PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE REGISTERING!

2026 Summer Youth Basketball Information

General Information:

• Registration opens on Wednesday, April 1^st, 2026
  • On-time registration from 4/1/26 to 5/31/26
  • Late registration from 6/1/26 to 6/5/26
  • ALL REGISTRATION ENDS JUNE 5TH 2026
• 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 26^th @ 6:00 PM at the Ruby C. Hunt YMCA library.
• Parent meeting: During your child’s skills night on the courts.
  • If your child does not have a skills night, your parent meeting will be on June 2nd at 6:00 PM at the Ruby C. Hunt YMCA on court 2.

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 2nd at 6:00 pm
• 11-13: June 2nd at 7:00 pm
• 14-17: June 2nd at 8:00 pm

Located at the Ruby C. Hunt YMCA on Court 2

Practices:

• Practices will start the week of June 8th, 2026.
• Practices will be on Tuesday and Thursday 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). Saturday practices will also be available for teams from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
  • 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 2nd, 2026.

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 July 6th and end by August 11th 2026.
• Games will be on  Tuesday & Thursday evenings, 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 (Little Hoops will not have games, only their 6 practice sessions).
• Basketball may interleague with Dover and Kings Mountain YMCA’s
  • This will involve traveling to the Kings Mountain or Dover YMCAs for basketball games.
• Teams in age groups 5-6 Coed and up will play an 8-game season. Little Hoops(3-4-year-old basketball) does not play games. Little Hoops will instead have six practice sessions. 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
  • Link to Ruby’s Y-Gametime page: https://ygametime.com/branch/ruby/sports/
• 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 6 sessions, one session per week
  • There are no games for this group
  • They will get jerseys and trophies
  • The first session will be June 6th, and the last session will be July 18^th.
    • There will be no session on July 4th.
• 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

Senior Sports Director

Cleveland County Family YMCA

P: (704) 669-7645

E: [email protected]