Join us this fall for the 2018-2019 Recreation Basketball season. Registration is open for 3rd through 8th graders.
Verified Volunteers
SLV Youth, Inc. is proud to partner with Verified Volunteers, the only background check platform tailored to the specific needs of youth sports organizations.
Verified Volunteers is designed to make background screening of volunteers faster, easier and less costly for nonprofits.
Benefits of screening through Verified Volunteers for nonprofits:
Added peace of mind – Volunteer information is updated for you free of charge each month for the first year so you have the added security of monitoring your volunteers for new criminal records.
Secure and compliant – Verified Volunteers background checks are housed in a completely secure environment and are fully Fair Credit Reporting Act compliant.
Easy ordering and administration – Volunteers enjoy paperless, self-service ordering and volunteer managers administer their volunteer screening online, significantly reducing administrative time.
Customized payment options – SLV Youth covers the cost of background screening but volunteers have the option to contribute to the cost of his or her screening.
A volunteer community – Volunteers can own and control a copy of their background checks in secure volunteer accounts and profiles.
The volunteer fast-pass – Free, up-to-date background checks are shared securely with you when previously vetted volunteers with another organization on Verified Volunteers share their checks with you.
Benefits of Verified Volunteers for volunteers:
Verified Volunteers saves time and money by eliminating the need for multiple background checks. Once you complete an online background check with Verified Volunteers, your screening status is current and you have the option of reusing it with any other Verified Volunteer member organization.
Verified Volunteers allows you to own, control, maintain and share your background check through the Verified Volunteers self-service online platform.
Using the blind draft
When we sat down to define the structure of our youth league we began with a blank sheet of paper and quite a few experiences we didn’t want to see repeated. We began with a few guiding principals:
- Kid focused
- Keep it fun
- Skill development
We knew we had to listen to the community and remain teachable through the process. When the discussion came to the draft process we generally had a few guiding goals:
- Reduce or eliminate manipulation in the draft
- Stacked rosters suck for kids
- Balanced rosters are good for kids and player development
- New coaches often get slaughtered in the draft
The result was our own version of a blind draft. We felt a group of knowledgable community members and coaches could evaluate the talent and rank each player by their abilities and experience. This ranking would be used to draft players on each team. Once the process was complete the coaches were assigned to the teams based on where their child fell.
To take this one step further we need to identify our coaches before the draft to include them in the process. Maybe we let coaches draft all the teams before knowing which team they are assigned. Once the draft is complete the coaches will draw lots to see which team they are assigned. This would ensure that coaches do a good job of making the teams balanced and avoid any dominant or stacking of the rosters.
Generally, we feel our competition level is balanced and the blind draft was a success. We’re looking forward to feedback from the community and improving the process next year.
SLV Hoops Site Launched
Our new SLV Hoops site has been launched creating a standalone destination for everything youth basketball. Over the next few weeks we’ll be expanding its content and list of features.
Skills Evaluation Set
Skill evaluations for the upcoming 2016 SLV HOOPS basketball season will be held on December 5th at the SLV Middle School gym. Please make sure your child shows up 15 minutes prior to their designated tryout time:
9:00-10:30 3rd/4th Grade Boys
10:30-12:00 5th/6th Grade Boys
12:00-1:30 7th/8th Grade Boys
2:00PM – 3:30PM All Girls
Registration for the 2016 season will close on December 4th. Those wishing to participate will be placed on a waiting list.
SLV Hoops Team Sponsorship
SLV Hoops offers two methods to advertise your business. Team sponsors have their company name printed on a set of team shirts. League sponsors have their company name printed on a sign in the SLV high school gym. The banner is branded with SLV Hoops and visible at all recreation and high school games. Thank you for your consideration in sponsoring a team or the league.
https://slvyouth.org/youth-sports/slv-hoops/team-league-sponsorship/
Inaugural Youth Basketball Committee announced
SLV Youth, Inc. is pleased to announce the formation of it’s Youth Basketball Committee. The committee brings youth sports advocates, community members and coaches to operate a non-profit youth basketball program in the San Lorenzo Valley area.
Current committee members are:
1 Open position plus
Mark Brown • Sean Castagna • Jim Crouch • Russell Gross • Marcus Northcutt • Andrea Trader
Questions to the committee can be directed to info@slvhoops.org
