Adding Events (Games, Practices, or other) to your team's schedule:
Coaches and Team Managers:
After you have registered as a coach on the Tolland Lacrosse website, you may be asked to register as a coach on CVYL. One coach or manager from each team must be registered on CVYL to enter games on their website. Team managers must be added to their player's team on our website to be able to add events.
FIRST read the Coach information below for your girls or boys team, THEN see the HOW TO section.
GIRLS team coaches and managers:
Girls Junior and Girls Senior coaches and managers:
Games:
Do not add games through our website. Coaches or managers are responsible for adding (and if necessary editing or canceling) their HOME games on CVYL's website. Games entered on CVYL will appear on both home and away team's website schedule pages. Contact the opposing team's coach if they have not entered a game they are hosting. If they are not able to enter the game, you are permitted to enter it for them. The CVYL website has a "How To Add Games" tab that will show you how to add, update and cancel games.
Coaches are responsible for entering the final score of their HOME games within 24 hours. If 24 hours has passed, the opposing coach may enter the score.
Practices:
Enter all practices and team events to your team's schedule on our website. See below for how to enter events.
Girls Lightning and Bantam coaches and managers add the following to your team's schedule on our website.
All games (home and away)
All practices and team events
** See below for how to add events. **
BOYS team coaches and managers:
Boys Bantam, Boys Junior and Boys Senior coaches and managers:
Games:
Do not add games through our website. Coaches or managers are responsible for adding (and if necessary editing or canceling) their HOME games on CVYL.org. Games entered on CVYL will appear on both home and away team's website schedule pages. Contact the opposing team's coach if they have not entered a game they are hosting. If they are not able to enter the game, you are permitted to enter it for them. The CVYL website has a "How To Add Games" tab that will show you how to add, update and cancel games.
Coaches are responsible for entering the final score of their HOME games within 24 hours. If 24 hours has passed, the opposing coach may enter the score.
Practices:
Enter all practices and team events to your team's schedule on our website. See below for how to enter events.
Boys Lightning Coaches and managers:.
Games:
Home games:
It's recommended that Lightning Coaches add their home games through CVYL.org. Games entered on CVYL will appear on both home and away team's website schedule pages. The CVYL website has a "How To Add Games" tab that will show you how to add, update and cancel games. A Lightning coach or team manager must be registered on CVYL if you plan to enter home games on the CVYL website.
Away games:
Contact the opposing team's coach if they have not entered a game they are hosting on CVYL. If they are not able to enter the game, you are permitted to enter it for them on CVYL.
Alternatively you may add both home and away games on our website. Your team will be able to see these games on their schedule, but they will not appear on your opponent's schedule.
Practices:
Enter all practices and team events to your team's schedule on our website.
** See below for how to add events. **
HOW TO Add Events (Games, Practices, or other) to your team's schedule:
Prerequisites
Use a desktop/laptop computer, this is difficult on a mobile device.
You must be the registered coach or manager to update the team calendar.
Steps to Add Practices, Team Events or Games one event at a time
Navigate to your team page by selecting Teams tab > Choose a Team
On the left-hand navigation click the schedule link. The team schedule will be displayed.
On the right side of the team menu bar (after the team name) click Options and select Add Event.
Fill out the information for Date, Time, Location. Under Category, select Game or Practice or your event.
Fill out teams. The current season should already be displayed.
For Games: Under Teams, list the home team first, then select the Opponent.
Girls Juniors and Seniors Teams are linked to CVYL. Girls Junior & Senior games must be entered through the CVYL website.
Girls Bantam and Lightning Teams:
Away Games: Select "Outside Opponent". When you select your outside opponent, it will not appear on their schedule. It will appear as @Opponent on your team's schedule.
Home Games: In the Define Other field enter "Home" for Opponent. This will appear on your your team's schedule as @Home. Include the name of the opponent in the Notes section.
Boys Teams are linked to CVYL. Boys Bantam, Junior & Senior games must be entered through the CVYL website. Lightning may enter games on either site, but are encouraged to use CVYL.
For Practices or Team Events: Select your team.
Add Event Notes if desired.
Select the appropriate notification that will go out automatically once submit is pressed.
