Team Formation Pilot Program

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St. Catherine Laboure Athletic Association

Team Formation

Original Publication: April 2024

Revision: April 2025

Background

Starting in the Fall of 2023, the Athletic Association voted and implemented a Pilot Program to guide Team Formation.

As such, the following took place:

Instructional Programs (4th grade and below):

These teams will be randomly selected every year by the Sports Director.

5th -8th grade: A self-declaration program was implemented as part of the registration process.  This would allow each parent to declare the level of skill of their player, in the specific sport.  Three choices were offered: Competitive, Recreational, No-Declaration.

The self-declaration would help the chairs review the total population, and help guide the team formations based on the declaration.

Current State

Now that All-Things-New has been memorialized, and SCL will continue to compete during the regular season with a broader range of competition, the board would like to launch Team Formation Pilot 2.0.

Future State/Pilot 2.0 v2

Instructional: No Changes

5th-8th Grades:

Continue with Self-Declaration during Registration, however, only two options will be given during registration – Competitive or Recreational

Recreational Declaration:

All players declared as recreational will be placed on a team

The Athletic Committee will take reasonable efforts to have these athletes placed appropriately in the provided leagues of CYC

Competitive Declaration:

Should the number of overall registrants allow for multiple teams then:

The Sport Chair will review the declaration count to determine if an evaluation is required

Based on number of Competitive registrants, the Board will host a 1-hour evaluation practice to cluster kids together based on skill level

This will be hosted and selected with external SME’s to divide the players into A (a more competitive team) and B (a more recreational team) teams

Evaluators will be instructed to either rank or form teams (positions), based on sport

Upon Completion of the evaluation, the Sport Chair will then review the proposed A & B teams with the Athletic Director and one-neutral board member for alignment and sign-off.

A & B Teams will then be reviewed for Coaching assignments

A & B Teams will then be assigned via Team Sideline

Coaches will have the choice as to what CYC division the team will play in (A, B, C, D)

Evaluations:

Will be performed by a 3rd party, with no specific ties to SCL Athletics

Will take place only if there are enough registrations to fill multiple teams

Parents will not be allowed in the vicinity of the evaluations

Neutral board members who meet the stratification of the CYC Compliance Guidelines will oversee evaluations

Player evaluations/scores will not be shared with anyone outside of the SCL Athletic Board

SCL Athletic Board has the final decision of a team evaluation will be held or not.

Additional Guidelines and Outcomes of Evaluations:

If a player attends evaluations, they are bound to the team they are assigned to

If a player attends evaluations, and chooses to quit the program after they deem not to accept the results of the process, registration fees will not refunded.

If a player decides to quit (this includes ‘silent’ quitting) after not being selected to the desired team, a player suspension could be placed on that player for the next subsequent season

If a player missed evaluations, they will be placed on the next available team in that grade

If a parent misses the registration window for their child, they will be placed on the next available team in that grade

If a coach’s child is not selected for the A team, the coach is still welcome to coach the A team, but coaching will not move their child up to the A team, the child will still be placed on the B team that came from the results of the evaluation