The 2nd grade house league is designed to introduce the kids to the game of basketball, with an emphasis on teaching individual fundamental skills and team play. Having fun and exhibiting good sportsmanship are always the priorities.
League Coordinator: David Unger, housedirector@wayzatabasketball.org
Season: Week of October 23 - February 17. There is NO Season-ending tournament in 2nd grade.
Practice Schedule: Practices start the week of October 23 and will take place one night a week, on random nights each week, for approximately 1 hour between 6-9 pm. Practice night requests are not accepted. Additional practices will be scheduled on Saturdays October 28, November 4, and November 11. Weeknight practices will be scheduled by the association through Sportsengine as the season progresses.
Games: Games will start November 18 and run through February 17. No games over Thanksgiving and Winter Break. The score will not be kept. Saturday game and practice schedule will be set at the start of the season by the association.
Coaches: The Wayzata House basketball program relies on parent volunteers. Please consider volunteering to coach your child's team and indicate it on your child's registration. The 4 on 4 nature of 2nd grade limits teams to 8 total kids. We need to have 2 coaches assigned per team. This means 1 out of every 4 families needs to volunteer for a successful program in 2nd grade. Head coaches will be provided sample coaching plans and drills in addition to a Wayzata coaches shirt. Additionally, the coaches will be invited to a coach's clinic hosted by the Wayzata Varsity boys basketball coach, Bryan Schnettler. Finally, players from elementary schools with insufficient coaches are likely to be split up during team formation to fill open spots on other elementary school teams that had sufficient coach volunteers.
Team Formation: There are no player evaluations for 2nd grade. Teams are grouped by school as much as possible and will be handled on a first come first serve basis, per registration submissions. Kids from elementary schools with insufficient coach volunteers are likely to be split up to fill open spots on other elementary school teams that had sufficient coach volunteers. Coaches and teams will be formed and notified of their rosters by Saturday, October 15, with practices scheduled to start the week of October 23 for 2nd grade. Please see each grade's page for more details about the league, rules, etc.
Uniform: All players will receive a reversible jersey.
Basketball: 2nd graders will be playing with a 27.5 inch basketball.
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