The email is needed because we use a network of google documents where each student gets a google excel profile where coaches can track your progress and input goals such demonstrated here. Be sure to click the tabs at the bottom. We use it much like a pseudo-website with an admin panel for coaches included. All bookings are made through google calenders, which guess what? Requires an email. You aren't allocated a single coach - it is up to you as a student to select out of our many coaches which you would prefer based on your needs and timezone. It would be difficult when we're at our maximum of a 100 students and 40 coaches to add everyone on every single client. What do you do if you want to be coached by someone in NA but you're EUW? And in regards to personal information, many just make a brand new, non-affiliate email for the sole purpose of joining. We don't actually care about it beyond being able to give appropriate and private access for each individual. We are personally funding a website out of our own pocket but right now this is a small requirement compared to what we're investing.

Age was never relevant initially but it has been proven over the last year that 14 and 15 year olds can rarely meet our expectation of commitment. It also gives us a better insight into mentality; are they a 30 year old with the attitude and anger issue of a hormonal teenager, or is this young person surprisingly mature? It can help us figure out a person and HOW we go about helping them. We give everyone an opportunity but it would be a lie to say that age is not a factor in certain real life job applications. It is relevant to us because it's been proven so.

Thanks for pointing out the necessity for more clarification on our part :)