2017 Boys General Evaluation Information

Reason for Boys' Evaluation

• Our goal is to assign your son to the team that optimizes his continued development (e.g., Spanish I or Spanish II based on current, not eventual fluency
• Consistent with our League (CVYL), we are required to field at least one A and one B team in our Boys Jr and Sr Divisions
• In some years, we have enough players to field two B teams in a Division

Evaluation criteria

• A or B team current fluency is based on two primary criteria

     1.       Previous season evaluation 

     2.       Indoor tryout evaluation

• Per US Lacrosse, 'Areas of Evaluation' are:

     1.      Technical:  passing, catching, dodging, shooting, ground balls, off-hand, etc.

      2.      Tactical:  how a player performs in game or scrimmage situations, moving the ball, moving off ball, team defense, team   offense, transition

     3.      Approach:  effort, hustle, attitude, etc.

     4.      Physical:  speed, quickness, agility, size

     5.      School Grade:  higher grade within Division is a consideration for players of equal ability

     6.      Positional:  players are evaluated at their chosen position relative to their peers; balancing the number of position players per team is also a consideration

     7.      Commitment to Lacrosse:  At AYL we believe in the evidence suggesting the best athletes play multiple sports and do not specialize in one sport over all others at a young age.    While recognizing and supporting that philosophy whole-heartedly, if all things are equal we recognize commitment to lacrosse.  For instance, did the player play fall ball or winter lacrosse, or attend lacrosse camps?

Preparing your son

• Parents play a huge role in this process 

• There are three overarching themes we would urge you to consider reinforcing with your child as the tryouts approach:

1. Try your best and give 100% effort throughout
2. I'm proud of you for working so hard at this; and 
3. No matter what the outcome is, you know I (we) love you 

2017 AYL Evaluation Times & Locations

Boys Jr and Sr Teams

Jr's

6:00 – 7:30pm

*Due to facility constraints, parents are asked to drop their kids off at 5:30 pm and return at the end of tryouts at 7:30 pm to pick up their kids

3/27 and 3/28

Courtside Sports Center in Harwinton located at 517 Burlington Rd, Harwinton, CT 06791

Sr's

6:00-7:30pm

*Due to facility constraints, parents are asked to drop their kids off at 5:30 pm and return at the end of tryouts at 7:30 pm to pick up their kids

3/20 and 3/21

Courtside Sports Center in Harwinton located at 517 Burlington Rd, Harwinton, CT 06791

IF YOUR SON IS UNABLE TO ATTEND ANY OF THE ABOVE DATES, PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THE FORM BELOW INTO AN EMAIL, FILL OUT THE PLAYER INFORMATION, AND SEND TO MATT WOODS (TRYOUT COORDINATOR)

mattbwoods@aol.com

Avon Youth Lacrosse

Notification of Tryout Absence

Player name: _________________________________________________

Parent or guardian contact:

          Name: __________________________________________________

          Phone: __________________________________________________

          Email: ___________________________________________________

Tryout date(s) the player will miss: ___________________________

Junior Tryouts are Mon. 3/27 & Tues. 3/28

Senior Tryouts are Mon 3/20 & Tues. 3/21

Reason for absence: __________________________________________

Est. date of return (if injured): ________________________________

If you have any questions, please contact our Tryout Coordinator, Matt Woods at Mattbwoods@aol.com.  We will contact you with appropriate next steps.