Chapel Ball '24-'25
Chapel Ball is about the kids and our focus is on fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals! It is a learning league where we want players to learn the fundamental skills and knowledge of the game at each grade level. So, our focus is on player development, learning to play as a team, introducing kids to the sport of basketball, sportsmanship, and hopefully having fun! We will be teaching all kids basic basketball skills, such as: dribbling, passing, shooting, layups, defense, rebounding, offense (ball and player movement). We want to see all players involved in the game.
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All practices are at Windsor Christian Church
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Practices start around mid-November
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Practices will be Mon. - Fri. evenings & Sunday afternoon
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There is one, 1-hour practice a week for each team until the season is over.
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There is a two week break for Christmas and New Year’s.
Practices
Additional Information
Grade Groups
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Our grade groups are K/1st, 2nd/3rd, and 4th-6th
Teams
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We put no more than 10 players on each team
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All teams are co-ed
Evaluations
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For 2nd/3rd & 4th-6th there are mandatory player evaluations before the season starts for us to assess talent and put together as competitively balanced teams as possible.
K/1st Grade Teams
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Players must turn age 5 by December 1st to be eligible to play.
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K/1st kids have equal playing time.
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Basketball rims are set to 8’ tall and we use a 27.5” basketball (size 5).
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Defense is played with one foot in the key at all times and there is no full-court press.
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We play 14 minute running clock halves and coaches are allowed on the court to help the kids.
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We do keep score, but we do not track wins and losses as a league for this grade group.
2nd/3rd Grade Teams
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2nd/3rd kids also have equal playing time.
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Basketball rims are set to 8.5’ tall and we use a 27.5” basketball (size 5).
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Defense is played out to the 3-point line. There is no full-court press. We play 8 minute running clock quarters.
4th-6th Grade Teams
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4th to 6th kids have ¾ of the game worth of equal playing time.
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Basketball rims are set to 9’ tall and we use a 28.5” basketball (size 6).
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Defense is played in the half-court. We play 10 minute running clock quarters.
Special Consideration
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When you register, please pay attention to the Special Considerations section at the bottom of the registration page.
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In this section of the registration form, please list friend requests, days not available for team practices, other activities players are involved in that could limit their ability to attend practices and games.
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We do our best to honor friend requests, but we cannot honor them all.
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We put considerable effort into making the teams competitive, but when players miss games because of other commitments it can be very frustrating to coaches
Lastly, this is an all volunteer effort except for our paid ref. Please be respectful to those involved with coaching, reffing, and running the league, we all do our best and we are all there for the kids. Good sportsmanship is expected from all. Some of our coaches are newer to coaching so they are learning, and being taught, good sportsmanship as well.
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All games are on Saturdays at Windsor Christian Church
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Our first games will be played the first Saturday of December.
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The season will finish right at the end of February with a playoff Saturday that includes two games that day for each qualifying team.
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There are no playoffs for K/1st.