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 19th, 2024 in the Ruby C. Hunt Library at 6:30 PM. We will have a coaches meeting for anyone interested in coaching on Thursday, November 21st, 2024 in the Ruby C. Hunt YMCA Library at 6:30 PM.

Picture day will be Pictures will be on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 at whichever branch your child plays at the day (Ruby, Dover, or Kings Mountain).*

*Some leagues may have to inter-league which will involve travel to the Dover and Kings Mountain YMCA’s.

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 10th:
    • 7-8 boys: 6:00pm-7:00pm
    • 9-10 boys: 7:30pm-8:30pm
  • December 12th:
    • 7-9 Girls: 5:30pm-6:30pm
    • 10-12 Girls: 7:00pm-8:00pm
    • 13-15 Girls: 8:30pm-9:30pm
  • December 14th:
    • 11-12 boys: 12:00pm-1:00pm
    • 13-15 boys: 1:30pm-2:30pm
    • 16-18 boys: 3:00pm-4:00pm

Registration:

• On-time registration will go from September 17th to December 8th, 2024.
• Late registration will be from December 9th to December 15th, 2024.
  • 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 December 1st, 2024.

Member Rate: $40.00

Non-Member Rate: $70.00

Financial Assistance available upon request.

Practices:

• Practices will start the week of December 16^th, 2024.
• 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 (5:00 PM-5:45 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) by December 6^th, 2024.
• There will be no events from December 23^rd to December 29^th. Practices will resume the following week (week of December 30^th).

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 10^th, 2025.
• 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 on 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 5:00 PM to 5:45 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
  • 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!
• All parent Team Reach Group Code: Rubybball24-25
  • Please join to get important updates!

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

For more information, please contact [email protected]