Ultimate Lacrosse is an elite program and to become a member you must undergo a try-out on a yearly basis. Payment will ensure membership with the club until January of 2009.

• Ultimate will provide you with top-level training, skill building, and exposure at some of the most popular recruiting tournaments. This will give you the tools needed to compete and eventually excel at the college level.
• In order to ensure that each player will receive the individual attention that they deserve, we will have four different skill levels (blue/white/yellow/silver). These levels will be determined by the coaching staff’s assessment of each player’s abilities. While such levels could be subject to change, it is important that the players and the parents understand and respect the coaches’ decisions. All groups will be provided with the same training opportunities, and high level coaching.
• All players are not only expected but also required to attend all practices for their age group. If a player cannot make a practice for a certain reason, contact must be made to their coach at least one day prior. Missing multiple practices without a legitimate excuse could affect a player’s ability to enter into certain tournaments.
• Ultimate strives to teach each player the importance of teamwork, responsibility, and leadership. These skills will help them to excel on the lacrosse field and in life. In order to make this growth possible, we strongly encourage that the girls rather than the parents initiate communication with their coach. Each player will be held accountable for her actions as well as the decisions that she makes.
  

TOURNAMENT POLICIES

• Players that attend all practices will have a greater chance of getting into every tournament. Certain Tournaments will be considered mandatory for players, and must be paid for by April 1, 2008.
• The development team will not have the same Tournament regulations as Blue, White, and Yellow teams. The coaches will decide what tournaments if any, the development team will attend. This decision will be made based on the improvement of the players, and their desire to compete.
• Ultimate will organize hotel accommodations (blocks) to the tournaments so that we can stay as a group. It is our goal to have a more cohesive club dynamic.
• Information regarding hotels, tournaments and player waivers will either be put up on the website or emailed to you directly.
• Even though we will try to maintain team chemistry, players and parents must understand that certain tournaments will require a mixture of ages. As much as we want to keep the teams together, we also want to give those individuals dedicated to competing and improving as much as possible a chance to do so.
• All players will be given an opportunity to play close to the same amount. This time will be given out at the discretion of the coach. If a player thinks that they are not being played as much as the others, it is her responsibility to make such a feeling known to the coaching staff.
• Players should arrive at the fields forty five minutes before their first scheduled game. This rule is necessary to ensure that you have enough time to find the field and get warmed up. Coming late to tournaments is unacceptable, and may result in loss of playing time. This is considered the player’s responsibility and not the parents.
• We strongly discourage players from participating in or joining other club lacrosse programs that will take away from their commitment to Ultimate . We do not want to have to compete against our own players.

FEES AND REFUND POLICY

• If you have paid your yearly membership in full and have a sudden conflict - if we are notified by April 1, 2008 we will refund all but $200.00.
• Tournnament fees and travel expenses are separate from the annual membership fee. However, certain tournaments will be required for the girls to sign up and pay for by May 1. This is a new policy that has been put forth to ensure that those individuals who commit to Ultimate are willing to attend the mandatory tournaments for their given age group.
• The amount for each tournament will vary. They will be based on the requirements given by the tournament directors.
• Those who do not pay the non-mandatory tournament fee at least two weeks prior to the event will receive a $20 late fee charge.
• Once an entry fee into a tournament has been paid it will not be refunded, or used as a credit to the next tournament. In the rare occasion that a tournament is cancelled in advance, the entry fees will be reimbursed. However, those tournaments cancelled during the event will not be refundable.
• $50 fine will be enforced for those individuals who sign up for a tournament and then fail to attend without due notice. These players will also risk losing their right to participate in future tournaments.

CREDIT / CANCELLATIONS / REFUNDS

• Ultimate will keep records of all transactions. However, parents are encouraged to do so as well.
  GEAR: Players are required to bring all necessary gear to every event. If gear is stolen or lost there will be a minimum of a $25 fine in addition to the cost of the gear, and may take up to 3 weeks to be replaced.

PARENTS

• Parents are required to defer to the Ultimate staff for all decisions regarding the players, and how they are to be coached. Those parents who wish to become more involved in the program, please don’t hesitate to contact us and let us know.