Fall:
First Day of Tryouts: August 24th, 2026
Tryouts are currently scheduled for 4:30 to 6:30 on the BHS upper field (i.e., next to the baseball field) from Monday, Aug 24th through Wednesday, Aug 26th, but may be extended.
Eligibility
To participate in tryouts a student athlete MUST be registered for BHS 2026-27 Fall Girls Soccer in Final Forms (different than Summer!) and be eligible (i.e., not red). Please take care of this early. If your status is yellow or grey you can participate in tryouts and training, but you must be green before you can play in a match. If you are red, you will not be able to participate in tryouts or training until you are at least yellow or grey, no exceptions! So get those eligibility requirements taken care of early.
Tryouts
All players interested in playing soccer at BHS are required to participate in tryouts. Players will be selected for the program based solely on their performance in tryouts.
If tryouts will end early or be extended, updates and additional information will be communicated through Final Forms.
If a player is unable (e.g., because of illness or injury) or unavailable (e.g., late Summer family vacation) for tryouts but would like to tryout for the program, they must contact Coach Shulkin at jshulkin@nsd.org BEFORE the start of regular tryouts to notify him of their interest in trying out and reason for being unable to attend regular tryouts. Players that provide this notification will generally be offered a supplemental tryout opportunity when they are ready/able.
Program Selections
Player selections will be made and communicated at the conclusion of tryouts. How selections are communicated can somewhat depend on the number of student athletes trying out. We attempt to have discrete personal conversations with everyone not selected, but that’s not always possible. Any student athletes or parents that have questions about player selection decisions are always welcome to contact Coach Shulkin directly at jshulkin@nsd.org.
2026 Fall Season
Regular training begins the day after tryouts end. This will most likely be Thursday, Aug 27th. Regular training times and locations can change from week to week, as field availability and schedules for other sports that share our fields can vary. Regular training times have generally been as follows in previous seasons (for player planning purposes), but may change.
Every weekday:
- JVC: 3:30 to 5:00
- JV: 4:00 to 6:00
- Varsity: 4:30 to 6:30
We will also have mandatory FASST (fitness, agility, strength, speed, technique) training sessions on most Saturdays (9am to 11am) for ALL players in the program. So once we start, we’ll go six days a week most weeks through the end of the season.
All teams will train regularly on the same upper field where tryouts are held. Any time/location changes will be communicated through Final Forms.
Matches will begin the first week of September, so there is very little time to prepare between tryouts and our first matches. Arbiterlive.com or the Kingco Athletics site (https://www.kingcoathletics.com/sport/?sportid=11) are both typically reliable sources for match schedules.
Get Ready!
The entire coaching staff is excited to see you all and get to work on making it a great season. If you have any questions about any of the information or content on this page, please Coach Shulkin at jshulkin@nsd.org.
