League Rules:

All our Youth Sport Leagues will follow IHSAA (Indiana High School Athletic Association) Rule books and will be modified depending on the league and expectations for participants in those programs.

DYSL General Information:

We believe at the Y we are the best place for all participants to begin their sports journey. Our Discovery Youth Sport Leagues are meant just for that. DYSL will be offered for 4U, 6U, and 8U, all age divisions are coed. These leagues are meant for participants to try out a variety of leagues and find out which ones they will want to play competitively moving into our Recreational and Advanced Youth Sport Leagues. During the registration process, you will be given the Youth Sports Parent Manual and will need to sign off on it before completing registration, please take time to read through this manual to acknowledge and understand all our policies and expectations for everyone involved. Please keep reading to find more information about Volunteer Coaches, Schedules, Roster Formations, and Jerseys.

Volunteer Coaches:

All our youth sport leagues rely on the help of volunteer coaches. Your impact and importance on the development of our youth is of the utmost importance. Volunteer coaching sign-ups are done through separate registration. All children of volunteer coaches will be placed on their team. As a small token of gratification for your efforts and with met expectations agreed upon during the volunteer coach onboarding process, volunteer head coaches will have the opportunity to have their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account after the conclusion of the season. Assistant coaches will have the opportunity to have 50% of their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account.

Schedules:

DYSL will be a 6-week program. DYSL will occur all on Saturdays, with teams practicing first and then playing games right after. Schedules will be made and sent out no later than 1 week prior to the beginning of the league. With multiple teams in each age division and sport, time requests are impossible to guarantee, each weekend teams will play other teams at time slots that pre-set based on how many games we have each Saturday. The scheduling of game times is random for each weekend.

Player/Coach Request:

For Discovery League, will we give the opportunity during registration for you to submit player or coach request for the upcoming season. We will honor most player/coach request however they are not guaranteed. The likelihood of player/coach request being granted increases drastically if registrations are completed 2 weeks prior to registration closing.

Jerseys:

Jerseys are included in the registration fee for the youth sport league, during the registration process please provide a t-shirt size for your child. We ask all participants to wear black, white or grey athletic bottoms with their jerseys on game day. You will have the opportunity to purchase black athletic shorts, if needed, during registration.

Communication: 

You will receive first emails regarding youth sport league information at least 2 weeks prior to first practices/games. Please confirm primary member email, of the Crossroads YMCA membership account.

League Rules:

All our Youth Sport Leagues will follow IHSAA (Indiana High School Athletic Association) Rule books and will be modified depending on the league and expectations for participants in those programs.

DYSL General Information:

We believe at the Y we are the best place for all participants to begin their sports journey. Our Discovery Youth Sport Leagues are meant just for that. DYSL will be offered for 4U, 6U, and 8U, all age divisions are coed. These leagues are meant for participants to try out a variety of leagues and find out which ones they will want to play competitively moving into our Recreational and Advanced Youth Sport Leagues. During the registration process, you will be given the Youth Sports Parent Manual and will need to sign off on it before completing registration, please take time to read through this manual to acknowledge and understand all our policies and expectations for everyone involved. Please keep reading to find more information about Volunteer Coaches, Schedules, Roster Formations, and Jerseys.

Volunteer Coaches:

All our youth sport leagues rely on the help of volunteer coaches. Your impact and importance on the development of our youth is of the utmost importance. Volunteer coaching sign-ups are done through separate registration. All children of volunteer coaches will be placed on their team. As a small token of gratification for your efforts and with met expectations agreed upon during the volunteer coach onboarding process, volunteer head coaches will have the opportunity to have their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account after the conclusion of the season. Assistant coaches will have the opportunity to have 50% of their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account.

Schedules:

DYSL will be a 6-week program. DYSL will occur all on Saturdays, with teams practicing first and then playing games right after. Schedules will be made and sent out no later than 1 week prior to the beginning of the league. With multiple teams in each age division and sport, time requests are impossible to guarantee, each weekend teams will play other teams at time slots that pre-set based on how many games we have each Saturday. The scheduling of game times is random for each weekend.

