1. BTAA Basketball
2017/2018 Season

2. Agenda Overview of Leagues
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Agenda
Overview of Leagues
Review the plan for the gym leases for the upcoming season
Review the plan for tryouts
Preliminary calendar for the upcoming season
Questions/Open Discussion

3. Leagues There are three leagues in the LV area in which we participate
CBL (Community Basketball League)
Boys and Girls teams are placed in the his league.
Considered to be a recreational level league. However it is not an in-house league.
Children are placed in this league based on age as of September 1st, NOT BY GRADE.
Children can play up age levels, but cannot play down, with the exception of U9.
Has levels from U9 all the way to U16.
U9 has two levels, U9I (Instructional) and U9C (Competitive)
12 Game Season
U9I level starts in mid-January and runs through the end of March
U9C – U14 starts December 2nd and runs through beginning of March, with playoffs in mid-March
U15 and U16 levels start December 2nd and run through mid-February with a season ending tournament the end of February.
Home games played at the BTCC on Friday nights, Saturday morning/afternoon, and Sunday afternoons. Away games played at other organization’s gyms (ex. Forks Township, Palmer Township, Lower Nazareth, Pleasant Valley, and some eastern NJ teams).

4. Leagues (Continued) LVKBL (Lehigh Valley Knee-Hi Basketball League)
Boys only, at the following levels:
3rd/4th Grade Boys – LVKBL Biddy
5th/6th Grade Boys – LVKBL Junior Cadet
7th Grade Boys – LVKBL Cadet
8th Grade Boys – LVKBL Knee-Hi
14 Game Season, starting December 2nd, with playoffs the end of February
Home games played at Freedom High School’s Auxiliary Gym.
Considered to be the feeder league for the various high schools in the area
Must attend at least one tryout session to be considered for placement on an LVKBL team.
Change for this year is we are only placing four teams in the LVKBL this season, one at each of the levels listed above. We will not be placing B level teams this season

5. Leagues (Continued) LVGBL (Lehigh Valley Girls Basketball League)
Girls only, 5th/6th grade level.
8 Game Season, starting December 2nd, with playoffs the end of February
Home games played at the BTCC.
Considered to be the feeder league for the various high schools in the area
Must attend at least one tryout session to be considered for placement on an LVGBL team.

6. Tentative Gym Leases for This Season
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
# of Hours
BTCC
6:45 – 9:15 pm 6
East Hills Auxiliary
6:00 – 9:00 pm
East Hills Main
Farmersville 9
Freedom Auxiliary (2 Courts) 18
Freemansburg 12
Governor Wolf
Miller Heights
Spring Garden
Total 90

7. Tentative Gym Leases for Next Season (Continued)
Note this is the TENTATIVE plan. Leases have been turned in, but confirmation is still required.
Front-loaded time slots to weekdays.
Schedule was created going with the assumption of 28 teams.
The plan is for each team to receive 3 hours of weekday practice time.
Practices at BASD School gyms follow their holiday schedule and weather closure process.
Tentatively, I am hoping to open the gyms for practice the week of November 13th. This will allow for two weeks of practice before the start of the season the first weekend in December.
Weekend practice timeslots have be added at East Hills Middle School from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm on Saturdays, however they will be considered as extra practice time.
Reason this is being done is that historically a large number of weekend timeslots were not being used because of scheduled games.
Coaches will have to put in requests by Tuesday at 3:00 pm for the upcoming weekend.

8. Tryouts
Tryouts for our LVKBL teams (Boys) and LVGBL (Girls) are taking place for the following levels:
3rd/4th Grade Boys – LVKBL Biddy
5th/6th Grade Boys – LVKBL Junior Cadet
7th Grade Boys – LVKBL Cadet
8th Grade Boys – LVKBL Knee-Hi
5th/6th Grade Girls – LVGBL
Sign-Ups have been posted via Sign-Up Genius for each of the two sessions.

9. Tryouts (Continued) The tryouts will be focused on the following:
Shooting
Dribbling/Ball Handling
Passing
Rebounding
Defense
Intangibles
5 on 5
Stations will be setup for Shooting, Dribbling/Ball Handling, Passing, Rebounding, and Defense drills with one (two if available) evaluators. After the drills are conducted, the players will be placed on teams to play 5 on 5 games.

10. Tryouts (Continued)
Each tryout will last and hour and a half (including warmups).
If you wish to have your child placed on a rec level CBL team, there is NO NEED to attend any of the tryouts.
In order to be considered for a higher level LVKBL or LVGBL team, your child must attend ATLEAST one of the sessions scheduled. There will be NO exceptions to this rule.
If your child does not attend a tryout session, they will be rostered on a CBL rec level team.
Any players who do not make the cut or who we feel will get more playing time at the lower level so they can improve their game will be placed in the CBL.

11. Tentative Calendar for 2017/2018 Season
Event
Tentative Date(s)
LVKBL Tryouts (Boys)
Weeks of October 9th and 16th
LVGBL Tryouts (Girls)
Week of October 30th
Team Selection Process
Equipment Distribution for Coaches
Week of November 6th
Start of Practice
Week of November 13th
Pictures (except Little Dribblers)
November 18th or December 2nd
Start of Season
First weekend in December 2nd

12. Questions/Open Discussion