Hello Middle School Coaches:

As we get ready for the next tournament there are a few things that I would like to discuss with you.

1) The next tournament is November 11th. This will be a joint tournament with the YMCA League, which means we will be bigger than last time. We will most likely be moving into actual classrooms at HS 426 (still the same building just a better space) a trend we are moving towards and definitely a welcome one.
 

2) Because of a variety of factors we will be running the next tournament with less BUDL staff than we did at the last tournament. We will be totally fine but we need everyone’s help in making things run smoothly.
 

3) The registration for Tournament #1 went wonderfully. Making changes on the day of the tournament adds huge amounts of time to the registration process, and we had very few. To keep that momentum going we need two things from you this time
 

• First Fill out the online registration form at http://www.budl.org/form_tournreg_m .
 

• Second call us immediately on Friday the 11th if you have any changes as soon as you have them. We are going to try to move the registration date up this time to see if we can get things running even more efficiently. The Registration deadline for the November 11th tournament will be 9 PM on Tuesday November 8th.
 

4) We want to be able to get the first bus schedule out by the end of the day on November 7th so please have estimated numbers of students to us by the end of the day on Friday November 4th.
 

5) We are trying to get a JV division going this time and encourage all coaches who have students who can handle it to submit their best team for the JV division.
 

6) This month’s tournament will be focusing on Flowing as the special category. Judges will be instructed to collect student flows and give targeted feedback to students to improve their flowing skills. A packet of flowing exercises and handouts will be distributed very soon.
 

7) Plan on leaving Lake Clifton at 6:00 PM for this tournament. Given our size and the way we ran last time we think this is a more realistic time than 5:30
 

8) Tuesday November 8th at 4:30 PM we will have a Student Workshop that will focus on Flowing, but will help students and coaches with any problems they have. The workshop will be at BUDL Headquarters 1800 N. Charles Street, and should greatly help students in preparing for the November 11th tournament.