Player/Coach Request:

For Discovery League, will we give the opportunity during registration for you to submit player or coach request for the upcoming season. We will honor most player/coach request however they are not guaranteed. The likelihood of player/coach request being granted increases drastically if registrations are completed 2 weeks prior to registration closing.

Jerseys:

Jerseys are included in the registration fee for the youth sport league, during the registration process please provide a t-shirt size for your child. We ask all participants to wear black, white or grey athletic bottoms with their jerseys on game day. You will have the opportunity to purchase black athletic shorts, if needed, during registration.

Communication: 

You will receive first emails regarding youth sport league information at least 2 weeks prior to first practices/games. Please confirm primary member email, of the Crossroads YMCA membership account.

League Rules:

All our Youth Sport Leagues will follow IHSAA (Indiana High School Athletic Association) Rule books and will be modified depending on the league and expectations for participants in those programs.

DYSL General Information:

We believe at the Y we are the best place for all participants to begin their sports journey. Our Discovery Youth Sport Leagues are meant just for that. DYSL will be offered for 4U, 6U, and 8U, all age divisions are coed. These leagues are meant for participants to try out a variety of leagues and find out which ones they will want to play competitively moving into our Recreational and Advanced Youth Sport Leagues. During the registration process, you will be given the Youth Sports Parent Manual and will need to sign off on it before completing registration, please take time to read through this manual to acknowledge and understand all our policies and expectations for everyone involved. Please keep reading to find more information about Volunteer Coaches, Schedules, Roster Formations, and Jerseys.

Volunteer Coaches:

All our youth sport leagues rely on the help of volunteer coaches. Your impact and importance on the development of our youth is of the utmost importance. Volunteer coaching sign-ups are done through separate registration. All children of volunteer coaches will be placed on their team. As a small token of gratification for your efforts and with met expectations agreed upon during the volunteer coach onboarding process, volunteer head coaches will have the opportunity to have their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account after the conclusion of the season. Assistant coaches will have the opportunity to have 50% of their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account.

Schedules:

DYSL will be a 6-week program. DYSL will occur all on Saturdays, with teams practicing first and then playing games right after. Schedules will be made and sent out no later than 1 week prior to the beginning of the league. With multiple teams in each age division and sport, time requests are impossible to guarantee, each weekend teams will play other teams at time slots that pre-set based on how many games we have each Saturday. The scheduling of game times is random for each weekend.

Player/Coach Request:

For Discovery League, will we give the opportunity during registration for you to submit player or coach request for the upcoming season. We will honor most player/coach request however they are not guaranteed. The likelihood of player/coach request being granted increases drastically if registrations are completed 2 weeks prior to registration closing.

Jerseys:

Jerseys are included in the registration fee for the youth sport league, during the registration process please provide a t-shirt size for your child. We ask all participants to wear black, white or grey athletic bottoms with their jerseys on game day. You will have the opportunity to purchase black athletic shorts, if needed, during registration.

Communication: 

You will receive first emails regarding youth sport league information at least 2 weeks prior to first practices/games. Please confirm primary member email, of the Crossroads YMCA membership account.

League Rules:

All our Youth Sport Leagues will follow IHSAA (Indiana High School Athletic Association) Rule books and will be modified depending on the league and expectations for participants in those programs.

RYSL General Information:

Our Recreational Youth Sport Leagues are a great place for all participants to learn the importance of team sports and competition. RYSL will be offered for 8U, 11U, 14U, and 17U, all age divisions will be Boys & Girls separate. This league is a Cross-Branch YMCA League. Meaning that all participants will practice at the branch they register at and play games against other branch teams at our new Sportscenter located in Crown Point. These leagues are meant for participants to learn and understand the competition of sports in a developmental environment and eventually one day compete in our Advanced Youth Sport Leagues as they get older or when they are ready. Score and team standing will be kept for these leagues. This league will finish with a double elimination tournament. During the registration process, you will be given the Youth Sports Parent Manual and will need to sign off on it before completing registration, please take time to read through this manual to acknowledge and understand all our policies and expectations for everyone involved. Please keep reading to find more information about Volunteer Coaches, Schedules, Skill Evaluations, Roster Formations, and Jerseys.

