All-Star Team Selection Process

Introduction

---

Nothing is more important to Cactus Foothills North Little League than having a fair and equitable process for evaluating and selecting players for our All-Star teams.

The process defined by Cactus Foothills North Little League takes into account several factors:

• Regular season performance and playing ability
• Performance via a skills assessment
• Input from managers/coaches and peers via a nomination and voting process
• Availability during the summer to attend ALL all-star events (evaluations, etc), practices, and games
  

The Cactus Foothills North All-Star Team Selection Process is detailed on this page.

On this page:

• Player Eligibility Requirements
• Decision-making and Oversight of the All-Star Team Selection Process
• All-Star Team Selection Process Overview
  
• All-Star Team Selection Process Steps in Detail
  
• Return to All-Star Manager and Coach Selection Process
• Return to About All-Stars
  

Player Eligibility Requirements

Players that meet the following requirements established by Little League are eligible for tournament play.

• Availability Requirements (availability during June, July, and August if necessary to participate in ALL practices and games). The Board may remove a player if outside youth activities conflict or take priority over the operation or full function of the tournament team.
  
• Residence Eligibility Requirements
• Age Eligibility Requirements
• Medical Release and Eligibility Requirements
• Code of Conduct Policy Compliance Requirements
  
• Participation in Other Programs Requirement
• Division of Play Requirements as noted in the table below:
  

Consistent with a manager's ability to conduct the affairs of his or her team, a manager may disqualify a player from the team for the current season, subject to Cactus Foothills North Board of Directors approval, if the player repeatedly misses practices and/or games.

Players and parents must also understand and satisfy all other notes and conditions as noted in the Little League Tournament Rules and Guidelines (Little League Official Regulations and Playing Rules handbook).

If there are questions about those additional items, contact Cactus Foothills North Little League.

Decision-making and Oversight of the All-Star Team Selection Process

All-Star Team Selection Process Overview

The All-Star Team selection process is a fair and equitable process for all players. It is designed to be objective and fact-based - removing subjectivity, favoritism, bias, and opinions as much as possible from the selection of players for our teams.

Cactus Foothills North uses a "weighted" system to determine players for its All-Star teams. The system has the following components:

Manager nominations of players based on (1) regular season performance; (2) playing ability; and (3) ability to fully participate in all practices and games. Board of Directors nominations of players based on (1) regular season performance; (2) playing ability; and (3) ability to fully participate in all practices and games. Manager voting on nominees Coach voting on nominees Player voting on nominees Assessment of players' skills, performance, and playing ability during an evaluation session

All-Star Team Selection Process Steps in Detail

There are multiple steps in the All-Star Team Selection process. Those steps are detailed here:

1. Before a player is nominated for the All-Star team, the nominating manager must confirm the player's availability and ability to participate fully in ALL practices and games. While there is no restriction on the number of players that can be nominated, managers are required to nominate only the best players from their teams based on (1) regular season performance; (2) playing ability; and (3) availability to participate in ALL practices and games.
   
2. If the player meets the requirements as noted above (see Player Eligibility Requirements), the manager nominates the player for the All-Star team
3. Peers, managers, and coaches in the same division as the nominees will vote on the nominees in order - best, to next best, and so on.
   
4. The voting system is weighted so that the ratio of voting managers\coaches to players is balanced.  Votes are tallied and each player is given a score based on the weighting used, the votes received, and the ranking (best, next best, and so on) as judged by managers, coaches, and peers in the voting.
   
5. Players with the highest scores are invited to the All-Star Skills and Evaluation Day where they will demonstrate their skills and playing ability to the All-Star Selection Committee and the All-Star team manager via drills and related activities.
6. Based on the combined scores of the voting process and the skills assessment, players are selected for the All-Star teams
7. The All-Star team manager will contact all All-Star candidates that attended the skills assessment and indicate whether or not he or she made the team.
8. The Cactus Foothills North Board of Directors announces the All-Star team(s) to the League membership
   

Top of Page