Registrations

After registrations come the logistical nightmare of putting them in order and making sure each age group is correct. We have to do this in a hurry to prepare for late registrations that always come in. This is a difficult time for BBA officers and coaches. We need to determine how many teams we are going to have, then make the most difficult decisions of all. When do you stop accepting late registrations? In a perfect world everybody signs up on time and each team has 11-12 players. Obviously this doesn't happen. What if we get 17 kids to register for a particular age group? That is too big for one team and not enough for two. This is where the work comes in. Our group has to call families to see if there are more sign ups coming. We want everybody to play but what happens when you have 12 kids sign up for the age group and then as time progresses 6 more want to play. Do you close the age bracket at 12 and deny kids an opportunity to play? Do you accept the late sign ups thus penalizing the kids whose parents signed them up on time because now they are going to play less innings? There is not correct answer. This is the stress of registration time, hoping all teams are filled to a manageable level and no one is denied a chance to play.