Volunteer Coaches:

All our youth sport leagues rely on the help of volunteer coaches. Your impact and importance on the development of our youth is of the utmost importance. Volunteer coaching sign-ups are done through separate registration. All children of volunteer coaches will be placed on their team. As a small token of gratification for your efforts and with met expectations agreed upon during the volunteer coach onboarding process, volunteer head coaches will have the opportunity to have their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account after the conclusion of the season. Assistant coaches will have the opportunity to have 50% of their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account.

Schedules:

RYSL will be an 8-week program. RYSL teams will practice for 1-hour during the week at the branch they register for. Games for RYSL will be played on Thursday or Friday evenings/nights at the YMCA Sportscenter in Crown Point. Schedules will be made and sent out no later than 1 week prior to the beginning of the league. With multiple teams in each age division and sport, time requests are not guaranteed, each week teams will play other teams at time slots that pre-set based on how many games we have each Thursday and Friday evening/night. The scheduling of game times is random for each week.

Skill Evaluations:

During the registration process, you will need to select a skill evaluation date for your child to attend. Skill evaluations allow us to make teams evenly and fair as possible. If you cannot attend any of the skill evaluation dates, please email your branches sports leadership.

Roster Formation:

For RYSL, Volunteer coaches will draft players once all skill evaluations occur. You can provide player and coach request; however, they will not be guaranteed. Once drafts occur, all rosters will be made available to participants and coaches will reach out to introduce themselves and give practice day and time information.

Jerseys:

Jerseys are included in the registration fee for the youth sport league, during the registration process please provide a T-shirt size for your child. We ask all participants to wear black, white or grey athletic bottoms with their jerseys on game day. You will have the opportunity to purchase black athletic shorts, if needed, during registration.

Communication:

You will receive first emails regarding youth sport league information at least 2 weeks prior to first practices/games. Please confirm primary member email, of the Crossroads YMCA membership account.

League Rules:

All our Youth Sport Leagues will follow IHSAA (Indiana High School Athletic Association) Rule books and will be modified depending on the league and expectations for participants in those programs.

RYSL General Information:

Our Recreational Youth Sport Leagues are a great place for all participants to learn the importance of team sports and competition. RYSL will be offered for 8U, 11U, 14U, and 17U, all age divisions will be Boys & Girls separate. This league is a Cross-Branch YMCA League. Meaning that all participants will practice at the branch they register at and play games against other branch teams at our new Sportscenter located in Crown Point. These leagues are meant for participants to learn and understand the competition of sports in a developmental environment and eventually one day compete in our Advanced Youth Sport Leagues as they get older or when they are ready. Score and team standing will be kept for these leagues. This league will finish with a double elimination tournament. During the registration process, you will be given the Youth Sports Parent Manual and will need to sign off on it before completing registration, please take time to read through this manual to acknowledge and understand all our policies and expectations for everyone involved. Please keep reading to find more information about Volunteer Coaches, Schedules, Skill Evaluations, Roster Formations, and Jerseys.

Volunteer Coaches:

All our youth sport leagues rely on the help of volunteer coaches. Your impact and importance on the development of our youth is of the utmost importance. Volunteer coaching sign-ups are done through separate registration. All children of volunteer coaches will be placed on their team. As a small token of gratification for your efforts and with met expectations agreed upon during the volunteer coach onboarding process, volunteer head coaches will have the opportunity to have their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account after the conclusion of the season. Assistant coaches will have the opportunity to have 50% of their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account.

Schedules:

RYSL will be an 8-week program. RYSL teams will practice for 1-hour during the week at the branch they register for. Games for RYSL will be played on Thursday or Friday evenings/nights at the YMCA Sportscenter in Crown Point. Schedules will be made and sent out no later than 1 week prior to the beginning of the league. With multiple teams in each age division and sport, time requests are not guaranteed, each week teams will play other teams at time slots that pre-set based on how many games we have each Thursday and Friday evening/night. The scheduling of game times is random for each week.

