Registration is now open for the upcoming LWAA basketball season. Registration will end on Sunday, October 23rd. Please sign up ASAP to avoid your child being placed on the waiting list. We want all kids to be able to play but team rosters are limited due to the amount of kids and coaches that sign up.
HOW TO SIGN UP:
(1) log into your account on
www.lwsports.org (or create a new one for first time participants)
(2) click on "My Account"
(3) The basketball program should show up as "Program Available" under your child's name
(4) for all new LWAA participants, they will need to create an account and profile
Once registration is complete, then I will send out more information about the draft/skills evaluation for each age group.
Most practices will start the first or second week of November and games will start on Saturday, December 3rd. Once registration ends, kids will not be allowed to sign up late. Practices will be held once a week (time and location will be determined after the teams have been formed), and games will be every Saturday (some games will be held during the week for some of the older age groups).
If you plan on coaching this year (and YES, we really need you), please do so as soon as possible so I can start getting a feel for numbers (number of coaches needed vs. # of kids/teams).
VOLUNTEER COACHES - last year we had 340 kids sign up for our basketball program. The problem that we always run into (in all of our sports programs) is the lack of coaches. I would greatly appreciate it if some parents would be willing to be a head coach this year. It is not a huge time commitment … one practice per week (for 1 hour) during the week and games are on Saturday. We will have a coaches meeting before the season starts to go over rules and I will put together practice ideas for coaches to help out. If interested in volunteering, please go under "My Account", then go to the "Volunteer Opportunities" tab, and sign up. If you want to sign up a spouse to coach, then they will need to create their own account on the website. The reason is because we have to run a background check on each individual volunteer to secure the safety of our kids.
4U SMARTSTART PROGRAM - this is for 3 and 4 year olds. No practices during the week, and no games. This is a 1 hour program on Saturday mornings to help teach fundamentals like dribbling, shooting, passing, etc. We will ask some parents to help assist in running stations for the kids. This will either start on December 3rd or we might wait until January to begin the program. I will work with Clover Rec on the scheduling.
6U COED - there will be no draft for this age group. Please note in the Special Requests section if you would like your child to play on the same team as another child or team. This is the one age group that I really need more volunteers as head coaches.
All other age groups will participate in a draft/skills evaluation. Your child will not have to participate in the draft IF they are returning to the same age group as last year and wants to return to the same team/coach. Your child will have to participate in the draft IF (1) they are moving up to a new age group or (2) they are returning to the same age group, but their coach from last year is not returning to coach the same age group
You can request for your child to be on the same team as another player, however, we cannot guarantee that they will be on the same team based on the draft. This will help from teams stacking players, and on the flip side, I don't want to force a coach to take a lower skilled player just so the kids can be on the same team. My goal is to have all teams as equal as possible.
I will update everyone on the draft day in the coming month but I am targeting Saturday, October 29th for the 8U and 10U drafts.
VERY IMPORTANT - 12U GIRLS, 12U BOYS, AND 15U BOYS - registration will be extended past October 24th for this age group due to middle school basketball tryouts. The draft will also be later and the date will be determined once I find out the dates of middle school tryouts. But I would suggest signing up for LWAA ASAP to avoid being placed on a possible waiting list. I will refund payments for any child that signs up for LWAA but then makes the middle school team.
AGE GROUPS:
4U Smartstart (3 and 4 year olds) - can't turn 5 before September 1, 2016
6U Coed (5 and 6 year olds) - can't turn 7 before September 1, 2016
8U Boys (7 and 8 year old boys) - can't turn 9 before September 1, 2016
8U Girls (7 and 8 year old girls) - can't turn 9 before September 1, 2016
10U Boys (9 and 10 year old boys) - can't turn 11 before September 1, 2016
10U Girls (9 and 10 year old girls) - can't turn 11 before September 1, 2016
12U Boys (11 and 12 year old boys) - can't turn 13 before September 1, 2016
12U Girls (11 and 12 year old girls) - can't turn 13 before September 1, 2016
15U Boys (13, 14 and 15 year old boys) - can't turn 16 before September 1, 2016