Boys Third Grade League
Welcome to the 2018-19 season! I am certain we will need more folks to step up to be head coaches to handle the large number of 3rd graders who want to play. You do not have to be a basketball superstar to coach. So if you love kids, please consider offering to be a head coach.
DATES
- Mandatory Evaluations - Nov. 14th & 16th at Waverly ES in Ellicott City (starts at 6pm). Below are the dates/times for
your son to show up as we cannot handle even 1/4th of all our boys in the
gym at one time. If you can't make your assigned time (try!),
find a time that you can, but PLEASE try to show up at your assigned
day/time. Do not miss the evaluation. Each player only needs
to attend one night, at his assigned time. DO NOT BRING A BASKETBALL,
THEY WILL BE PROVIDED.
- Wednesday Night, 11/14 (based
on first letter of the player's last name)
- 6:00pm :: A-B
- 6:30pm :: C-D
- 7:00pm :: E-G
- 7:30pm :: H-K
- Friday Night, 11/16 (based on
first letter of the player's last name))
- 6:00pm :: L-M
- 6:30pm :: N-R
- 7:00pm :: S-T
- 7:20pm :: U-Z
(not a mistake, show up at 7:20pm)
Please try to arrive for your assigned time/day.
At the evaluations, parents are not allowed in the gym. Each
player will register, having his height recorded. They will be assigned a
number and need to attend 4 stations in the gym. Please ensure they went
to all 4 stations before you leave (running, dribbling, shooting,
scrimmage). Normally folks stay for about 30 minutes at the evaluations,
but if parents do not adhere to their assigned day/time, it can be longer.
The evaluations are used by the coaches to help all of use provide parity among
the teams as best we can. However, at the draft, coaches may choose
whomever they want when it is their turn and a player is still unassigned to a
team. Coaches draft the teams, not parents. One commissioner last year
had some really good text on his website: "If you want a specific player
with your son and/or a specific practice night, be a head coach."
Other Items
- Practices will be at Howard County schools. Do not request a practice location - coaches will be assigned practice gyms based on what we are given (I have no input on that) and a location that hopefully is good for the coach. NOTE: practice locations will change, sometimes only for one week and sometimes for the entire season. The school system makes those decisions, not HCYP. Let's hope these are minimal, but they will happen and they are likely to affect you.
- Team assignments - coaches select their players, not parents. NOT PARENTS! :-) We shoot for parity.
- Game Times and Locations will be set by our registration system based upon what we are given.
Please check back often for updates, thanks!
--Joe Bunch, HCYP 3rd Grade Boys Basketball Commissioner