2003 Tryouts
Ahead
Tryouts for the 2003-2004 playing
year will take place in early June. When it's time to update this
site with schedules and plans, there will be an announcement on the
front page of the Team Boca web site pointing to updated
tryout
information.
2003 Tryouts
Public tryouts for the 2002-2003
playing year will take place beginning 9 June 2003. All tryouts
will be at FAU Henderson Fields. The information following is
provided to describe how Team Boca teams are named and about Team
Boca’s age policy.
Team Names
The numeric designation with each
team indicates year of birth not school graduation.
-
White teams
are the most competitive and have a significant travel obligation
in age groups U13 to U18. The U9 to U12 White teams travel
within FL to regional cup, presidents cup, and tournaments.
-
Navy teams
have a somewhat less travel requirement throughout the state of
FL, but have a similar training requirement.
-
Recreational teams play in the
SABR rec program that is administered through the Soccer
Association of Boca Raton. See more at
www.bocasoccer.com
Age Policy
/ Team Boca Playing Up Guideline
It is the intent
of the Team Boca Technical Staff to define the process of the
"playing up" guideline to avoid any misinterpretation of it's
intent:
Determining Factors
for Play ups:
The individual player must be identified as one of the exceptional
players in the birth year by the technical staff and the age group
coach. It will be deemed at this time that the indicated player will
have secured a place with the team in his/her birth year. Next, the
identified player will be invited to the older age group tryout,
where he/she MUST demonstrate that they are in the top third (one of
the best five players) on that team. Based on this assessment by the
technical staff and input from the older age group coach, a
determination will be made on the individual playing up a birth
year.
Team and Club
Considerations:
We want to be sure that in this process, we create a fair
opportunity for everyone involved. A major concern is that we place
a player in an environment in which they are challenged, have an
impact on players with whom they are playing and are having the
success necessary to enhance their development. A club and team
consideration is the displacement of players whose roster spot will
be filled by a younger player. Here lies the reason that the
technical staff must be certain a younger player will have the
impact necessary to justify displacement of an individual who is
birth year eligible for a team.
Tryout Location
All Team Boca tryouts take place at
FAU Henderson Fields. Directions can be found on the
fields page.
Call the Team Boca hotline at 561-998-2246 for more
information and for inclement weather details check the web site.
Are You Moving to Florida?
Players moving in from out of state
or players who have not yet registered with another club can
contact Team Boca by e-mail at
info@teamboca.com
or contact a coach directly from the
contact information provided on the
staff page.
