Frequently Asked Questions


	Frequently Asked Questions Softball Baseball Basketball Soccer Soccer - Practices/Games Coaches/Coaching Registration Weather hotline # 952 227-7000 Weather Cancellations: In the event of lightning, practices and games will be cancelled. In general, play will go on except for lightning. Coaches and referees may use their discretion to cancel and/or re-schedule. Soccer - Practices & Games WHEN WILL THE PRACTICE/GAME SCHEDULE BE POSTED ? The practice/game schedule will be posted on the website by the second week in August. WHY IS THE PRACTICE/GAME SCHEDULE NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL MID-AUGUST ? The schedule can not be determined until team formation is completed. We have open registration through mid-July, and a grace period through end of July to collect late registrations. Teams are selected in early August, and a schedule is formed based on the number of teams in each age group, and field availability. We will use the previous season as a guideline for the current season. Changes will only be made by necessity. WHAT IS THE POLICY FOR RECIPROCAL BUDDY REQUESTS ? Because we have over 600 kids in the program, we simply can not accommodate the many requests we receive to pair multiple kids together on the same team. We allow one pair of kids to play together, provided that the two registrations are "reciprocated". In other words, the two players must coordinate their registrations by naming each other as their reciprocal buddy request. This allows the team selection committee to simply match the two kids together during team formation. Multiple requests get complicated, and also bring the issue of team stacking into play. For this reason, we do not allow groups to be formed at registration time. This is a recreational soccer program designed for kids to play informally, and an opportunity to make new friends. WHAT IF MY CHILD CAN'T PLAY DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS ? The deadline for refund requests due to scheduling conflicts is August 16th Our refund policy is posted at www.chanhassenathleticassociation.org Note: The team formation process can be drastically affected by drop-outs due to scheduling conflicts. Please contact us as soon as possible if you will be dropping out. HOW DO I QUALIFY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP ? Please contact Terre Kemble at CAA for more information: terrekemble@mchsi.com Coaches & Coaching How do I sign up to be a coach? What are the coaches responsibilities? What does it mean to be an assistant coach? Registration How do I register online? What if I don't want to register online - can I register some other way? What do you do with the registration information?
	What determines the age groupings for softball? Ages for softballl are based on the National Little League guidelines and are the same as the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America guidelines. These state that January 1 of the year child participates as the cutoff date for the purpose of eligibility and placement in leagues. Our Little League does offer reciprocal buddy requests and consideration for playing up to eligible players.
	What determines the age groupings for baseball? Ages for baseball are based on the National Little League guidelines. These state that April 30 of the year child participates as the cutoff date for the purpose of eligibility and placement in leagues. Our Little League does offer reciprocal buddy requests for some divisions and consideration for playing up to eligible players.
	What is the schedule for each division? The specific schedule for each age group has not been established yet because we don't know exactly how many teams we will have in each age group. We are in the process of reserving fields and estimating the number of teams. We will begin drafting the schedules on March 1st after field reservations are final and we have a good estimate of the registration numbers.
	What days will my team practice? For each division, there are two events per week. At the beginning, the two events are both practices. Then it transitions to one practice and one game, then to two games per week. There are two tournaments during the season, Mid-Season and End-of-Season.