Skill Evaluations:

During the registration process, you will need to select a skill evaluation date for your child to attend. Skill evaluations allow us to make teams evenly and fair as possible. If you cannot attend any of the skill evaluation dates, please email your branches sports leadership.

Roster Formation:

For RYSL, Volunteer coaches will draft players once all skill evaluations occur. You can provide player and coach request; however, they will not be guaranteed. Once drafts occur, all rosters will be made available to participants and coaches will reach out to introduce themselves and give practice day and time information.

Jerseys:

Jerseys are included in the registration fee for the youth sport league, during the registration process please provide a T-shirt size for your child. We ask all participants to wear black, white or grey athletic bottoms with their jerseys on game day. You will have the opportunity to purchase black athletic shorts, if needed, during registration.

Communication:

You will receive first emails regarding youth sport league information at least 2 weeks prior to first practices/games. Please confirm primary member email, of the Crossroads YMCA membership account.

League Rules:

All our Youth Sport Leagues will follow IHSAA (Indiana High School Athletic Association) Rule books and will be modified depending on the league and expectations for participants in those programs.

AYSL General Information:

Our Advanced Youth Sport Leagues are meant for athletes/established teams looking to compete at a high level. All practices and games will be located at our YMCA Sportscenter in Crown Point. AYSL will follow IHSAA rules with some modifications for the younger age divisions. Score and team standings will be kept for all age divisions. Teams will be responsible for individual stats. Leagues will finish with a double elimination tournament. During the registration process, you will be given the Youth Sports Parent Manual and will need to sign off on it before completing registration, please take time to read through this manual to acknowledge and understand all our policies and expectations for everyone involved.

We will be offering two separate divisions for AYSL: Select and Elite. Please read each description for the separate divisions below.

Select Division:

This division is solely for individuals who are not part of an established team. Roster spots are not guaranteed and participants will have to go through skill evaluations to be assigned to a team. During the registration process, you will select which division you are looking to take part in, if you are not a part of an established team, please select the selection of the Select Division.

Elite division:

This division is solely for established teams. During the registration process, you will select which division you are registering for, please select Elite Division if you are a part of an established team. Once you select Elite Division, you will need to enter your coach’s name for the established team you are part of.

Please keep reading to find more information about Volunteer Coaches, Schedules, Skill Evaluations, Roster Formation and Jerseys.

Volunteer Coaches:

All our youth sport leagues rely on the help of volunteer coaches. Your impact and importance on the development of our youth is of the utmost importance. Volunteer coaching sign-ups are done through separate registration. All children of volunteer coaches will be placed on their team. As a small token of gratification for your efforts and with met expectations agreed upon during the volunteer coach onboarding process, volunteer head coaches will have the opportunity to have their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account after the conclusion of the season. Assistant coaches will have the opportunity to have 50% of their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account.

(For Elite division, teams are required to register with an already designated head coach; the reimbursement policy applies to these coaches as well). For select division teams, volunteer coaches will draft players to teams for post skill evaluations.

Schedules:

AYSL will be an 8-week program. AYSL teams will be guaranteed practice for 75 minutes during the week at the Sportscenter. Practice days will be either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday and it will be selected by the coaches. Games for AYSL will be played on Saturdays and/or Sundays at the Sportscenter. Schedules will be made and sent out no later than 1 week prior to the beginning of the league. With multiple teams in each age division and sport, time requests are not guaranteed, each week teams will play other teams at time slots that pre-set based on how many games we have each Saturday and Sunday. The scheduling of game times is random for each week.

Skill Evaluations: (Select Division Only)

During the registration process, you will need to select a skill evaluation date for your child to attend. Skill evaluations allow us to make teams evenly and fair as possible. If you cannot attend any of the skill evaluation dates, please email Sportscenter leadership.

