UPDATED PLAYER REQUEST POLICY

Player request information
By Gabriel and Carissa Mbulo | 06/16/2024


Thank you for your interest in our sports programs! The Player Request Policy is designed to help parents and coaches better understand how our leagues and team rosters are built, and how requests are factored in.

N Zone Sports was created to change youth sports and get away from the "win at all costs" mentality. This is one of the reasons why players do not need a team regardless of their skills or abilities when they sign up with N Zone Sports.  When large amounts of requests or "team stacking" is granted, it can leave the league extremely unbalanced and lopsided.  We don't want that.

 

N Zone Sports organizes teams using the below criteria

  • Balanced number of teams per age division - This is based on the number of registered participants and their ages (must have an even number of teams to prevent double headers)
  • Correct age category
  • Head Coach son or daughter on the team they are coaching (if in correct age division)
  • Balanced player ages
  • Siblings (Must put in the request box to play on the same team as sibling - full first & last name)
  • Player listed skill level OR known player skill level by league management (if known)
  • Requests (N ZONE SPORTS DOES NOT GUARANTEE SPECIAL REQUESTS AND NO REFUNDS ARE GIVEN FOR NOT GETTING YOUR REQUEST. 
  • Date of paid registration
  • Late registration

 

Teams will be balanced to the best of the league's knowledge of the players, coaches, etc., but will likely never be completely balanced due to several factors  which include, but are not limited to: actual player skill level, late registrations, injuries, registration errors, coaching ability, practice & development, etc... 

 

Coaches - First off thank you for coaching! We and the players appreciate your effort!

We kindly ask that coaches please do not guarantee spots for players on a team before rosters and teams have been created.  This can cause confusion, and false guarantees. Please refer them here or to the league office for registration request information.  This information is also listed upon registering for any N Zone Sports leagues. 

Informal guide for requests - Typically (not always) the league is able to grant up to 5 requests.  It is unlikely that requests of 5 or more will be granted.  If requests are not granted there will not be a second request allowed  (if not already entered in special request box upon registration) after team rosters have been finalized.  Once rosters have been sent to coaches, they are SET AND FINAL (pending late registration OPEN spots).

 

Parents

Please make sure to put in your requests in the special request box upon registering, even if they are siblings.  If you missed doing this, please call our office as soon as possible and BEFORE standard registration has ended.  We will do our best to accommodate your player request based on the above criteria.  If you have questions about your request please DO NOT CONACT THE COACH about this.  Please refer to the above criteria or call our league office.  

 

Thank you and we hope to see you out on the fields!