YMCA Youth Basketball

HOOPS LEAGUE

The YMCA offers a bit of a twist from our typical programs. The YMCA Hoops League is a competitive youth basketball league for boys and girls in 3rd-8th grades in which teams have the opportunity to play at a higher level than our typical youth recreational programs at the YMCA. For the past several years, this league typically sees over 100 teams every year!

The league is coach-select where teams form themselves and register as a team. There are no restrictions to the league, but teams will play a minimum of 8 games in 4 total weeks. The Hoops League is designed to provide a more advanced skill level of basketball to teams and players looking for competitive play. Although most teams are competitive and are more skilled than others, the league does offer a semi-competitive division for teams that are less skilled but want to play at a higher level. All games will be played in Hastings-area gyms and most games will typically be scheduled back-to-back or with one game in between. There will be two referees for every game in which every official will be extensively trained to help teach kids the rules, be a source of encouragement, and be a good communicator to both players and coaches.

NEW THIS YEAR

With the support from coaches at HHS, AC, Minden, GISH, and Doniphan Trumbull, 3rd and 4th grades will play 3v3 half-court games for the first two weeks of the league and then 5v5 full-court for the remaining two weeks. For 3v3, teams will be scheduled to a court and against one opponent, with both teams playing at the same time, on each hoop. This is considered one of the two games every week. Coaches will decide how to split their team to each of the hoops. This new rule is being implemented to better develop basic fundamentals that can be better accomplished playing half-court.

Above everything else, this league exists for youth to develop, whether teams are new (B division) or are looking to take their game to the next level (A division). You can expect rules that best help youth to develop.

EVERY SATURDAY, NOV 2 - 23

  • Registration Opens: September 17, 2024
  • Registration Deadline: October 27, 2024
  • Price: $250/Team
  • Grades: 3rd - 8th, girls and boys divisions
    Competitive and Semi-Competitive divisions
  • Location: Hastings area gyms
  • Rules | Please see section on the new rule for 3rd and 4th grade: The first two weeks of the league, games will be 3v3. The last two weeks will be 5v5.

REGISTER

Sign up for our youth Fast Break League! This is a two-week league that extends the hoops league. The format is two games on each date and four in total. The league is limited to 20 teams. Some grades may be combined if numbers are low.

  • Date: January 4 and 11, 2025
  • Grades: 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th boys and girls divisions
  • Registration deadline: December 29

Register

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