2021-22 Winter Basketball
Schedules:
We will be offering the following programs (practice nights can vary based on division and team placement)
1st and 2nd Grade skills and drills for Boys and Girls. This program is generally been held on Saturday mornings for 1 hour, focusing on skills and drills. (Runs generally Beginning of December through end of February)
Rest of these programs games and practices start in December and run into March. Evaluations to split up teams generally Mid-Late November.
3rd/4th Grade Girls and 3rd/4th Grade Boys programs. Both of these programs will generally have 1 practice during week, and a game on Saturday morning.
5th - 7th Grade boys and 5th - 8th grade girls programs. Both of these programs will generally have 1 practice during the week and a game on Saturday Afternoon.
8th-12th Grade boys. This program generally has 1 to 2 games a week and minimal practices after the beginning of season. This program is NOT available to any boy playing High School Basketball at any level at their high school (freshman, JV or varsity).
We will be hosting evaluations In November for most leagues. If your child doesn’t attend evaluations, no teammate requests will be honored. We also will be having a cutoff in terms of numbers in each league. So please don’t hesitate in registering. Once leagues are full, we will not be honoring late registrations. Anyone interesting in getting involved in the Basketball Committee or with help running a league, please reach out to Craig Ecker at [email protected]. We will also be looking for coaches in all leagues, so please click off that in registration process. We look forward to another exciting season of GYAC Basketball, if you have any questions please reach out to either Craig Ecker at [email protected].
Again please don't hesitate and wait to sign up. We do what we can to accommodate registrations but due to gym limitations we do have to stop registrations when leagues fill up
Basketball Leagues
The leagues are comprised of players of all skill levels and experience levels. We attempt to create teams that will be equally balanced and competitive with each other. This is a great opportunity for players wishing to start playing the sport, or for players looking to play more basketball. We will focus on the fundamentals, the concept of playing as a team, and the overall enjoyment of playing the game.
SKILLS AND DRILLS: Held at Roslyn Elementary School on Saturday mornings between 9:00 am and 12:00pm. Three 50 minute sessions broken down by total enrollment.
3rd – 4th grade boys and girls: One weeknight practice per team, generally between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm; one game a week on Saturday.
5th-7th grade boys 5th – 8th grade girls: One weeknight practice per team, generally between 7:30 pm and 9:00pm; one game a week, normally on Saturday.
8th – 12th grade boys:Games Monday and Wednesday Nights generally
Summer Basketball
We will be offering teams for boys/girls exiting 3rd to exiting 7th grade. Entire teams are encouraged to register. If registering an entire team, you must have a coach assigned with them.
The games will be played on Tuesday - Thursday nights between 5:30 pm and 9:00pm at Penbryn Park in Glenside. The schedule will range from about June 8th through July 30, 2022. This is a games only league.
The amount of divisions and how they are broken up for both boys and girls will be decided by number of participants and number of coaches we have signed up. There is a possibility that we may not be able to offer for all age groups.
Register at GYAC.org