Select Season games start in early January and run through March, culminating with the Select Season tournament at the end of March. Select teams then stay together to play in several tournaments through at least the end of May. See "Expected travel and tournaments" below.

Player draft

For each age group and gender, the coaches get together and draft the players for that age/gender group. Coaches will have scouted the players at a game. Each coach is looking for different things. It is subjective. Each team needs referees to be eligible for tournaments. It is possible that a player will be selected because one of their parents is a referee. If a coach's child is the best player in that age group, that team would not get a selection in the first round. We slot the two coach's children in relationship to their abilities of the other players in the group. We try to make the draft as fair as possible. Once again it is subjective.

Costs

Registration is $160 per player. There are a limited number of scholarships for this. Tournament fees can cost $40 per tournament per player. There will be lodging costs, meal costs, and transportation costs. This can amount to $750 depending on the number of tournaments a team decides to play in. There is no financial assistance for these costs. For planning purposes, you should figure it may cost around $900 per child to play Select.

Criteria for the Select Season

PLAYERS: We encourage all eligible players (U9 and above) to apply! To be eligible to participate in the Select program a player must be registered, and must have participated, in the prior fall season no later than the first weekend in October. The player must participate in at least 70 percent of the Fall Season, which includes the Jamboree (U9 and U10) or Regional Tournament (U12, U14, U16, and U19). Rained-out games are included as games played, and players must meet regional playing time guidelines (currently three-quarters of each fall game). Players are expected to attend regularly scheduled practices. Exceptions to the eligibility requirements above may be allowed on a case-by-case basis with approval of the Select Committee. Players must participate in the same division in Select as they participated in during the prior Fall Season. The number of teams that will be formed in each division varies from year to year. In general, you can expect up to one Select team for every six fall teams. This will primarily depend on the number of qualified volunteer coaches.

COACHES: U9 and U10 coaches must have completed the U12 coaching class in order to be considered to coach U10 in the Select Season. All other coaches, including assistants, must have the appropriate coaching class level to their age group. There will be no exceptions to this rule.