James Caan,
You haven't been doing this for very long, have you?
As I see it, there are two choices:
1) Clubs tell you exactly who the coaches for the teams are, then when there aren't enough kids in one age group for a team, or enough for two teams in another...and the club has to go back and say, "Sorry, what we told you before is wrong." or,
2) Clubs tell what they think they MIGHT do with specific teams, or give you a list of all the coaches they will use.
In a perfect world, the clubs would know exactly how many kids will show up, the exact skill-level of all of them, they would have coaches contracted, and everything would be spelled out in fine detail.
I'm sure that is a wonderful place.
(I apologize....did that come out sounding a tad sarcastic? My bad...)
