Uniforms/Exchange

information in the registration form. Please note that the smaller size shirts have lower numbers on the back, and the larger size shirts have higher numbers. This sometimes prevents coaches from satisfying the requests of players to have a particular number on their shirts.

HSA asks all coaches to arrange with their teams to distribute uniforms during the week before the first Saturday game.

UNIFORM EXCHANGE

HSA wants all players to have properly made and fitted uniforms. Since the four IRL sessions take place over a seven-month period, the uniforms should fit loosely in the fall so that there is room for the players to grow. If any part of the uniform is defective or does not fit when you receive it, HSA will exchange it for shirts, shorts, and/or socks that are properly made and fitted.

In order to exchange any part of a uniform, it is important that your child not wear the part or parts that you plan to exchange. HSA provides two options for exchanging your uniforms. First, you can bring your uniform to HSA's office during regular business hours. See the "Contact" section of our website for information about the location and office hours of the HSA office. We maintain a small inventory of extra uniforms at the office. If we have the uniform parts you need in the appropriate size and color for your child, we will make the uniform exchange at that time.

Second, we will place a special order for your child with our uniform vendor if we do not have an appropriate uniform part to exchange with you from our inventory. In most cases it takes only three to five days for us to receive the specially ordered uniforms from our vendor, so we usually can make the uniform exchange before the next game. In order to place a special order, we will need to know the number of the team your child is playing on, the color and size of the uniform part you wish to exchange, and the color and size of the uniform part you wish to receive. Special orders can be picked up at the HSA office during normal business hours. Please call, e-mail, or visit the HSA office on the Thursday or Friday following placement of your order to see whether it has arrived.

If your child has a game before the uniform exchange is completed, have your child wear to the game the parts of the uniform that have not been exchanged. Your child should not wear the part of the uniform you plan to exchange. If you are exchanging the shirt, please have your child wear a T-shirt or old uniform shirt that is as close as possible to the color of your child's new uniform shirt. If you are exchanging shorts or socks, your child can wear any color shorts or socks to the game because these parts of the uniform are not as important as the shirt for distinguishing the players on different teams.

UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION

Each season, HSA provides uniforms and a ball to all registered players. The uniforms consist of color-coordinated shirts, shorts, and socks. It is HSA’s goal that all players receive properly fitted colorful uniforms that they will enjoy wearing.

HSA provides each team with two to four sizes of uniforms depending on the range of ages in the division the team is playing in.We ask that coaches distribute uniforms to players at the beginning of the season based on the height and weight information you provide for your child in the initial registration form. Thus, it is very important that you provide accurate height and weight