Roster Formation:

For AYSL, the Select Division, Volunteer coaches will draft players once all skill evaluations occur. Once drafts occur, all rosters will be made available to participants and coaches will reach out to introduce themselves and give practice day and time information. For the Elite Division, teams are formed pre-registration.

Jerseys:

Jerseys are team choice; each team will need a dark and white colored jersey option of home and away games. If you need a vendor to order jerseys, please contact our Sportscenter Leadership.

Communication:

You will receive first emails regarding youth sport league information at least 2 weeks prior to first practices/games. Please confirm primary member email of the Crossroads YMCA membership account.

League Rules:

All our Youth Sport Leagues will follow IHSAA (Indiana High School Athletic Association) Rule books and will be modified depending on the league and expectations for participants in those programs.

AYSL General Information:

Our Advanced Youth Sport Leagues are meant for athletes/established teams looking to compete at a high level. All practices and games will be located at our YMCA Sportscenter in Crown Point. AYSL will follow IHSAA rules with some modifications for the younger age divisions. Score and team standings will be kept for all age divisions. Teams will be responsible for individual stats. Leagues will finish with a double elimination tournament. During the registration process, you will be given the Youth Sports Parent Manual and will need to sign off on it before completing registration, please take time to read through this manual to acknowledge and understand all our policies and expectations for everyone involved.

We will be offering two separate divisions for AYSL: Select and Elite. Please read each description for the separate divisions below.

Select Division:

This division is solely for individuals who are not part of an established team. Roster spots are not guaranteed and participants will have to go through skill evaluations to be assigned to a team. During the registration process, you will select which division you are looking to take part in, if you are not a part of an established team, please select the selection of the Select Division.

Elite division:

This division is solely for established teams. During the registration process, you will select which division you are registering for, please select Elite Division if you are a part of an established team. Once you select Elite Division, you will need to enter your coach’s name for the established team you are part of.

Please keep reading to find more information about Volunteer Coaches, Schedules, Skill Evaluations, Roster Formation and Jerseys.

Volunteer Coaches:

All our youth sport leagues rely on the help of volunteer coaches. Your impact and importance on the development of our youth is of the utmost importance. Volunteer coaching sign-ups are done through separate registration. All children of volunteer coaches will be placed on their team. As a small token of gratification for your efforts and with met expectations agreed upon during the volunteer coach onboarding process, volunteer head coaches will have the opportunity to have their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account after the conclusion of the season. Assistant coaches will have the opportunity to have 50% of their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account.

(For Elite division, teams are required to register with an already designated head coach; the reimbursement policy applies to these coaches as well). For select division teams, volunteer coaches will draft players to teams for post skill evaluations.

Schedules:

AYSL will be an 8-week program. AYSL teams will be guaranteed practice for 75 minutes during the week at the Sportscenter. Practice days will be either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday and it will be selected by the coaches. Games for AYSL will be played on Saturdays and/or Sundays at the Sportscenter. Schedules will be made and sent out no later than 1 week prior to the beginning of the league. With multiple teams in each age division and sport, time requests are not guaranteed, each week teams will play other teams at time slots that pre-set based on how many games we have each Saturday and Sunday. The scheduling of game times is random for each week.

Skill Evaluations: (Select Division Only)

During the registration process, you will need to select a skill evaluation date for your child to attend. Skill evaluations allow us to make teams evenly and fair as possible. If you cannot attend any of the skill evaluation dates, please email Sportscenter leadership.

Roster Formation:

For AYSL, the Select Division, Volunteer coaches will draft players once all skill evaluations occur. Once drafts occur, all rosters will be made available to participants and coaches will reach out to introduce themselves and give practice day and time information. For the Elite Division, teams are formed pre-registration.

Jerseys:

Jerseys are team choice; each team will need a dark and white colored jersey option of home and away games. If you need a vendor to order jerseys, please contact our Sportscenter Leadership.

Communication:

You will receive first emails regarding youth sport league information at least 2 weeks prior to first practices/games. Please confirm primary member email of the Crossroads YMCA membership account.

