How many days per week for practice and games in the spring? In the fall? Roughly 2. Sometimes 3...mostly 2 What days of the week are anticipated for games and practices? This is tricky. We tend to spread them out so that kids with conflicts don't miss everything. For example, if we put all practices on Tuesday and Thursday, a kid in 2nd grade baseball could never come. So we spread it out over several different days. What time of day on weekdays, if any, would practice be? Evenings? Mornings? Both? Any difference in time for spring vs. fall? Evenings...around 6:30 or 7:30pm. Rarely in the mornings on weekends, if ever. No difference in time from Spring to Fall. Is the tournament local or potentially an overnight? 100% local How do you handle spring break? 100% no hockey over spring break. What are the attendance expectations? i.e. if we have a vacation planned? Or if the player also plays baseball or soccer? We are big supporters in multi-sport kids. While we want people to attend as much as they can so teams can develop together, we totally understand that families go out of town and people plan vacations. All we ask is that you connect with the coach in advance. Is there a cap on tryout registration numbers? Is there a registration fee? No cap for registration tryout numbers. Fee is $25 If I have a 2009 but he will be a 4th grader, can he play 2008? Yes
How many days per week for practice and games in the spring? In the fall? Roughly 2. Sometimes 3...mostly 2 What days of the week are anticipated for games and practices? This is tricky. We tend to spread them out so that kids with conflicts don't miss everything. For example, if we put all practices on Tuesday and Thursday, a kid in 2nd grade baseball could never come. So we spread it out over several different days. What time of day on weekdays, if any, would practice be? Evenings? Mornings? Both? Any difference in time for spring vs. fall? Evenings...around 6:30 or 7:30pm. Rarely in the mornings on weekends, if ever. No difference in time from Spring to Fall. Is the tournament local or potentially an overnight? 100% local How do you handle spring break? 100% no hockey over spring break. What are the attendance expectations? i.e. if we have a vacation planned? Or if the player also plays baseball or soccer? We are big supporters in multi-sport kids. While we want people to attend as much as they can so teams can develop together, we totally understand that families go out of town and people plan vacations. All we ask is that you connect with the coach in advance. Is there a cap on tryout registration numbers? Is there a registration fee? No cap for registration tryout numbers. Fee is $25 If I have a 2009 but he will be a 4th grader, can he play 2008? Yes
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