1. Taylor Jr High Athletics – Jan 5
Season III – Cross Country, Football, and Girls Volleyball
Season Dates – January 6 – February 27, 2016

2. Introductions If you have ANY questions…
Admin Leadership and Athletic Director
Team Leader – Aaron Rogers and
Athletic Director – Scott Jones and
If you have ANY questions…
start with your coach then move to athletic director. 

3. Team Coaches Competitive Coaches
8th Football – Coach Silva
7th Football – Coach Platt
8th Volleyball – Coach Strawn
7th Volleyball – Coach Hansen
Cross Country – Coach Husbands

4. Team Coaches cont’d Skill Camp Coaches (begins Jan 18th)
Volleyball – Coach Cummard
Football – Coach Rodriguez

5. Paperwork for tryouts
Before your son or daughter may tryout a parent must fill out the “Permission to Participate” paper you received when you walked in.
If that paper is not filled out, they may not participate in tryouts.
Your son or daughter must also give the coach a copy of their first semester report card.
If a player does not turn in their report card the coach will not consider them for the competitive team.

6. Team Tryouts Begin, Wednesday, Jan 6th at field, gym, and track
Tryouts will be three days - ending on Friday (this may be adjusted due to weather)
Tryouts are closed to parents - per new district policy
Each team will consist of players (coaches choice)
There will be separate 7th and 8th grade teams
If your son or daughter does not make the competitive team they will have the opportunity to play in the Skills Camp

7. Competitive teams
Most participants will have played before - some at a high level (club or travel team)
Definitive difference in skills and knowledge of the game
NO GUARENTEED PLAYING TIME
If selected to team and do not pay on time (Friday Jan 15th, they will be dropped from the team
Practices will be more frequent and more intense with goals and drills to execute at a high level
Weekly grade checks

8. Skill camp participants
Participants may or may not have played at higher level
Skills and knowledge demonstrated during tryouts are typically lower than others
Camp will begin January 18th
ALL PLAYERS GET TO PLAY IN END OF THE SEASON GAMES
The first 12 payers to pay are part of camp
Practices will be a minimum of 2 times per week
Games will be scheduled at the end of the season and will most likely be a two day event.
There are no grade checks

9. Competitive Team Practices
Will begin Monday, January 11th
Practices will end each day by 7 PM
Players must have a ride home
Practices will challenge the player to improve their skills, strategy, and knowledge of the activity/sport
The objective of these teams is to give ALL players opportunities to improve their skills and knowledge in the sport so Taylor may be competitive in games and the player may be better prepared for high school
Pictures are scheduled for February 5th after school

10. Required paperwork ALL PAPERWORK IS DUE Friday, JANUARY 15TH
Registration
When your son or daughter is chosen for a team they will stop by the bookstore and pick up a packet. The packet will include the following …
Registration and payment form
Emergency contact paper
Ride home with parents paper and
The Taylor Sports Contract
All of these papers must be submitted to the bookstore to complete the process
ALL PAPERWORK IS DUE Friday, JANUARY 15TH

11. payment You may pay on-line or through the bookstore
On-line – 2 links: you may access the site through the Taylor home page OR
OR here at Taylor in Bookstore: pay with check or cash

12. Expectations for all players
Players will be at school at least 6 out of 8 classes and have very few behavior issues (less time at school results in missed practices or games)
Players will attend every practice and game
Players will have a ride home from every practice and game
Players will ride the bus to and from away games unless a “Ride Home” permission slip is turned in to bookstore
Players will represent both their family and Taylor Jr. High with their best effort, behavior, attitude and sportsmanship - both at practice and at games (home or away)
Players will maintain a ‘C’ or above in every class to remain eligible to practice and play

13. Follow through
If a player is not able to meet the expectations there will be follow through.
Follow through could include, but is not limited to:
Suspension from practice
Suspension from games
Suspension from travel with the team
Removal from the team for current season and maybe the following season
All of these circumstances will not lead to money being refunded

14. Grades – why?
At the junior high level we are preparing students for the rigors of high school and high school sports.
Most high schools have weekly grade checks so that the coaches are aware of the player’s academic standing.
Since many of these players desire to play at the next level, it only makes sense for them to learn the responsibilities that come with the desire to play at the next level.

15. Grades - Process After teams are chosen--
Players will present their portal grade print out every Monday to their coach. This will determine if the player is eligible to participate in the practices and/or games that week
Any player that is at school and does not turn in a print out of their grades from the portal, will be classified as ‘ineligible’ to practice or play that week
If a student is absent on Monday they will be able to turn in the grade check Tuesday, before school, to the athletic director. If they don’t - they are ineligible for the week.

16. Skill Camps
If your son or daughter is not chosen for the competitive football or volleyball team they may still participate in the Skill Camp. The registration for this will begin January 18th.
They will pick up a packet from the bookstore and it will be due the 22nd.
If a minimum of 12 players do not sign up for the football or volleyball camp there will be no camp for that sport.
Camps will consist of skills and drills to get those players not chosen for competitive teams better prepared to play for Taylor next year, if they are 7th graders, or in high school.
Games will be played at the completion of three or four weeks for the Camps. In addition to this, there will be no weekly grade checks. Games will not be exactly like the competitive games they will be adjusted to meet the needs of the players in the skill camps.

17. Break-up to Specific Sports
At this time are there any general questions I may address?
If you have individual questions, feel free to see me after the meeting.
If there are no more questions…
Volleyball – stay right here
Football – to my right
Cross Country – back right corner