TBA Futures League | K-3 - 115409

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE SWITCHED TO ENROLLMENT BY GRADE. BEFORE REGISTERING, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD'S GRADE IS ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM IN "MY ACCOUNT." IF YOUR CHILD DOESN'T HAVE THEIR SCHOOL GRADE ENTERED, YOU WILL GET AN ERROR WHEN TRYING TO ENROLL.

'24-25 KEY DATES
REGISTRATION OPENS: 9/4
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 10/10

The Futures League

ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE FUTURES LEAGUE WILL BE DRAFTED & PLACED ON TEAMS DICTATED BY SCHOOL ZONE.

K-1 COED:
These divisions within the Futures League are for Kindergartners and 1st graders. Players will receive an introduction to basketball focusing solely on core fundamentals: dribbling, shooting, passing, defending, basic offensive & defensive sets, etc. The goal is to develop players without cutting corners to win the game.
The Kindergarten and 1st Grade COED leagues will be a 3V3 Half-Court leagues. Teams will be limited to 5-6 players and will be dictated by school zone.


GRADES 2-3:
2ND GRADE BOYS | 2ND GRADE GIRLS | 3RD GRADE BOYS | 3RD GRADE GIRLS:
Participants in 2nd and 3rd grade playing within the Futures League will be split into their respective age divisions.* The focus will remain on the fundamentals of basketball.

*Please note, if there are not enough registered players in each individual age division, we will combine them before selecting teams. This will allow for a well-rounded league where participants are not having to play the same team repeatedly.

Capstone League

The Capstone League will be broken down into two conferences.

Capstone Conference
Black Warrior Conference


* Since every player in these grades will play on teams dictated by the school they attend
and the high school it feeds into, we will conduct an evaluation day or two as needed for
these grades. The evaluations will be conducted by school zone specific coaches along
with advisory board members if possible.

A coach CANNOT conduct evaluations for the grade for which they plan to coach in and cannot evaluate their own child.

**Example: If I want to coach a 4th grade team I can help evaluate the 5th and 6th graders but I cannot evaluate the 4th graders. This will help to eliminate any bias, perceived or otherwise.


* Once evaluations are concluded should a school zone have enough players for multiple
teams in that grade teams will be selected based strictly on evaluation grade. The top
players graded out will play on that school zone’s top team or teams and play in the
Capstone Conference. The rest of the players will be formed into teams via a draft and play
in the Black Warrior Conference.

**Example: 28 5th graders are evaluated. It is determined that 9 of those 28 grade out high enough to play in a more competitive environment of basketball. Those 9 players will represent the school zone in the Capstone Conference. The other 19 players will first be divided up by: 2 Head Coaches and their 2 Assistant coaches children will be frozen. Then the rest selected via a draft. NOTE: There is always the chance that a school zone could have enough players grade out high enough to have multiple teams from one grade in the Capstone Conference. Should that happen, the Head Coaches and their assistants will conduct a draft to even ou the teams as closely as possible.

Recreational League

The Recreational League is designed for players in the 7th and 8th grades who want to play
basketball but do not play for their middle school teams. This league is one 7/8th grade league for boys and one 7/8th grade league for girls.