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CRHoops Youth Basketball Opportunities

Three Rivers Youth League

5th & 6th Grade Teams play on Saturdays starting Dec 2. Games will be played at the Host School and there will be NO CHARGE for admission to watch the youngsters play. Each school will have a concession stand so that you can still contribute and support each school by purchasing something while at the games!

Thank you to the schools who are Participating and the locations for 2023-24:

Dec 2 Hiland

Dec 9 West Holmes

Dec 16 Ridgewood

Dec 23 OFF - MERRY CHRISTMAS

Dec 30 River View

Jan 6 Newcomerstown

Jan 13 Coshocton

Jan 20 Garaway

Reminder to all fans this is a developmental league. While we do keep score for each game, players do not foul out, we do not keep records of Wins/Losses and we do not have a tournament. This is a real opportunity for kids to play and learn the game!

OTHER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Coach James Herman

Coach Herman is also the Director of Basketball at Kids America. All youth Development Programs are run through Kids America. We have great opportunities for our Youth that will develop their skills to prepare them to play the greatest game ever invented!

https://www.kidsamerica.org/activity-registration

Kid Cagers

K - 2nd Grades – Fee = $40 (6 Weeks)

For our youngest players, boys and girls, we focus on introducing the game of basketball and basic ball-handling skills like passing, dribbling, and shooting. This instructional beginner league will teach your child the fundamentals of basketball and basic concepts. Coaches and players take an active role in teaching at this level and 6-foot goals and smaller balls are used. Children at this level will begin to learn the rules of the game through 1v1, 2v2, and other competitions. Players will have one 60 min weeknight workout for 6 Weeks (3 in Oct & 3 in Dec). We would also like to encourage these players to also Join our Lil-Dribblers Program. These programs work hand in hand with each other to develop our youngsters!

Mondays 5-6pm Oct 9,16, 23 & Dec 4,11,18

Lil-Dribblers

K-4th Grade - Fee = $50

Lil-Dribblers is our introductory program that introduces youngsters to basketball by developing their ballhandling skills. Ball Handling is one of the most vital skills to our overall Basketball program and it can be developed at an early age.

Our Lil-Dribbler program is open to both boys and girls in grades K-4th grade. We also tier this program by grades where our K & 1st graders do a ball handling routine using a smaller ball. The routine focuses on moving the ball, dribbling, throwing, and catching. Our 2nd and 3rd graders use a regulation size ball and do more complex dribble moves such as between the legs and around the back, advancing their skill set. Our final group is our 4th graders who handle two regulation basketballs at one time. This use of the overload principle greatly enhances these players’ ball handling abilities. The time spent mastering these drills really prepares our players to begin handling the basketball against a defender! Our Lil-Dribblers have 4 practices and are given a Video with the routine so that they can practice at home. We then perform our routine at halftime of several JV and Varsity games. Each Lil-Dribbler receives:

● Shirt

● Video

● Basketball(s)

● free admission for Lil-Dribbler to the games where they perform.

● We need 5 Parent Helpers

Potential Schedule (Subject to Change

Practices Nov 6,13,20,27 (Mondays 530-630pm)

Performances:

Fri Dec 8 v Maysville

Tues Dec 19 v Crooksville

~~Wed Dec 27 Coshocton County Classic @ Ridgewood~~

Fri Jan 12 v Morgan

Sat Jan 27 Girls v Morgan

Foundation League

3rd- 4th Grades – Fee = $40

Fee = Determined by School

YOU WILL REGISTER FOR THESE TEAMS WITH YOUR SCHOOL!!!

Our Foundation League is essential to our Youth Development Program. It is essential that these kids participate in Lil-Dribblers as it seriously advances their ball handling. However sometimes our 3rd and 4th graders are ready to handle more skills and a limited amount of competition. Therefore we have developed this Foundation League to fill this void. The Foundation League is designed for 3rd and 4th grade boys and girls to begin building more skills such as:

Footwork, layups, passing, cutting, shooting, defensive stance, slides, ball pressure, etc. These teams will practice one night a week for approximately 90 minutes. The majority of practice will focus on laying a foundation of skills while having FUN. This league will also have 3 Saturdays (2 in Dec and 2 in Jan) where they play games within the league & vs Ridgewood & River View.

Practices: Nov 30, Dec 7, 14, 21, Jan 4, 11, 18 (Thursdays 6-730 @ KA)

Schools participating this year are Coshocton, Ridgewood, and River View.

Game Days (All Games at KA):

Sat Dec 16

Wed Dec 20

Wed Jan 3

Jan 17

Three Rivers League

5rd & 6th Grades – Fee = Determined by School

YOU WILL REGISTER FOR THESE TEAMS WITH YOUR SCHOOL!!!

The Three-Rivers League is made up of teams formed by our local schools. In the past the league has included schools such as:

Coshocton, Garaway, Hiland, Ridgewood, Newcomerstown, River View, and West Holmes.

This league plays on Saturdays throughout December and January. Each school hosts one Saturday where 5th grade teams play against each other as do 6th grade teams. All the schools have agreed to consider this a developmental league! Which means we do not keep records, nor do we have a tournament. This league is an opportunity for our players to continue to develop their game as they focus on fundamentals and begin to learn strategies and team concepts.

Coshocton’s 5th and 6th grade teams will practice 1-2 times per week for 90mins each. Our teams will practice together as often as possible as we want all of our athletes learning the same system of Coshocton Basketball. Again this league is a developmental league that is all about teaching and the players learning how to use the fundamentals they have learned in game situations. Please do not put an emphasis on winning, but rather on developing and learning!

Potential Schedule - Subject to Change

Evaluation/ Draft Day: Sat Oct 28

Practices: Nov 2,9,16,30 Dec 7,14,21,28 Jan 4,11,18,25 (730-9pm)

Gamedays: Dec 2,9,16, 23 Jan 6,13,20,27

Again, if your son is really enjoying basketball and wants to continue playing a little longer, he can. Once this league is over we will assemble a 5th grade team and a 6th grade team that will play in 4-6 area tournaments in Feb-March. These teams will practice 2-3 times per week leading up to the tournaments. There are additional fees for these tournament teams. Parents will be asked to pay these fees (total fees calculated and divided evenly by # of players).