U.S. Youth Championship Selection Process
The following is the
procedure used by the Youth Championship Selection Committee to select
participants in the U.S. Youth Championship. Applications will include a list of some major regional and national regattas whose results are considered by the selectors. If you competed in any of these events, you must report your finish in each regatta. These events are not the only important criteria upon which applications will be judged. The section asking you to list your best and biggest regattas is also very important. These events may already be included as part of the required list and that is fine. If they are not on that list, it is of particular importance that you tell us about them. This is your chance to give us important information we might otherwise miss. There are many very competitive regattas that do not include many of your fellow applicants. This is particularly true if you are transitioning into the youth boats from other classes (such as the Optimist). The selectors need to know if you did well in them! There may also be events that are not on the list that were very competitive and did include other applicants. It is good for the committee to know about these also. The training and practice section is important also. We have accepted people in the past with limited results but an extensive training plan and serious indication of execution of the plan. If nothing else, it will force you to think about how to prepare properly and indicate that you are thinking seriously about the event. The Youth Champs selectors are a team of 20 plus and chances are one or several of us will be at regattas and clinics that you are attending disguised as the mother serving dinner, the dad directing traffic in the parking lot, the college coach running the clinic, the PRO on the race committee boat and the college sailor setting marks for you in your sailing class. We are all those people and more. Think twice about how you behave at all the events you attend. Make a good impression and you may be rewarded. Remember, we have access to the internet. Do not fudge results! Each application is ranked regionally by more than one person and then ranked nationally. |
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Selection Procedure Score each applicant as an "A", "B+", "B" or "C" using the range as listed below. Though this will be difficult in many cases, it is VERY important, particularly in the B+ and B categories.
Categories: B+ = Definitely accept once all the A's are accepted. Score 85-89 B = Good Sailor, Good Potential. Score 80-84 C = Wait List for the Youth Champs. Score below 80.
The intent of the system is to accept all the A's. If all the As cannot be accepted, the Selection Committee Chairman will contact the Selection Committee member before one of the A's is not accepted. Selectors should keep detailed records of decisions with respect to each applicant.
Keep in mind that comments and records will only
be reviewed by the Selection Committee Chairman and are STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL. Comments may be released if there is a challenge to the
selection process. You may
want to research each applicant's ability and background by:
a. examining regatta results
b. drawing on personal knowledge
c. talking with youth sailors in your region
d. talking with junior/youth sailing organizers in your
region
e. talking with instructors and coaches in your region
f. researching the relative difficulty of regattas held in
your region
While ranking applicants, the Selection Committee
members must keep in mind the single most common "complaint" we
receive is that a sailor in a region who did not get accepted
regularly beats another sailor who did get accepted. Research and
knowledge should minimize this occurrence. |
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AS THE NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY FOR SAILING IN THE UNITED STATES, SELECTORS MAY NOT DISCRIMINATE BASED UPON THE APPLICANT'S RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, AGE, SEX OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.
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