Guidelines for Team Formation

Division Guidelines

When placing players on teams the goal is to have balanced teams for Division play. The following guidelines (in order of priority) will be used when forming teams:

  • Player Eligibility - in order of priority
    1. Coaches, Board members and key volunteers are guaranteed placement on a team
    2. Players that have registered and paid the full NJB fee.
    3. Residents within the Chapter boundary ahead of players with waivers
    4. Returning Saratoga NJB players over players who have not played NJB before.
    5. If a player who is on a team has a sibling, that sibling has priority.
    6. In order of pre-registration
  • Team Formation
    Teams will use the Griffin Method to form teams.
    • Only the coach's child is guaranteed to be placed on their team. Coach requests for assistant coaches and other parent requests will be handled by mutual agreement of the parties involved, with the approval of the Division Coordinator
  • Team Validation
    Once the team formation has taken place it is the responsibility of the Division Coordinator to confirm all the correct processes and guidelines were followed, by reviewing each player on a team roster and those players on the 'team formation list' who were not assigned to a team (see above).
  • Refunds
    Players who withdraw from NJB will receive 100% refund if the decision is recieved by the Division Coordinator prior to team formation. If the withdraw happens after team formation but before the first game 50% refund will be processed, and 0% if the withdraw happens after the first game.
  • Player Drops
    Once team formation has taken place replacement of players who were added to a team, but then choose to withdraw from NJB will first come from players who are wait listed within the same Division. The secondary resource would be players wait listed in a younger Division who are willing to play up. Once team formation has taken place players will not be traded between teams to rebalance unless coaches and the Division Coordinator agree. If no wait listed players are available unregistered players may be recruited

All-Net Guidelines

The goal of All-Net is to put together the best combination of players to play in higher competition. The team is chosen by the coach, but oversite is provided by the All-Net commissioner and Player Agent to ensure there are no obvious flaws in the process.

  • Player Eligibility
    1. The only player guaranteed placement on the team is the coach's eligible child. However, it is important that the boy/girl be of an all-net caliber player or the All-Net commissioner may need to determine if that coach is the best choice for the team.
    2. Players from the current grade level may join the team, or players from an earlier grade 'IF' there is no All-Net team for that player's grade level.
  • Team Draft
    The team will be formed from the list of eligible players who have expressed interest. However, discretion is allowed for the coach so he can have players that fill all the needed positions. In addition the style of play the coach intends to implement may influence which players are chosen for the team. This may result in players with top 10 talent not making the team due to the coach's decision that other positions, or players with a different style were of higher need so the team could be more competitive.
  • Team Validation
    Once the team formation has taken place it is the responsibility of the All-Net Coordinator to confirm all the correct processes and guidelines were followed, by reviewing each player on the team roster.
  • Refunds
    Players who withdraw from NJB will receive 100% refund if the decision is recieved by the All-Net coach prior to team formation. If the withdraw happens after team formation but before the first game 50% refund will be processed, and 0% if the withdraw happens after the first game.
  • Player Drops
    If a player decides not to continue with the team a replacement may be added so long as it does not interfere with the roster of a Division team that has already been formed.