Practice Guidelines

FOREST PARK BASKETBALL CLUB
PRACTICE AND EVENT GUIDELINES

3.1.1 The start of the Forest Park Basketball Club Season for third and fourth grade will start no more than six weeks prior to the first scheduled tournament.

3.1.2 The start of the Forest Park Basketball Club Season for grade five will start after the end of the Cedar Crest Intermediate School competitive season. Arrangements may be made for a modified practice by the coach during that time.

3.1.3 The start of the Forest Park Basketball Club Season for grade six will start after the end of the Cedar Crest Intermediate School competitive season. The Forest Park Basketball Club players must attend the Cedar Crest Intermediate School Skill Development practices. The players can practice or attend a weekend tournament in lieu of the Saturday games.

3.1.4 The start of the Forest Park Basketball Club Season starts after the respected Forest Park School Season for both seventh and eighth grades.

3.1.5 The Forest Park Basketball Club Coach can hold one parent meeting before the start of the season; however, it must be after the call out meeting indicated in bylaw 2.3.1.

3.2.1 A modified practice consists of a thirty minute practice held immediately after a corresponding grade level school practice or directly before a home varsity contest.

3.3.1 The Forest Park Basketball Club team can not practice more than twice during a particular week after the respected school season has ended.

3.3.2 The maximum number of practices during a week is two for grades three and four.

3.3.3 The maximum number of practices for grade five during a week is three modified practices during the school’s competitive season. The conclusion of the school season the team can hold two normal practices a week.

3.3.4 The maximum number of practices for grade six during a week is two modified practices plus an addiction full weekend practice during the school’s skill development season. The conclusion of the school season the team can hold two normal practices a week.

3.3.5 The maximum number of practices for grades seven and eight during a week is two. The team can elect to practice three times during the first two weeks of their season.
3.4.1 The Forest Park Basketball Committee will decide on the number of tournaments in which they will pay for.

3.4.2 The maximum number of tournaments in which a team can play in during a particular season is outlined in by law 3.4.3.

GRADE3rd4th5th6th7th8th
NUMBER OF TOURNAMENTS556789