Ruby C. Hunt YMCA Winter Basketball

Ruby C. Hunt YMCA Winter Basketball

PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE REGISTERING!


General:

Winter is right around the corner and that means it’s time for our Winter Basketball to start back up! We will have a parent meeting on Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 in the Ruby C. Hunt Library at 6:30 PM. We will have a coaches meeting for anyone interested in coaching on Thursday, November 16th, 2023 in the Ruby C. Hunt YMCA Library at 6:30 PM.

PLEASE READ THE DETAILS BELOW:

Skills Nights:

  • Skills nights will be for any players 7 years or older.
  • There will be no skills night for any player that is younger than 7 years older.
  • 7-18 ages will have the following skills nights (you must be registered to attend skills night):
    • December 4th:
      • 7-8 boys: 6:00pm-7:00pm
      • 9-10 boys: 7:00pm-8:00pm
    • December 5th:
      • 7-9 Girls: 6:00pm-7:00pm
      • 10-12 Girls: 7:00pm-8:00pm
      • 13-15 Girls: 8:00pm-9:00pm
    • December 7th:
      • 11-12 boys: 6:00pm-7:00pm,
      • 13-15 boys: 7:00pm-8:00pm,
      • 16-18 boys: 8:00pm-9:00pm.

Registration:

  • On-time registration will go from October 2nd to November 19th, 2023.
  • Late registration will be from November 20th to December 3rd, 2023.
    • Age groups may be capped after on-time registration due to team size limits. Please sign up during on-time registration to secure your spot.

A late fee of $10.00 will be charged to anyone who signs up after November 20th, 2023.

Member Rate: $37.50

Non-Member Rate: $65.00

Boiling Springs Town residents get 10% off!

Financial Assistance available upon request.

Practices:

  • Practices will start the week of December 11th, 2023.
  • Practices will be on a weekday evening, excluding Wednesdays.
    • This means your practices could be on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday starting anytime from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (5:15 PM-6:00 PM for Little Hoops)
    • We allow our volunteer coaches to pick their practice days to best fit their schedule since they are giving their time to volunteer for our community.
      • Please be available for any of the potential days and times listed above.
    • An initial message about practice will come sometime after your child’s skills night or (if your child does not have a skills night or misses skills night) after December 7th, 2023.

Games:

  • IF YOU WILL HAVE CONSISTENT CONFLICTS WITH THE DATES/DAYS PROVIDED BELOW, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THESE DATES/DAYS ARE FINAL AND WILL NOT BE CHANGED UNLESS UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE.
  • Games will start for basketball on January 5th, 2023.
  • Games at Ruby will be on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings.
    • This means your games could be on a Friday starting anytime from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM and Saturday starting anytime from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
  • If your age division has to inter-league (play with the Dover or Kings Mountain YMCA) there may be weekday games (Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday) at the Kings Mountain Family or Dover Foundation YMCA.
    • Inter-league play will involve traveling to the Kings Mountain or Dover YMCAs for games and could happen for any age division (except 3-4 Little Hoops)
  • Ages 7 years and older will play an eight-game season. Ages younger than 7 years old will play a six-game season. Little Hoops (3-4-year-old basketball) does not play games. Little Hoops will instead have six practice sessions from 5:15 PM to 6:00 PM. There will be one session each week.
  • There will be no playoffs.

Participant Requests:

  • NOT ALL REQUESTS WILL BE MET AND WE DO NOT PROMISE THAT ANY REQUEST WILL BE MET.
  • We do accept requests for specific teams or coaches; however, we ask that any request be made out of necessity (transportation, family, work schedule, etc.)
    • Please do not request specific coaches or players out of preference.
    • We desire for our sports program to build a community and this involves our participants and parents be able to meet new people and create new bonds.
  • Please only request a teammate or coach if you absolutely need it.
  • With this in mind, NOT ALL REQUESTS WILL BE MET AND WE DO NOT PROMISE THAT ANY REQUEST WILL BE MET.

Y-Gametime:

  • For all game scheduling we will be using the Y-Gametime
  • We ask that all parents and coaches check Y-Gametime on a regular basis to see any updates to the schedule.
    • We aim to communicate all these updates to coaches; however, every individual is responsible for staying up to date with their game schedule and any changes that may happen.

Contact Information:

  • We encourage everyone to ensure that all their contact information submitted is accurate and up to date.
  • You will most likely receive text messages from coaches.
  • You will certainly receive emails from staff about updates and important information!
    • So please ensure your email and phone number are current and up to date!

Also please check your email and text messages regularly to stay informed.

For more information, please contact [email protected]