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Almaden 2024/2025 Winter Season

Almaden Valley 2024-2025 Winter Season

A fun and competitive indoor full-court basketball program. The program consists of three leagues - Divisional League, Rookie League and Competitive Club League

Rookie League, 1st to 2nd Grade Teams (Nov to Feb)

A non-competitive basketball league for 1st and 2nd graders
Players learn basketball FUNdamentals in a supportive team environment
There is one practice per week, usually on Saturday mornings, beginning in November and continuing through February
At the end of the season, teams participate in an organized game
Mandatory evaluations to be held in early Nov 2024 - to help with team placement

Divisional League, 3rd to 8th Grade Teams (Oct to Mar)

Recreational league suited for all levels of basketball skills
Divided into Boys and Girls teams each having three Divisions
Division I (7th & 8th grade), Division II (5th and 6th grade) and Division III (3rd and 4th grade)
"NEW" - Players will have multiple basketball skills sessions in Sep - BEFORE player evaluations - with a professional trainer
There are typically 2x practices per week, which start in mid-Oct 2024 and will continue through Feb 2025
Players will participate in 8-10 games on Sundays in end-Nov 2024 to Feb 2025
Top players can Try-out for All-Star teams that will have games in Mar 2025
Mandatory evaluations to be held on Oct 12-13 2024 - to help with team placement

Competitive Club League (formerly called All-Net), 10U/4th grade to High School teams (Oct to Mar)

AAU-level Competitive teams that will start practice in mid-Oct 2024 and will continue through Mar 2025
Program is designed for highly skilled players that want to play at a high level of competition -a stronger commitment is required compared to the Divisional League
Divided into age-based single-grade teams: e.g. 12U/6th grade girls, 14U/8th grade boys, 15U/high school freshman, etc
Teams will have multiple sessions with a professional basketball skills trainer
Teams will compete in 8+ tournament weekends from end-Nov 2024 to Mar 2025 - Travel required
Try-outs for the Club teams will occur mid-Oct 2024 (mid-Nov 2024 for High School)
Club players MUST FIRST register as divisional players and then will be moved to their respective Club team after the try-outs - additional fee will apply