Sparta Soccer Club Travel Tryouts for the 2008/09 Year
Welcome to the Sparta Soccer Club, (SSC) Travel Team Tryouts. SSC plays within the Morris County Youth Soccer Association and equivalent organizations and is bound by their rules as well as New Jersey Youth Soccer and the SSC Rules. Before you register to tryout It is important that both parents and players know what to expect from our tryout process and that you understand what SSC expects from a prospective travel team member. Please read the following information:
There is a $10 tryout fee that
must be paid at the tryouts.This fee covers the cost for a numbered T-shirt,(
used for evaluation and notification) process for each player and helps defray
the cost of the paid evaluators who assist with the tryouts.
The commitment to a travel soccer team is much more than for a recreational team. It includes but is not limited to:
Two-season commitment with games being played in the fall and the spring.
2 practices per week
Games primarily Sunday afternoon /possible Saturdays or other "make-up" days
Ten game schedule each season split equally between home and away games (some an hour away)
Players are expected to attend all practices and games.
Typically, teams enter one or two tournaments per year
Additional monetary commitment: Hired Trainer, travel expenses for tournaments, winter training / facility fees
most teams schedule winter training, some tournaments
Registration Fee $160. Uniform approximately $90.
Players are selected to the travel program based the tryout evaluations.( info about tryout process below)
Our travel team evaluation process has been developed to be as objective as possible, with the overall goal being to choose players who would be best suited to play soccer at this level. The philosophy of Travel Soccer is as follows: “To afford the opportunity for qualified players with a higher level of commitment to develop their soccer skills and play at a competitive level.”
Every child, including players on current travel teams must tryout for a team for next year
Evaluations are done by qualified "independent" evaluators assigned by the SSC Tryout Committee
Each age bracket also has a Tryout Coordinator (usually a current coach) The Tryout Coordinator does not evaluate the players.
Players abilities, technical skills are rated in a format including: scrimmage play and / or drills
Evaluators score the prospective players throughout the tryout and will compare their scores and rate players to select teams according to our Club policy
To adequately assess the talent of the players, it is necessary for all players to attend both sessions of the tryout. If a player is unable to attend both sessions, please notify the Tryout Coordinator for your child’s age bracket. Other arrangements may be made if necessary.
During the tryouts, all parents are asked to remain away from the fields and are asked to refrain from speaking to any of the evaluators.
Player Notification will be posted on the website by tryout T-shirt number, however; no tryout information will be released until after the last Travel games are played this season ( 6/20).
Teams must be registered with league for Fall 2008 by 7/1/08. Therefore if your child is offered a position on a SSC Travel Team, you must accept or decline the commitment within 2 days of when the offer is made. We cannot hold positions for players while they consider other teams or decide whether they will make the commitment to a SSC Travel Team.
If you are unsure of your child's tryout number, please contact Mark Miller at 973-726-9470 or markhfm@ptd.net .
Registration of players chosen for the 2008-2009 SSC Travel Teams will take place during late July and August. Your child’s coach will inform you about registration as soon as the information and schedule becomes available. Players not registered during scheduled times will be assessed a $20 late fee (unless waived by the Travel Registrar)
The SSC Board of Directors hopes that the tryout experience proves to be a positive one for both players and their parents. Please keep in mind that not all players that tryout out for travel soccer will make a team, but this should not discourage a child from continuing to work on their soccer skills and tryout again next year.
Tryout Registration and Schedule (Schedule only - Online Registration closed - walk-ons are accepted)
Sparta Soccer Club Board of Directors