Ruby C. Hunt YMCA Summer Youth Basketball 2025

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Ruby C. Hunt YMCA Summer Youth Basketball 2025

PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE REGISTERING!

2025 Summer Youth Basketball Information

General Information:

  • Registration opens on Monday, April 7th, 2025
    • On-time registration from 4/7/25 to 5/25/25
    • Late registration from 5/26/25 to 6/3/25
    • ALL REGISTRATION ENDS JUNE 3RD 2025
  • Cost:
    • On time: $40.00 for members and  $70.00 for non-members
    • Late: $50.00 for members and $80.00 for non-members
  • Coaches meeting: May 15th @ 6:30 PM virtually on Microsoft teams
  • Parent meeting: June 3rd during your child’s skills night in the Ruby C. Hunt Library.
    • If your child does not have a skills night, your parent meeting will be on June 3rd at 6:00 PM in the Ruby C. Hunt Library.

Basketball:

  • Games/practices will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Skills Nights

  • Skills nights will be for any players 8 years or older.
    • There will be no skills night for any player that is younger than 8 years old.
  • 8-17 ages will have the following skills nights (you must be registered to attend skills night):
  • 8-10: June 3rd at 6:00 pm
  • 11-13: June 3rd at 7:00 pm
  • 14-17: June 3rd at 8:00 pm

Located at the Ruby C. Hunt YMCA on Court 2

Practices:

  • Practices will start the week of June 9th, 2025.
  • Practices will be on a weekday evening, excluding Wednesdays.
    • For basketball your practice will be on a Tuesday or Thursday evening starting at 6:00 PM, 7:00 PM, or 8:00 PM (Saturdays 9:00 AM-9:45 AM for Little Hoops).
    • We allow our volunteer coaches to pick their practice days and times 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 June 3rd, 2025.

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 begin June 23rd and end on August 7th 2025.
  • Games will be on a weekday evening, excluding Wednesdays.
    • For basketball your games will be on a Tuesday or Thursday evening starting at 6:00 PM, 7:00 PM, or 8:00 PM (Saturdays 9:00 AM-9:45 AM for Little Hoops).
  • Basketball may interleague with Dover and Kings Mountain YMCA’s
    • This will involve traveling to the Kings Mountain or Dover YMCAs for volleyball and basketball games.
  • Ages 7 years and older will play an eight-game season. Ages younger than 7 years old will play a eight-game season. Little Hoops(3-4-year-old basketball) does not play games. Little Hoops will instead have eight practice sessions from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM. There will be one session each week.
  • There will be no playoffs or bowl games for any age groups.

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

Additional Information:

  • 3-4 Little Hoops is on Saturdays from 9:00 am to 9:45 am
    • They will have 8 sessions, one session per week
    • There are no games for this group
    • They will get jerseys and trophies
    • 15 is the maximum for a group, if more want to join another session will be made available.
    • The first session will be June 7th, and the last session will be August 2nd.
      • There will be no session on July 5th.
  • Pregame devotionals
    • Will run around 5 minutes
    • Could make games go a few minutes later
    • Aim is to have teams done with warm ups ten minutes earlier
    • Please try to show up at least 30 minutes prior to games

Contact Information:

Jordan Fricault

Sports and Wellness Director

Ruby C. Hunt YMCA

P: (704) 669-7645

E: [email protected]