North River Youth Basketball

 Numbers permitting, age divisions will be 2-4 coed, 5-6 coed, 7-8 coed, 9-10 boys, 11-12 boys, 7-9 girls, 10-12 girls, 13-16 coed. The age of the child on 1/1/25 will determine the age division and placement. If the birthdate of child is in question, a birth certificate will be required.Numbers permitting, age divisions will be 2-4 coed, 5-6 coed, 7-8 coed, 9-10 boys, 11-12 boys, 7-9 girls, 10-12 girls, 13-16 coed. The age of the child on 1/1/25 will determine the age division and placement. If the birthdate of child is in question, a birth certificate will be required.

Numbers permitting, age divisions will be the following:

• 2-4 coed
• 5-6 coed
• 7-8 coed
• 9-10 boys
• 11-12 boys
• 7-9 girls
• 10-12 girls
• 13-16 coed

The age of the child on 1/1/25 will determine the age division and placement. If the birthdate of child is in question, a birth certificate will be required.

Registration deadline is 11/30. Late registrations will be accepted up until 1/14/25, as long as spots remain on teams. Registrations that are submitted after 11/30 will be charged a $15 late fee. The late fee will increase as time continues.

Skills Evaluations (to balance teams) will be held on 12/7 at the following times:

• 4 & under at 9 am
• 5 yrs at 9:45 am
• 6 yrs at 10:30 am
• 7 yrs at 11:15 am
• 8 yrs at 12 pm
• 12 & under at 12:45 pm
• 16 & under 1:15 pm.

Teams may begin practicing the week of 1/6. Kickoff Jamboree 1/11. Games will be held 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 3/1.

Practice times and days are determined by the volunteer coach your child gets placed with. Parents can request to not practice a certain day or time and the YMCA will do our best to accommodate said request. Special requests are not guaranteed. Teams will be made up of 8-10 players each. Numbers permitting, players ages 7 and up will be separated into either a boy’s league or a girl’s league.

Coaches: WE ALWAYS NEED COACHES! All coaches are volunteers. If you are interested in coaching, please indicate that on your child’s registration form. There will be a mandatory meeting for all coaches on 12/4 or 12/6 at 6 p.m. at the North River YMCA.

Refereeing: in the 2-6-year-old division, coaches will assist with refereeing. For the 7-16-year-old division, there will be one referee present.

Games may be held at the following facilities/organizations: Bethel Bible Village, Bright School, the North River YMCA, the Downtown YMCA and the Hamilton YMCA, North Georgia YMCA site. All locations are subject to change.

All regular season games will be played on Saturdays. Games will begin at 8:00am and last until each team has played their game for the week.  Each team is guaranteed 6 games during the season. The game schedule will be released the week of 1/6.

Each child will be given a YMCA basketball jersey. Parents must provide shorts, socks and shoes.

There will be no formal picture day this season. Coaches will organize the time for a team practice/game for parents to take their own photos.

Teams in the 7-9, 10-12 and 13-16 divisions will end the season in a single elimination tournament. Seeding will be determined by a random drawing. The tournament is scheduled to take place on 3/1. Ages 2-6 will not have a tournament.

Once registered, participants will not receive an email from their child’s coach until after 12/26. All participants should receive an email from their coach or the YMCA by 12/27 informing practice day and time. If you haven’t heard anything by then please email the Program Director Travis Corder at tcorder@ymcachattanooga.org.