League Rules:

All our Youth Sport Leagues will follow IHSAA (Indiana High School Athletic Association) Rule books and will be modified depending on the league and expectations for participants in those programs.

AYSL General Information:

Our Advanced Youth Sport Leagues are meant for athletes/established teams looking to compete at a high level. All practices and games will be located at our YMCA Sportscenter in Crown Point. AYSL will follow IHSAA rules with some modifications for the younger age divisions. Score and team standings will be kept for all age divisions. Teams will be responsible for individual stats. Leagues will finish with a double elimination tournament. During the registration process, you will be given the Youth Sports Parent Manual and will need to sign off on it before completing registration, please take time to read through this manual to acknowledge and understand all our policies and expectations for everyone involved.

We will be offering two separate divisions for AYSL: Select and Elite. Please read each description for the separate divisions below.

Select Division:

This division is solely for individuals who are not part of an established team. Roster spots are not guaranteed and participants will have to go through skill evaluations to be assigned to a team. During the registration process, you will select which division you are looking to take part in, if you are not a part of an established team, please select the selection of the Select Division.

Elite division:

This division is solely for established teams. During the registration process, you will select which division you are registering for, please select Elite Division if you are a part of an established team. Once you select Elite Division, you will need to enter your coach’s name for the established team you are part of.

Please keep reading to find more information about Volunteer Coaches, Schedules, Skill Evaluations, Roster Formation and Jerseys.

Volunteer Coaches:

All our youth sport leagues rely on the help of volunteer coaches. Your impact and importance on the development of our youth is of the utmost importance. Volunteer coaching sign-ups are done through separate registration. All children of volunteer coaches will be placed on their team. As a small token of gratification for your efforts and with met expectations agreed upon during the volunteer coach onboarding process, volunteer head coaches will have the opportunity to have their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account after the conclusion of the season. Assistant coaches will have the opportunity to have 50% of their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account.

(For Elite division, teams are required to register with an already designated head coach; the reimbursement policy applies to these coaches as well). For select division teams, volunteer coaches will draft players to teams for post skill evaluations.

Schedules:

AYSL will be an 8-week program. AYSL teams will be guaranteed practice for 75 minutes during the week at the Sportscenter. Practice days will be either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday and it will be selected by the coaches. Games for AYSL will be played on Saturdays and/or Sundays at the Sportscenter. Schedules will be made and sent out no later than 1 week prior to the beginning of the league. With multiple teams in each age division and sport, time requests are not guaranteed, each week teams will play other teams at time slots that pre-set based on how many games we have each Saturday and Sunday. The scheduling of game times is random for each week.

Skill Evaluations: (Select Division Only)

During the registration process, you will need to select a skill evaluation date for your child to attend. Skill evaluations allow us to make teams evenly and fair as possible. If you cannot attend any of the skill evaluation dates, please email Sportscenter leadership.

Roster Formation:

For AYSL, the Select Division, Volunteer coaches will draft players once all skill evaluations occur. Once drafts occur, all rosters will be made available to participants and coaches will reach out to introduce themselves and give practice day and time information. For the Elite Division, teams are formed pre-registration.

Jerseys:

Jerseys are team choice; each team will need a dark and white colored jersey option of home and away games. If you need a vendor to order jerseys, please contact our Sportscenter Leadership.

Communication:

You will receive first emails regarding youth sport league information at least 2 weeks prior to first practices/games. Please confirm primary member email of the Crossroads YMCA membership account.

League Rules:

All our Youth Sport Leagues will follow IHSAA (Indiana High School Athletic Association) Rule books and will be modified depending on the league and expectations for participants in those programs.

AYSL General Information:

Our Advanced Youth Sport Leagues are meant for athletes/established teams looking to compete at a high level. All practices and games will be located at our YMCA Sportscenter in Crown Point. AYSL will follow IHSAA rules with some modifications for the younger age divisions. Score and team standings will be kept for all age divisions. Teams will be responsible for individual stats. Leagues will finish with a double elimination tournament. During the registration process, you will be given the Youth Sports Parent Manual and will need to sign off on it before completing registration, please take time to read through this manual to acknowledge and understand all our policies and expectations for everyone involved.

