DIVISION 4 – GENERAL TEAMING RULES:
1. All Division 4 players shall play in their age group as determined by their age on July 31 of
the current year. Birth dates shall be established by a birth certificate issued by a public
agency, a resident alien card, a valid passport, or by other means approved by CYSA.
2. For the initial teaming, prior to the distribution of rosters, brothers or sisters in the same
age group shall be placed on the same team, unless otherwise requested by the parent at
the time of player registration.
3. Parents may request not to have a particular coach by submitting the Request To Not
Have A Coach form. The form can be found on the Club’s website and should be mailed
or delivered to the Club’s office at the time of registration. Requests for coaches will not be
considered.
4. Two (2) players in the U5/U6 through U10 age groups may declare themselves to be
buddies and hence be assigned to the same Division 4 team, under the following
conditions:
(a) The declaration is mutual, and the Buddy Application form is submitted on time and
according to Club instructions. Requests for coaches will not be considered.
(b) Buddies are not guaranteed.
(c) Siblings who are to be teamed together may not have buddies.
5. A registered head coach may request, in writing to the appropriate age group Program
Director, to freeze a maximum of four (4) players for U5 through U10, five (5) for U12 and
(8) for U14,
(a) U5 through U10: These player may be his/her children and buddies thereof, and
children of up to one registered assistant coaches (designated the freeze assistants)
and buddies thereof, to a maximum of 4.
(b) U12 through U14: These players may be first his/her children and children of up to one
registered assistant (designated the freeze assistant), and second children from his/her
previous year’s team (designated as continuation freezes).
(c) U16 through U19: Club teams in this age group play as part of the District IV
Competitive League and will adhere to a teaming policy consistent with teams in this
Club. Therefore, there is no restriction placed on the number of continuation freezes a
coach may request. The coaches may, at his/her discretion, and with the approval of
each player/parents involved, continue with any portion of the team, up to and including
the entire roster.” The request must be made before the teaming process is initiated.
6. If a requested or frozen player has a sibling of the same gender in the same age division,
the sibling will be assumed to have been frozen as well (unless the parent requests that
the siblings be placed on different teams). Among continuation freezes, siblings will count
against the freeze limit before players without siblings.
7. For the purposes of these rules “continuation freezes” are defined as freezes chosen from
the roster of the head coach’s team the previous year with exceptions as noted. For non-
continuing head coaches, rights to these freezes may be transferred to the previous year’s
assistant coach as long as he/she was approved as an assistant prior to September 1 of
the previous year. This request must be submitted in writing to the age group program
director from the head coach on a form provided by CVSC.
To be eligible for continuation freezes (U12 through U14), the coach must have been
either:
(a) The registered head coach of the previous year’s team, or
(b) A registered assistant coach of the previous year’s team, having been so approved
by September 1 of the previous season, and having obtained transfer rights from
the (non-continuing) previous year’s head coach, using a form provided by the
Club.
(c) U16 through U19: Club teams in this age group play as part of the District IV
Playing League and will adhere to a teaming policy consistent with teams in this
Club. Therefore, there is no restriction placed on the number of continuation
freezes a coach may request within their current seasons Age Group. For example
a U19 team can not freeze a U16 Player.
(d) Players not rostered on the coach’s team from the previous year may still be
eligible to be a continuation freeze if the following conditions are met:
• When last eligible (ie: in the same division and age group), the player was
rostered on the coach’s team and,
•
The player’s most recent coach has no legitimate claim to the player for the
purposes of continuation freezing.
Circumstances addressed by this ruling include but are not limited to:
• Player changes age group at a different time than the coach
• Player was part of a different division
• Player left Club (valid reason, such as illness, must be provided to Program
Director)
• Players dropping without a valid reason after previous teaming are not eligible
for any future consideration as a continuation freeze
8. A coach’s freeze list may include continuation freezes from at most one team.
9. A freeze assistant must have submitted a coaching application prior to teaming in order
that his/her children or buddies thereof be frozen on the basis of his/her being an
registered assistant coach.
10. A coach failing to turn in a written list of requested players prior to player selection may
only freeze his/her own children (and buddy) and those of the freeze assistants (and
buddies).