
The idea is to get the coaches to evenly distribute the talent because they don't know what team they are going to get until after the teams have been formed.