In order to participate in conditioning or tryouts, you must be cleared. Conditioning begins in September, tryouts begin in mid-October. For detailed videos and step by step instructions on how to do the necessary paperwork go to the Alonso Athletics page. There are a few common mistakes that are made and we want to highlight those here so that you do not make these mistakes. All of the paperwork must be filled out correctly, so please do not think that this is an exhaustive list of all that needs to be completed. These are just the most common mistakes.
COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID WHEN PREPARING CLEARANCE PAPERWORK
Page 4 of the EL2 form is the only page from your physical that needs to be uploaded. Because this one causes so many problems, we have a section devoted solely to the EL2 form.
You need to upload an electrical bill, water bill or mortgage statement that is within the last 30 days. That proof of residency is known as "living proof." The living proof must match the address that you have on record with the school. If you are renting, you must upload the entire lease agreement and the player's name must be on that agreement.
Do not upload a driver license of the student. The parent/guardian's government ID must be uploaded.
You cannot just upload your own private insurance card. You must purchase insurance from Hillsborough County Public School Athletic Protection. If it is your first time getting school insurance for athletics, you will have to create an account (click here to go straight to that page). It costs $40 if you are only getting insurance for soccer (it is more if you are getting insurance for more than one sport).
If your birth certificate is not in English, you will not be cleared. If you need to have your birth certificate translated, you can go to sites such as www.floridatranslate.com and pay a small fee to get a quick translation. It must be a certified translation, not just a translation written out by someone in your family that knows English. There are many other websites out there that perform this service. This particular one is just one that we know works.
You must rewatch videos every year that you tryout and must get updated certificates. For this year, if your certificates are not dated May 15 or later, they are not valid.