New Prague Traveling Basketball
The New Prague Basketball Association offers competitive traveling basketball to boys in grades 3-8. The program strives to teach and develop fundamental basketball skills, teamwork, and sportsmanship.
The season runs from mid-October through early March.
Registration:
Registration closed for the 2024-2025 Season
Tryouts for the 2024-25 season:
Date: Saturday September 14, 2024
Location: High School Gym - Enter Through Main Doors
*A parent must accompany their child in to the building for registration and uniform ordering.*
Everyone will be ordering a new uniform this year as this is a new uniform year. Pieces for uniform sizing will be available.
7th and 8th grade
Check in: 7:30-8:00 am
Assessments: 8:00-9:30 am
5th and 6th grade
Check in: 9:00-9:30 am
Assessments: 9:30-11 am
3rd and 4th grade
Check in: 10:30-11:00 am
Assessments 11:00 am-12:30 pm
Third grade parents please be available at 12:15 to pick up your child as their assessments may be done early.
We hope to place everyone that tries out on a team. It is our goal to provide the most positive experience for as many kids as we can. Depending on final numbers per grade, restrictions on facility availability and tournament availability might prevent that.
Fall Academy
The goal of Fall Academy is to work on fundamental basketball skills while getting ready for the upcoming season.
Location: High School Gymnasium
ENTER IN BACK GYM DOORS - NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING IN THE BUS LOOP
August 27, September 3, September 5th
6-6:50 Grades 3, 4, 5
7-7:50 Grades 6, 7, 8
August 29
7-7:50 Grades 3, 4, 5
8-8:50 Grades 6, 7, 8
Fees 2024-2025 Season
The fees listed below cover the cost of tournaments, equipment, insurance, gym space for practice, and uniforms. Each athlete will keep their uniform and shooting shirt at the end of the season. Uniforms are used for 2 consecutive seasons to minimize cost.
New uniforms will be distributed for the 2024-2025 Season.
|
Fee |
Tournaments |
Practices per week |
|
|
Grade 3 |
$325 |
MYAS League |
1-3 |
|
Grade 4 |
$375 |
6 |
1-3 |
|
Grade 5 |
$425 |
7 |
2-3 |
|
Grade 6 |
$450 |
8 |
2-3 |
|
Grade 7 |
$475 |
9 |
2-4 |
|
Grade 8 |
$475 |
9 |
2-4 |
Team Placements
The Association will strive to place 8-12 players per team. While not ideal, participation numbers may necessitate smaller or larger teams.
3rd-grade players will be divided equally into teams.
4th-8th grade players will be placed on appropriate teams based on their tryout performance, previous season player evaluations, attitude, coachability, and commitment to the game of basketball. Players are not placed on teams based upon coaching availability. Tryouts are closed to parents.
Players may be moved to different teams following the first few weeks of practice to secure the best placement and success of each individual player.
Practice:
Practices will start at the end of October. Practice schedules will be shared through the SportsEngine app and will be listed on our website. We share and coordinate gym space with multiple other sports and organizations. For this reason, we may only have a practice schedule available week by week. Typically, practices will occur on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings, as well as Saturday mornings. Occasionally there may be a Friday evening or Saturday afternoon practice.
Tournaments:
Tournament play will start in mid-November and conclude by early March, and will vary by team and grade level. The tournament schedule will be communicated via the SportsEngine app and our website once the season has started. Tournaments are held on weekends. Most of the tournaments are held on one-day, but will be listed as 2 day event in the tournament schedule. We generally receive the tournament schedule and information within 1 week of the tournament date. Coaches will communicate any tournament details or release information in the SportsEngine app or via email.
3rd Grade:
Third grade teams will participate in the MYAS league this year.
Third Grade MYAS League Information
New Prague Game Dates TBD
They will play in the New Prague Home Tournament.
Fundraising: None!
Volunteering:
Parents are asked to do volunteer hours at our home tournament in January. The number of hours required will fluctuate each year but is generally 3-4 hours per family. Our home tournament is our main fundraising source. Volunteer hours include set up, concessions, clock, book, and clean up. Families that do not fulfill their volunteer hours during the tournament will be assessed a $100 fee per hour.