Basketball – Divisions

Our 3/4 grade girls league is a step up from our 1/2 grade league. Participants will participate in two practices per week with one of those practices solely focusing on skills and the other practice focusing on their individual team. Teams will also play a minimum of 7-8 games against other teams. Games will be played on 10ft hoops and there will be 2 officials on the court with the players. at this level travel, double dribble, fouls are all called normal. We are a fair play league where each player must play in at least half the game. We play in the SCYBL which is run by MYSA. Our Massillon teams will compete against teams from Tuslaw, Northwest, Canton, Canton South, Manchester, Chippewa & area private schools. 

Our 3/4 grade boys league is a step up from our 1/2 grade league. Participants will participate in two practices per week with one of those practices solely focusing on skills and the other practice focusing on their individual team. Teams will also play a minimum of 7-8 games against other teams. Games will be played on 10ft hoops and there will be 2 officials on the court with the players. at this level travel, double dribble, fouls are all called normal. We are a fair play league where each player must play in at least half the game. We play in the SCYBL which is run by MYSA. Our Massillon teams will compete against teams from Tuslaw, Northwest, Canton, Canton South, Manchester, Chippewa & area private schools. 

Our 5/6 grade girls league is a step up from our 3/4 grade league. Participants will participate in two practices per week with one of those practices solely focusing on skills and the other practice focusing on their individual team. Teams will also play a minimum of 7-8 games against other teams. Games will be played on 10ft hoops and there will be 2 officials on the court with the players. at this level travel, double dribble, fouls are all called normal. At this level more violations are called as we attempt to prepare them for middle school basketball. We are a fair play league where each player must play in at least half the game. We play in the SCYBL which is run by MYSA. Our Massillon teams will compete against teams from Tuslaw, Northwest, Canton, Canton South, Manchester, Chippewa & area private schools. 

Our 5/6 grade boys league is a step up from our 3/4 grade league. Participants will participate in two practices per week with one of those practices solely focusing on skills and the other practice focusing on their individual team. Teams will also play a minimum of 7-8 games against other teams. Games will be played on 10ft hoops and there will be 2 officials on the court with the players. at this level travel, double dribble, fouls are all called normal. At this level more violations are called as we attempt to prepare them for middle school basketball. We are a fair play league where each player must play in at least half the game. We play in the SCYBL which is run by MYSA. Our Massillon teams will compete against teams from Tuslaw, Northwest, Canton, Canton South, Manchester, Chippewa & area private schools. 

MYSA basketball league is a recreational sport program with the focus on learning and having fun. We attempt to allow for requests for coaches and friends as much as possible but this is not guaranteed. These requests must be sent to massillonyouthbasketball@gmail.com prior to the last day of registration.

Massillon Youth Basketball Team Procedures

All Leagues

• Players will stay on the same team from year to year if able.
  • Examples:
    • 1st Graders will remain on the same team for all 6 years, unless parents choose to move their child or other circumstances prevent this (a coach is not moving leagues or is unavailable)
    • If a coach does not move up from league to league the players will be placed in the draft. 

**Exceptions to the above policy, these exceptions will be decided by directors ONLY**

• Not enough players to field the same amount of teams as previous years. 
• Addition of more teams.
• Brother or sister moving into the same league and need to be together
• Parent request for a different coach
• Some other uncontrollable circumstance

All Leagues

• Coaches will add players to their roster from the registrations. There will be no evaluations. 
• Max number per teams will 10.

**Exceptions to the above policies may be needed based on a case by case basis and will only be decided by league directors**

NOTE: You are registering your child to play basketball, we do not issue refunds if your child is not on the team they or you wish to be on.

AS IN ALL SPORTS TEAMS WILL NOT BE EVEN, THERE WILL BE TEAMS/PLAYERS THAT ARE BETTER OR NOT AS GOOD AS OTHER TEAMS/PLAYERS. THAT IS THE REALITY OF SPORTS.