CYO Basketball

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 St. Michael CYO Basketball Team Formation Process

Thank you for your participation in CYO basketball. Parents often have questions about the evaluation and team formation process. Our process is described below. There are no ‘cuts’. All registered students will be placed on a team as long as the grade has enough players to form at least one team.

5th – 8th Grade

The basketball evaluations are performed by independent evaluators that do not have any direct connection to the parish or school. The evaluators are typically local high school coaches. Students are evaluated in a variety skill areas with the goal of assessing the whole player. This is done through drills and scrimmaging. After completing the tryouts, the evaluators compare their assessments and work together to assign the players to teams. They place the top players on the ‘A’ team, the next highest players are placed on the ‘AA’ team, and so on. The number and size of teams will be based on the number of players from each grade.

Classes that have a large number of players will typically have two days of evaluations. Classes that have smaller number of players may have one tryout session. Classes that will only have one team may not have a tryout at all. The tryout schedule will be set based on the best information available. Because we have always had registrations come in late, there is some educated guesswork in setting the schedule using the parameters above.

4th Grade

CYO requires that each school make the best effort to divide 4th grade players into equally skilled team. So, there is not a tryout for 4th grade. The St. Michael’s CYO Basketball Director will work with the 4th grade coaches to make our best effort to divide the teams evenly.

Assigning Coaches

Once tryouts are complete, a group consisting of the St. Michael’s CYO Basketball Director, Athletic Director, and the Parish Administrator are responsible for assigning a coach to each team. Coaches are assigned based on who has volunteered, their past coaching experience, and whether a coach has had any disciplinary issues in the past. This group is not responsible for evaluating players or assigning them to teams.

Everyone involved is committed to doing the best job possible in a completely fair manner. The best effort will be made to form teams of optimal size, while ensuring each team has a coach. The process is subjective and, because it is run by humans, it is imperfect. We sincerely appreciate your support to help make this a positive experience for each and every student. Feedback on the evaluation process for future years is welcome at the conclusion of the team formation process.

Thank you for your support of CYO basketball!

CYO 2017 basketball roster


CYO Basketball 2017-18 4th – 8th Grade & High School Basketball  Registration

Online registration for CYO basketball is now open!  St. Michael parish will have teams for 4th grade through 8th grade boys and girls.

To register, please go to St. Michael’s website or go directly to the CYO website at www.cyojwa.org.
 
Team Formation / Player Evaluations
Player evaluations will be held the week of October 30 in St. Michael’s gym.  The exact days and time for each grade will be published on the parish website the week before.  Players must attend each day of evaluations.  All students registered for CYO basketball will be placed on a team as long as there are sufficient players from their grade to form at least one team.  Teams will be posted on the parish website by Saturday, November 4.  Practice will start the week of November 6.
 
Coaches
We need coaches!  If you are interested in coaching a team, please send an email to Kevin Mallot,
kevin.mallot@alumni.nd.edu

High School CYO Basketball

The parish will sponsor high school girls and boys teams for every grade from Freshmen to Seniors.  If you are interested in forming a high school team, please visit the CYO website for important details: www.cyojwa.org/hs-basketball

Once you are ready to form a team,
contact Kevin Mallot
kevin.mallot@alumni.nd.edu
 
Teams need to be formed by November 8 (preferably sooner!)