What does it mean to play in a Youth Sports League at the YMCA?
Team players are made HERE! The YMCA Youth Sports Leagues help kids become not only better athletes, but better people as well. With an emphasis on fair play and safety first, our programs are progressive with age-appropriate rules to help teach youth sports leagues for kids, while keeping it fun. Our Youth Indoor Leagues build winners in life, emphasizing good sportsmanship, fitness, fair play, fundamentals and fun while implementing our core values of caring, honesty, respect, responsibility, and faith.
Players will learn fundamentals and develop new skills while receiving quality playing time.
Youth Basketball
After over a hundred years of teaching this sport, we’ve learned a thing or two. YMCA basketball emphasizes fun while encouraging fundamental skill development, teamwork, and sportsmanship. Our program gives kids exposure to positive competition as they continue to grow as a player, athlete and person by focusing on skills, rules, mechanics and basics like listening to coaches or being a good teammate to help participants refine their skills in a sport they love. Our coaches focus on the youth basketball players’ development of building core skills such as ball handling, defense, offense, rebounding, shooting, conditioning and more. We’re creating team players and future leaders through team sports.
We have teamed up with Triple Threat Hoops! Your kids will have the chance to train with top-notch coaches who know the game inside and out. It’s a fantastic opportunity for them to build skills, boost confidence, and learn the game the right way. Don’t miss out on this incredible experience!
Youth Soccer | Global Soccer Excellence Meets Local Youth Empowerment: Juventus Academy NJ × Lakeland Hills YMCA Announce Strategic Partnership
KEY FEATURES OF THE PARTNERSHIP
• Professional instruction by Juventus Academy NJ coaches
• Inclusive coed programming for youth across skill levels
• Monthly Open Days starting this September for kids and families to meet coaches and participate in soccer clinics
• A joint commitment to equity, access, and youth leadership
What is the Juventus Way?
We aim to develop footballers through a vision which combines technical aspects with mental, emotional and interpersonal ones. Our methodology can be summarized in five points:
STYLE OF PLAY
Dictate proceedings, keep possession of the ball and stay calm. Focus on individual initiative and collective hard work.
TECHNICAL ABILITY
Honed through dynamic drills that aim to perfect every technical skill. The development of each individual player is placed at the heart of every exercise.
TACTICAL ABILITY
Run through several detailed individual and team match situations, to be alternated throughout the week.
MENTAL FACTOR
Train the individual to make effective decisions in match situations. Develop their speed of thought to adapt with changeable tactical and technical scenarios.
EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL FACTOR
Promote an identity fostering the values of sacrifice, bravery and teamwork, to be applied both on and off the pitch.
Juventus Academy NJ Open Days
- Meet Juventus coaches and staff
- Soccer skills, activities, games
- Open to families with children aged 3-10
- Bring your friends
- Free YMCA giveaways
Saturday, September 20
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Woodmont Elementary School
39 Woodmont Road
Pine Brook, NJ 07058
Rain Date: Saturday, September 27
Saturday, October 11
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Halsey Field (behind YMCA)
100 Fanny Road
Mountain Lakes, NJ 07046
Rain Date: TBD
Sunday, November 2
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Central Park of Morris County Field #1
1 Governor Chris Christie Drive
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ 07950
Rain or Shine
Youth Basketball Clinic 4-13 Years Old
FALL CLINICS LOCATION: BLACKTOP
This clinic is for building improving skills through drills and games in the fundamentals of basketball. As skills progress, we will work on scrimmaging to prepare for real basketball games. Dribble, pass, shoot and have fun!
No matter your child’s age, we have the perfect clinic to prepare them for next year’s basketball league! Through a combination of drills and games, they’ll build and refine essential skills like dribbling, passing, and shooting-all while having fun. Our clinic is designed to help every player gain confidence and develop a passion for the game!
Little Ballers 4 – 6 Years Old
Junior Ballers 7 – 9 Years Old
Sr. Ballers 10 – 13 Years Old
Youth Basketball League
Team players are developed at the Y through coaching that emphasizes good sportsmanship and the core values of caring honesty, respect, and responsibility. The focus is on building both athletic skills and good character, with equal playing time for all players.
Players will learn fundamentals and develop new skills while receiving quality playing time. Indoor Basketball Leagues consist of 6 weeks regular season and 2 weeks of playoff games.
Youth Basketball Leagues start from Grade K and continue through Middle School. To register, go to Indoor Youth Leagues page.
There are mandatory skills showcases for basketball leagues. We will assess players to create fair and balanced teams. Note: Basketball K-1st (beginners) do NOT have a showcase. We do our best to honor friend requests made in advance while keeping a balanced league for the success of all players.
There are two time slots per division. Our basketballers always play in one of their time slots on their division’s respective weeknight(s). Regular season schedules will be provided before play begins.
Volunteer Coaching Opportunities
We’re seeking volunteers interested in coaching youth sports. Our coaches make YMCA youth sports possible and create a lifelong impact on children by encouraging participation and emphasizing sportsmanship and strong character. When you become a volunteer, the Y will introduce you to coaching and provide resources specific to the sport you coach. If your child is a player, getting involved at their practices can help them feel comfortable to practice with you outside of official practice time.
Soccer Tips
The goal of becoming a top athlete is a long road for anyone to achieve. Many factors go into developing soccer players that compete at the highest level, but a key aspect can start with simple everyday habits as child. Everyone shines in their own way, at their own time. That’s the beauty of soccer; it builds people for whatever comes next in life.
Training Tips
Practice makes perfect! That begins with a good warmup to focus training players to get as many touches on the soccer ball and increase their heart rate to help prepare them for practice and soccer clinics with technical activity, creating an environment where players can get as much repetition of a skill as possible. The more a player practices, the better they’ll get!
Coaching Tips
Coaches who engage in active listening guarantees clear, mutually understood communication makes players more willing to talk to the coach as well as promotes a more meaningful relationship between the coach and player. Communicating with purpose by being aware of posture, eye contact, facial expressions, distance between the coach and the player, distracting behaviors and voice quality is crucial in addressing players and understanding their questions and quandaries.
Basketball Benefits
Basketball is a sport that requires great endurance, where kids can experience a full-body workout that is important for them to learn to push toward an end goal without giving up. They will also develop a good sense of balance, hand-eye coordination, agility, strategy and social skills at a young age that will play a part towards their success into adulthood.
Training Tips
Find a balance for your child between having fun and improving their skills as a player by exercising through drill work and conditioning to help them develop both a love for the game and solid fundamentals. Making sure to prioritize effort over results will nurture their interest to improve their skillset and mindset as a future leader.
Coaching Tips
Teach good sportsmanship by your example in maintaining a positive attitude at all times. Teach them to play hard with respect to their youth basketball team opponents and to the officials. Wins and losses are not important at this age, it is about developing teamwork, emphasizing sportsmanship and learning their responsibilities to the team that will instill good discipline and dedication to a sport that they enjoy to play.
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