2010 NIS PLAYOFF INSTRUCTIONS
Thank
you for volunteering to coach you team. We hope that you have enjoyed the experience. You
are now heading into the playoffs. A couple of reminders:
1. In the playoff each team is seeded according to their final standing in their league.
Check
the league page on the website for the date and time of your game. If in doubt, contact your league coordinators
Some larger leagues (U16 & U19) will be split into an Upper and Lower Division for the playoffs.
2.
Have your team meet
at least 20 minutes before your game to make sure that you are ready to start on time – if not,
the players will not be announced at the start of the game.
3. Make sure all of your players wear
their team shirts or they will not be allowed to play.
4.
U16 and U19 teams:
make sure that your player ID’s are up-to-date – no ID and the player will not play.
5. We announce all Championship games and will announce the other playoff
games if we have an announcer.
6.
The
playoffs are a single elimination tournament.
7. If a game ends in a tie, the teams will go immediately into a shootout. See Shootout Rules below.
8.
The championship games are all held on Championship Saturday, May 9th – there will be shoot-outs
at halftime for spectators for prizes and mini-balls will be thrown into the stands, so tell your team
to show-up even if they aren’t playing.
Most importantly, please remember that
these games are meant to be fun. Players, fans and coaches need to act respectfully to each other and towards the referees.
We have a zero tolerance policy. This year has been pretty good; however,
we have had 5 players receive game ejections and two players have been suspended for the season because
of violations. The referees do not want to kick-out players, coaches or fans out of games but we cannot
tolerate disrespectful/abusive behavior or our fun leagues will no longer be fun.
Please help
us by talking to your players, leading by example and by not allowing your players to act in an abusive or disrespectful manner. This also extends to after the game. In many cases, the adrenaline
is running high, emotions are extreme and players say and do stupid things. Please try to help us avoid
these situations.
Again, thank you for all of your help. Without volunteers like you, North
Indoor Soccer would not be as fun and popular as it is. Because of volunteers like you we had a record
877 players registered to play this year ranging in age from 3 years old to over 50! We have players traveling
from all over the metropolitan area and as far away as Wisconsin!
Good luck in the playoffs.
We hope your team makes it to Championship Saturday and, more importantly, has fun.