Ultimate Lacrosse is an elite program and to become a member you must undergo a try-out on a yearly basis. Payment will ensure membership with the club until January of 2011.
* Ultimate will provide you with top-level training, skill building, and exposure at some of the most popular national recruiting tournaments. This will give you the tools needed to compete and eventually excel at the college level.
* In order to ensure that each player will receive the individual attention that they deserve, we will have one elite team per age group. These teams will be determined by the coaching staff’s assessment of each player’s abilities, position and strength at tryouts. In the future, if there are multiple teams within an age group there will be different levels. It is important that the players and the parents understand and respect the coaches’ professional decisions. All decisions are made thoughtfully. All groups will be provided with the same training opportunities and high level coaching, regardless of team placement. We will have fall packages available, but please do not expect your summer team to stay in tact due to the high school sports season. The fall teams will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
* All players are not only expected but are required to attend all practices for their age group. If a player cannot make a practice for a certain reason, contact must be made to their coach at least one day prior. Missing multiple practices without a legitimate excuse could affect a player’s ability to enter into certain tournaments.
* Ultimate lacrosse strives to teach each player the importance of teamwork, responsibility, and leadership. These skills will help our athletes to excel on the lacrosse field and in life. In order to make this growth possible, we strongly encourage that our players rather than parents initiate communication with their coach. Each player will be held accountable for her actions as well as the decisions that she makes.
TOURNAMENT POLICIES
* Players that attend all practices will have a greater chance of getting into every tournament. Certain Tournaments will be considered mandatory for players and must be paid for by April 1, 2010.
* If Ultimate-NJ provides a development team they will not have the same Tournament regulations as the Elite teams. The coaches will decide what tournaments if any, the development team will attend. This decision will be made based on the improvement of the players and their desire to compete.
* Parents will organize hotel accommodations to the tournaments. Where we are able to create room blocks Ultimate NJ will to our best to ensure that our teams stay together. It is our goal to have a more cohesive club dynamic.
* Information regarding hotels, tournaments and player waivers will either be put up on the website or emailed to you directly.
* Even though we will try to maintain team chemistry, players and parents must understand that certain tournaments will require a mixture of ages. As much as we want to keep the teams together, we also want to give those individuals dedicated to competing and improving as much as possible a chance to do so.
* Players should arrive at the fields forty five minutes before their first scheduled game. This rule is necessary to ensure that you have enough time to find the field and get warmed up. Coming late to tournaments is unacceptable and may result in loss of playing time. This is considered the player’s responsibility and not the parents.
* We strongly discourage players from participating in or joining other club lacrosse programs that will take away from their commitment to Ultimate-NJ. We do not want to have to compete against our own players.
FEES AND REFUND POLICY
* If you have paid your yearly membership in full and have a sudden conflict – if we are notified by April 1, 2010 we will refund all but $250.00. The annual membership fee is $675.00 for classes of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015/16
o Your membership fee cover the following:
o Quality coaching to improve individual & team skills
o Performance training from the Source Institute
o 10 Club practices
o Use of coaching staff for college references
o Cost of fields and equipment
o Club salaries and expenses
o Team membership for all elite tournaments
o Navigation of the recruiting process
* Tournament fees and travel expenses are separate from the annual membership fee. However, certain tournaments will be required for the girls to sign up and pay for by May 1, 2010. This is a new policy that has been put forth to ensure that those individuals who commit to Ultimate are willing to attend the mandatory tournaments for their given age group. These tournaments are crucial to the recruiting process depending on the age of the team. This consistency from our players will only be beneficial to our team and individual success.
* The amount for each tournament will vary. They will be based on the requirements given by the tournament directors. The fees will cover the following:
o Individual registration in tournament
o Coaches hotel accommodations & expenses
o Coaches per diem salary
o Tournament administrative costs
* Those who do not pay the non-mandatory tournament fee at least two weeks prior to the event will receive a $20 late fee charge.
* Once an entry fee into a tournament has been paid it can not be refunded or used as a credit to the next tournament. In the rare occasion that a tournament is cancelled in advance, the entry fees will be reimbursed.
*Players MUST pay mandatory tournament fees by payment due dates. Failure to do so will forfeit players place on the roster. Mandatory tournament fees will not be refunded. Period.
* $50 fine will be enforced for those individuals who sign up for a tournament and then fail to attend without due notice. These players will also risk losing their right to participate in future tournaments.
INSURANCE
* We require that all players must be members of US LACROSSE to supplement their own insurance policies. (All tournaments require that athletes have this coverage) USL memberships numbers and expiration dates must be supplied by March 1, 2010. We will check US Lacrosse memberships monthly!! To register go to: http://www.uslacrosse.org
CREDIT / CANCELLATIONS / REFUNDS
* Ultimate will keep records of all transactions. However, parents are encouraged to do so as well.
GEAR
* Players are required to bring all necessary gear to every event. If gear is stolen or lost there will be a minimum of a $25 fine in addition to the cost of the gear, and may take up to 3 weeks to be replaced.
PARENTS
* Parents are expected to trust our expertise making decisions regarding all coaching strategy, team organization and standings.