Tryouts are complete, so it’s time to take care of the administrative side of the program before we get started with Academy Team Camp in July. This consists of registration, orientation, and uniform orders.

Registration

Registration opens Thursday, June 9th. NASA Tophat Registrar Jane Jarrett will e-mail all new and returning players that day with registration details. (If you have not yet sent Ward a reply to your daughter’s invitation e-mail, Jane’s registration e-mail may come a business day or two after you accept.)

Registration is mostly an on-line process. If you registered on-line for tryouts, skip past the prerequisite section to the next section. If you have questions about the registration process, please contact Jane.

Prerequisite – register for tryouts:

You won’t be able to register your daughter for the Junior Academy program unless you have already registered her on-line for tryouts. This is independent of the actual on-field tryout process. (The Junior Academy program is a “select” program, which means players have to be chosen to participate. This is unlike the recreational program, which is open to all age-appropriate players without requiring a tryout.)

Returning NASA players (Academy or recreational) can register on-line using their existing NTH account. Players who are new to NASA Tophat will need to create a website account. Link: home screen for login or to create a new account
Once you’re logged in, select My Account, and then select available programs. Scroll down the list of available programs, select 2016/2017 Under 8 Girls Junior Academy Tryouts and follow the prompts.

Register for Junior Academy:

Log in to your NTH account: home screen for login
Once you’re logged in, you may see basic parent / guardian account info. If so, select Back to My Account to return to your account’s dashboard. Your daughter should be listed as a participant, with a button listing a number of programs available. Click the programs available button, scroll down the list of programs, select 2016/2017 Under 8 Girls Junior Academy and follow the prompts.

Registration paperwork:

The NASA Tophat on-line registration system handles initial fees and the majority of player / family information. There are two other items you’ll need to submit to your age group’s coach or team manager:

A notarized medical consent form (all players)
A copy of the player’s birth certificate (new Junior Academy players only)

You can submit these in paper form at your age group’s initial orientation meeting, or you can scan them and send as PDF files to your coach or team manager.

Orientation meetings

We’ll have an orientation meeting at each park the week of June 13th:

Tuesday, June 14, 2016, 6:00 – 7:00 PM at the Metro North Park clubhouse meeting room. This room is on the right side of the breezeway.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 6:00 – 7:00 PM at the United Quest Park clubhouse meeting room. Enter the front door and take an immediate right into the conference room.

We’ll review the Junior Academy schedule and have a Q&A session. Who should attend? Either or both parents, along with players.

We’ll include players in the early part of the meeting to deal with uniform number requests, but most of the meeting is intended for parents. We’ll check on reserving a field so the girls can scrimmage while the adults meet. The girls should bring their soccer shoes and shin guards.

Schedule conflict?

If you have a conflict with your home park’s schedule, you’re welcome to attend the meeting at the other park. If you have a schedule conflict with both sessions, please check the orientation meeting agenda on June 20th or later for an updated agenda.

Uniforms

NASA Tophat Junior Academy, Academy and Select players start a new uniform cycle for the fall 2016 season. There won’t be in-person fitting this cycle, but our supplier (Eurosport, also known as soccer.com) will provide detailed sizing charts as part of the ordering process.

June 16, 2016 update: We submitted our roster to Eurosport this afternoon. Eurosport will e-mail each family in the next few days with ordering information. Link: more about uniform orders