We will be offering two separate divisions for AYSL: Select and Elite. Please read each description for the separate divisions below.

Select Division:

This division is solely for individuals who are not part of an established team. Roster spots are not guaranteed and participants will have to go through skill evaluations to be assigned to a team. During the registration process, you will select which division you are looking to take part in, if you are not a part of an established team, please select the selection of the Select Division.

Elite division:

This division is solely for established teams. During the registration process, you will select which division you are registering for, please select Elite Division if you are a part of an established team. Once you select Elite Division, you will need to enter your coach’s name for the established team you are part of.

Please keep reading to find more information about Volunteer Coaches, Schedules, Skill Evaluations, Roster Formation and Jerseys.

Volunteer Coaches:

All our youth sport leagues rely on the help of volunteer coaches. Your impact and importance on the development of our youth is of the utmost importance. Volunteer coaching sign-ups are done through separate registration. All children of volunteer coaches will be placed on their team. As a small token of gratification for your efforts and with met expectations agreed upon during the volunteer coach onboarding process, volunteer head coaches will have the opportunity to have their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account after the conclusion of the season. Assistant coaches will have the opportunity to have 50% of their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account.

(For Elite division, teams are required to register with an already designated head coach; the reimbursement policy applies to these coaches as well). For select division teams, volunteer coaches will draft players to teams for post skill evaluations.

Schedules:

AYSL will be an 8-week program. AYSL teams will be guaranteed practice for 75 minutes during the week at the Sportscenter. Practice days will be either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday and it will be selected by the coaches. Games for AYSL will be played on Saturdays and/or Sundays at the Sportscenter. Schedules will be made and sent out no later than 1 week prior to the beginning of the league. With multiple teams in each age division and sport, time requests are not guaranteed, each week teams will play other teams at time slots that pre-set based on how many games we have each Saturday and Sunday. The scheduling of game times is random for each week.

Skill Evaluations: (Select Division Only)

During the registration process, you will need to select a skill evaluation date for your child to attend. Skill evaluations allow us to make teams evenly and fair as possible. If you cannot attend any of the skill evaluation dates, please email Sportscenter leadership.

Roster Formation:

For AYSL, the Select Division, Volunteer coaches will draft players once all skill evaluations occur. Once drafts occur, all rosters will be made available to participants and coaches will reach out to introduce themselves and give practice day and time information. For the Elite Division, teams are formed pre-registration.

Jerseys:

Jerseys are team choice; each team will need a dark and white colored jersey option of home and away games. If you need a vendor to order jerseys, please contact our Sportscenter Leadership.

Communication:

You will receive first emails regarding youth sport league information at least 2 weeks prior to first practices/games. Please confirm primary member email of the Crossroads YMCA membership account.

Discovery Youth Sport League and Recreational Youth Sport League Volunteer Coaches:

All our youth sport leagues rely on the help of volunteer coaches. Your impact and importance on the development of our youth is of the utmost importance. Volunteer coaching sign-ups are done through this registration. All children of volunteer coaches will be placed on their team. As a small token of gratification for your efforts and with met expectations agreed upon during the volunteer coach onboarding process, volunteer head coaches will have the opportunity to have their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account after the conclusion of the season. Assistant coaches will have the opportunity to have 50% of their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account.

Advanced Sport League Volunteer Coaches:

All our youth sport leagues rely on the help of volunteer coaches. Your impact and importance on the development of our youth is of the utmost importance. Volunteer coaching sign-ups are done through this registration. All children of volunteer coaches will be placed on their team. As a small token of gratification for your efforts and with met expectations agreed upon during the volunteer coach onboarding process, volunteer head coaches will have the opportunity to have their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account after the conclusion of the season. Assistant coaches will have the opportunity to have 50% of their child’s registration fee credited back to their YMCA account.

(For Elite division, teams are required to register with an already designated head coach; the reimbursement policy applies to these coaches as well). For select division teams, volunteer coaches will draft players to teams for post skill evaluations.