Rush Henrietta Falcons
Travel Soccer Club
Travel Soccer Club
Responses from some of your most frequently asked questions taken for
the 2010 Year End Survey.
1.
Why have the Travel Fees gone up again?
For the past several years the club has tried to keep costs as low as
possible with the aim of getting as many kids to play as possible.
To this aim the club sets fees as low as possible, utilizes
volunteers across all aspects of the club and offers multiple sibling
discounts. As costs rise
everywhere else so must our costs.
To help you understand a little better where the money goes, we
have prepared a quick synopsis showing the break-out of costs per child.
Costs per child
Registration Fee (Insurance Cost)
$ 6.00
Travel Pass (RDYSL Fee)
7.50
Uniform Cost
67.00
Player Pass (Rhino’s Season Pass)
10.00
Referee Fee (avg per player)
20.00
RDYSL Player Admin Costs
4.00
Winter Training Costs (This includes
Wagner Program and Indoor Space)
160.00
Total
$274.00
The above costs are hard costs only and don’t include any field
equipment costs; coaching licensing, adult risk management costs or any
administrative costs, so the current club fee of $300 per child leaves
us at a break-even point. As
a further comparison a quick web search shows that we charge the same
amount or less than surrounding towns and premier teams average at least
$1200 per season.
2.
What is being done to better communicate with the parents?
The club is continually trying to improve communication.
Our new on-line registration process will provide us with e-mail
addresses for all our players so that club-wide e-mails can be sent with
any necessary information.
Rest assured that your e-mail address will only be used for club e-mails
and not shared with any outside sources.
We have also been working hard on updating our website to provide
more up-to-date information and contact numbers.
These contact numbers will enable you to contact a coach, a
director of coaching, committee heads and board members with any
inquiries or concerns you may have.
3.
I have concerns regarding my child’s soccer experience.
What can I do?
The club has procedures in place to help address any concerns a parent
may have regarding any issue within the club.
If the issues relate to a team level concern we ask that you
please speak with the head coach of that team.
If you feel that your concern has not been handled properly, the
next step is to speak with the Director of Coaching. If that doesn’t
help, the matter should be brought to a board member or officer.
If the issue is not team related but club related, please feel
free to contact either the committee head or any board member.
As a club we are continually striving to improve and welcome your
feedback.
4.
My child missed try-outs what can I do?
The best place to start is by contacting either the coach of the age
appropriate team or the Director of Coaching.
These contact numbers are available on the website.
Team formations have already been done, although there may still
be some openings.
5.
Why were try-outs held right at the end of the season, what about family
vacation?
Many of our players participate in fall sports for school.
Most fall sports begin training/try-outs in the middle of August.
The club does not want to interfere with school sports which
means that try-outs need to be conducted prior to fall sports or after.
As we all know Rochester weather in October/November is
unpredictable and holding outdoor try-outs at that time is not a good
option. Keeping all the
try-outs at the same time not only seems to be the least disruptive
option for those families with more than one child involved, but also
allows our volunteers a break from soccer season.
Most other travel clubs in the area hold try-outs at this time as
well and this time frame allows us to evaluate players when they are
still in soccer mode.