tryoutS
indoor season
OVERVIEW OF indoor seasoN
NEE Indoor Season consists of 10 Sunday sessions (all age groups) and 8 Weeknight Skills Sessions (U14, U16 & U19) leading up to local and/or national tournaments, dependent on team placement.
Practices will occur from Dec. 10th to Feb 25th
For the U14, U16, and U19 age groups, participation in Indoor Season is determined via a tryout process.
Learn more about our age groups and teams HERE
See full winter schedule HERE
team selections
We are hosting two rounds of tryouts (Nov. 11 & Nov. 18) for all athletes who want to participate in NEE’s indoor season - athletes are encouraged to attend both tryouts, but only one is necessary to be evaluated.
After Nov. 18th, we will be narrowing down our list of players. However, team selections will not be posted officially until after our 3rd week of evaluations, after call backs, on Dec. 3rd.
Learn more about teams HERE
location
Governor’s Academy Field House
1 Elm St. Byfield MA.
All winter training takes place at Governor’s Academy - there will be additional travel expectations for tournaments based on team placement.
age group qualifications
US Field Hockey’s cutoff date is DEC 31st, 2023. In order to participate in a certain age group, you must be UNDER 12, 14, 16, or 19 by DEC 31st, 2023.
For example:
If I am 15 years old before DEC 31st, 2023. I will remain in the U16 group. If I turn 16 on or before DEC 31st, 2023, I will be in the U19 group.
For confirmation of age group please double check at this link: AGE GROUP CALCULATOR
PAYMENT
Tryout Prep Session Fee: $50
Tryout Fee: $50 per tryout
Callbacks Fee: $50
*pay during time of registration in League Apps
tryoutS:
Athletes are encouraged to attend both preliminary tryouts, but only one is necessary to be evaluated
1st ROUND -
PRELIMINARY TRYOUTS
November 11th
5-9pm
*Please arrive with time to register and warm up -
Doors open 30 minutes early and we will begin stick and ball right at start
5-7pm: U14 & U16 (first half alphabetical)
7-9pm: U16 (last half alphabetical) & U19
** ALPHABETICAL SPLIT WILL BE DETERMINED ON FINAL NUMBERS AND SENT WEEK OF TRYOUTS
**U10s and U12s will begin on Sunday Dec. 10, no tryout necessary unless you are a U12 wanting to be considered for a U14 team.
2nd ROUND -
PRELIMINARY TRYOUTS
November 18th
5-9pm
*Please arrive with time to register and warm up -
Doors open 30 minutes early and we will begin stick and ball right at start
5-7pm: U14 & U16 (first half alphabetical)
7-9pm: U16 (last half alphabetical) & U19
** ALPHABETICAL SPLIT WILL BE DETERMINED ON FINAL NUMBERS AND SENT WEEK OF TRYOUTS
**U10s and U12s will begin on Sunday Dec. 10, no tryout necessary unless you are a U12 wanting to be considered for a U14 team.
3rd ROUND -
call back TRYOUTS
december 3rd
8am-2pm
*Please arrive with time to register and warm up -
Doors open 30 minutes early and we will begin stick and ball right at start
U14: 8am-10am
U16: 10am-12pm
U19: 12pm-2pm
**U10s and U12s will begin on Sunday Dec. 10, no tryout necessary unless you are a U12 wanting to be considered for a U14 team.
TEAM POSTING DATES:
After Nov. 18th, we will be narrowing down our list of players, however, team selections will not be posted officially until after our 3rd week of evaluations after call backs on Dec. 3rd
SELECTION CRITERIA & FEEDBACK:
We expect our tryout numbers to be large this season. With that said, at NEE we pride ourselves on giving everyone a fair and unbiased chance to make our teams each season. We want to ensure that all our athletes have the proper amount of time to exhibit their abilities to our staff, which is why we conduct tryouts over a three week period.
It’s simple, the athletes who perform at the highest level during tryouts will be chosen to an appropriate team. Previous team selections will not be factored into decision making. We will have a beyond qualified set of evaluators at tryouts, and we expect that everyone will trust our process.
Our evaluators have spent countless years playing indoor/outdoor field hockey at very advanced levels and are specifically trained to seek out the best candidates for each team. If after tryouts, there are questions or confusion about an athlete’s specific team placement, I strongly encourage the athlete themselves, not the parents, to reach out directly to me if you’d like to further ask me a question about our decision.