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Tryouts & Selection
Team Tryouts & Selection
The formation of new teams in all age groups occurs towards the end of the spring season, April/May. All players who wish to be considered for selection for fall teams must attend try-outs in the spring, including: current travel team players and players from the recreational league and other clubs. Selection to a team one year does not guarantee selection in subsequent years and players are expected to continue to develop and earn that distinction each year.
All travel tryouts will be open tryouts and will be promoted both within the CASA membership as well as to the general public. Players will be selected based upon their ability. The Technical Directors, Evaluators (selected by Technical Director) and CASA coaches serve as the evaluators for all try-outs. Coaches are not allowed to evaluate in their own age group. CASA reserves the right to arrange additional try-outs following the original try-out to further evaluate a reduced pool of candidates.
CASA recommends that players playing-up in age are the exception rather than the rule. They are expected to be impact players who, as a minimum requirement, would fall within the top ten players on the older team. Exceptions to this will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Player selection will be announced within two to three weeks following the final CASA tryout date. The player/parents are required to respond to CASA within two weeks to confirm acceptance of their selection to the team and to register with CASA.
Adding Players
As space is open on a team the coaching staff of the team along with the Technical Director may have tryouts to add players to the team throughout the travel season. These tryouts may occur during normal team training sessions. Players will not be removed from the team roster during the travel year to make room for new players to be added.
CASA looks to promote from within before looking outside the Club. Whenever possible, it is preferred that Division 1 teams first look to the Division II teams to fill any openings in their roster mid-year. However, this depends upon the competition level and skill level of the team seeking a player, and the skill and level of play demonstrated by players seeking to move to the higher level team.
Removal
Once accepted onto a team players will be not be removed from that team during the travel season unless there are serious or repeated violations of the Code of Conduct, behavioral problems with either the parents or the player, or situations that threaten the cohesion of the team. The coach will report such situations to the Program Director who will take the issue before the CASA Competition Committee for review and action.
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