The Council Rock Basketball Association is made up of two leagues, intramural and travel.
Evaluators are CRBA Board members and coaches NOT from the age group on the floor. Evaluations are done on a scaled point basis aimed at selecting the best 10 players for travel play.
Players are encouraged to attend at least two tryouts to be considered for travel play.
Travel involves multiple practices per week and on some weekend play on Sat and Sun
Practice schedules for travel basketball are not set in stone either. We do our best to create a weekly schedule, but it is always a work in progress, and changes do occur. If you want your child to play travel, you have to be flexible. Gym time is extremely difficult to come by. Council Rock Basketball does a tremendous job of acquiring this space, but we have to work within the space available.
Travel basketball is a commitment. Participants need to be flexible. It is also a lot of fun.
Tryout dates are posted below.
Please DO NOT bring a ball to tryouts. We will have them there.
Your child must be registered online, and on the list in order to participate in tryouts.
Parents are not permitted in the gym during tryouts.
You do not need to attend every tryout for your age group, but it is highly recommended.
Additional tryout dates may be added, but that will be determined by each age group separately.
Each team is picked by a committee. If there is already a coach assigned to a team, they are a part of that committee, but they are not the sole decision makers. Most of the evaluators have no affiliation with the age group that is being evaluated. All evaluations are used, and help in determining the kids that make up the team.
IF YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER DOES NOT MAKE THE TRAVEL TEAM HE/SHE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE ENTERED INTO OUR INTRAMURAL IN HOUSE EQUAL PLAYING TIME LEAGUE.
If you have any questions, please direct them to jmeakim@calchip.com. I will help you out.
An explanation about the differences between travel and intramural are below.
Intramural
The intramural league is made up of a 2nd grade co-ed , 3rd & 4th grade girls, 5th & 6th grade girls, 7th & 8th grade girls, 9th to 12th grade girls, and 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th to 12th grade boys programs. The league is designed as instructional at the younger ages. At all ages, the league mandates an equal playing time rule. It is the rule that every child, on every team plays an equal amount of time in each game. Teams have one practice and one game each week.
Travel
The travel league is designed for those players who desire a more committed level of basketball. Teams travel to other communities in the area and may play or practice several times per week. There is no equal playing time rule and there is no guarantee that your child will play equally or even during each and every game. Please understand that the Association administration and/or board will generally not entertain complaints about playing time in the travel leagues. All questions about the travel leagues, including playing time, should be directed to the coach or boys travel coordinator or girls travel coordinator.
Travel teams traditionally play games in two different travel leagues in the immediate area. Whereas the intramural league determines eligibility solely by grade, the travel league determines eligibility based on a child’s age. As an example, in order for your child to be eligible to play in the under age 13 ICBA league games, he/she must be under 13 years of age before 9/01/15.
This season we hope that we will be able to field boys and girls teams in some if not all of the following: under 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 age groups. Of course this is dependant on having access to sufficient time in school district gyms and sufficient demand at that age group. If your child is interested in trying out for travel, you must complete the on-line registration or register at walk-in. If your child does not make the travel team or elects to not play travel, your travel fee will be returned. The extra travel fee is used to defray the extra cost of travel expenses, including league registrations. Registration fees are based on the more expensive alternative among the various travel leagues available. If we elect to go with a less expensive league, a partial refund is possible.
No child will be permitted to try out for a travel team without a completed registration. This can be done on-line or at walk-in registration dates posted on the website each year
Thank you.
Intramural
The intramural league is made up of a 2nd grade co-ed , 3rd & 4th grade girls, 5th & 6th grade girls, 7th & 8th grade girls, 9th to 12th grade girls, and 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th to 12th grade boys programs. The league is designed as instructional at the younger ages. At all ages, the league mandates an equal playing time rule. It is the rule that every child, on every team plays an equal amount of time in each game. Teams have one practice and one game each week.
Travel
The travel league is designed for those players who desire a more committed level of basketball. Teams travel to other communities in the area and may play or practice several times per week. There is no equal playing time rule and there is no guarantee that your child will play equally or even during each and every game. Please understand that the Association administration and/or board will generally not entertain complaints about playing time in the travel leagues. All questions about the travel leagues, including playing time, should be directed to the coach or boys travel coordinator or girls travel coordinator.
Travel teams traditionally play games in two different travel leagues in the immediate area. Whereas the intramural league determines eligibility solely by grade, the travel league determines eligibility based on a child’s age. As an example, in order for your child to be eligible to play in the under age 13 ICBA league games, he/she must be under 13 years of age before 9/01/15.
This season we hope that we will be able to field boys and girls teams in some if not all of the following: under 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 age groups. Of course this is dependant on having access to sufficient time in school district gyms and sufficient demand at that age group. If your child is interested in trying out for travel, you must complete the on line registration. If your child does not make the travel team or elects to not play travel, your travel fee will be returned. The extra travel fee is used to defray the extra cost of travel expenses, including league registrations. Registration fees are based on the more expensive alternative among the various travel leagues available. If we elect to go with a less expensive league, a partial refund is possible.
No child will be permitted to try out for a travel team without a completed registration. This can be done on-line.
Thank you.