Ruby C. Hunt YMCA Fall Youth Volleyball

General Information:

Registration opens on Wednesday, July 17^th, 2024
- On-time registration from 7/17/24 to 9/08/24
- Late registration from 9/09/24 to 9/13/24
- ALL REGISTRATION ENDS SEPTEMBER 13^TH 2024
Cost:
- On time: $40.00 for members & $70.00 for non-members
- Late: $50.00 for members & $80.00 for non-members
We will have a parent meeting on September 3rd, 2024 in the Ruby C. Hunt Library at 6:30 PM.
We will have a coaches meeting for anyone interested in coaching on September 5th, 2024 in the Ruby C. Hunt YMCA Library at 6:30 PM.

Volleyball:

Games/practices will be on weekday (Monday through Friday) evenings excluding Wednesdays.

Skills Nights

Located at the Ruby C. Hunt YMCA on Court 2

Practices:

Practices will start the week of September 16^th, 2024.
Practices will be on a weekday evening, excluding Wednesdays.
- For volleyball your practice will be on a weekday (Monday through Friday) evening starting at 6:00 PM, 7:00 PM, or 8:00 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 September 10^th, 2024.

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 October 7th and end November 15th 2024
Games will be on a weekday evening, excluding Wednesdays.
- For volleyball your games will be on a weekday (Monday through Friday) evening starting at 6:00 PM, 7:00 PM, or 8:00 PM.
Volleyball will interleague with Dover and Kings Mountain YMCA’s
- This will involve traveling to the Kings Mountain or Dover YMCAs for volleyball and basketball games.
Teams will play an eight-game season. Ages younger than 7 years old will play a six-game season.
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:

Pregame devotionals
- Will run around 10 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