We are in the midst of our Atom Tryouts right now. players do not try out by position in our Association except obviously goalies. I think our process is pretty transparent which is nice but people still complain about it.
Traditionally have had 2 AA and 2 A teams, 90 skaters and 11 goalies trying out. this is down significantly from last year. 120 skaters + goalies
1 technical skate and 3 games. Then split top 45 and play 2 games among 3 teams. top 30 form the AA teams and we do a balancing skate. the 15 that didn't make AA are guaranteed A but go though the same process with next 30 that didn't make AA split. Rest go back to Atom C
Coaches aren't selected until the top 30 are picked. Pros and cons as i think the last few spots could be coaches choices but it does take the politics out of it.
one thing we have done this year is paid evaluators. Same 5 guys are at all the ice times and get $15 per. I think the consistency is good.
08/09 group here is pretty weak so I would like to see 1AA and 2 A this year but I'm not hopeful that will happen will likely be 2 AA and 1 A and the AA teams are going to be weak.
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