BUDDY
REQUESTS
A
child may request to play on the same team
as one friend or sibling.
The child's name must be
properly
requested
on the friend's/sibling's registration
form also. Multiple or
sequential requests (child A with child
B, child B with child C, etc.) are never
granted.
Two
adults may request to coach together. Their
children will automatically be paired
and no other buddy request
will be
considered.
HGRA’s buddy policy is not about friends playing together
- it is intended merely to allow every child to have at least
one familiar face on the team. It also streamlines team formation
and avoids “stacked” teams
at the older levels. Buddy requests
that do not follow this policy will
not be
granted and will result in your child
not having a buddy on the team.
Please
don’t call to explain why we should waive this
rule for your child. With more than 2,000 kids to register
and place in a short time, we just don’t have the time.
Rest assured that the majority of our players don’t
sign up with buddies and they still all have a great time.