LATE REGISTRATIONS NOT ACCEPTED

PLEASE REGISTER ON TIME PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE!


Register early to give yourself more time to resell the mandatory fundraiser tickets prior to the November Cash Bash event

ONLINE WEBSITE REGISTRATION AND PAYMENTS ONLY EFFECTIVE 2025-2026 BASKETBALL SEASON
There is no paper form available, cash and check payments not accepted.




MANDATORY FUNDRAISER INCLUDED WITH ONLINE REGISTRATION.
> Details TBA
> Payment installment plans available, except for fundraiser

It is optional for Travel players to also play on a Recreational team

THE WEBSITE REGISTRATION SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY PLACE ALL LIL BALLERS & RECREATIONAL

TEAM PLAYERS, BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 3 TO 6, ON A TEMPORARY WAITLIST PENDING ENOUGH PARENT

COACH VOLUNTEERS SIGN-UP AS WELL.


> As grade level coaches volunteer (website registration system under same account as player), then players will be removed from the waitlist and placed on a team roster with a volunteer coach.

> The registration payment transaction must then be processed by the player parent from their Account Cart, or else that player will be removed from the roster for a different player.



> Recreational team rostering priority in sequential order

(1) Players participating the prior youth basketball season, no matter the registration completed date.

(2) Coaches returning from the prior youth basketball season will have players moved from the Waitlist to their team roster first.

(3) New players not participating previously will be removed from the Waitlist and on to a team roster, in order of registration completed date. The earlier you register, the better.

RINGGOLD YOUTH BASKETBALL PROGRAMS AND ELIGIBILITY

All Ringgold school district children in Kindergarten to 6th grades
Separate boys and girls divisions except Lil Ballers and Hoop Stars
Additional information on each can be found under the IMPORTANT REGULAR SEASON INFORMATION tab menu

• Kindergarten to 2nd grade
  
• Clinic - basketball foundations, basic skills, fun games and activities followed by
• weekly team games and practices
• uniform jersey provided
  
• Advanced 2nd graders are encouraged to either Tryout for a 3rd grade Travel team, or register instead for a 3rd grade team in the Recreational program for older kids
  • What does advanced mean? Advanced in this situation simply means your child can generally do more on the basketball court than their friends. It DOES NOT mean they are the best dribbler, shooter, rebounder, defender, etc.

• Kindergarten to 6th grade
• no games
• weekly practices
• basketball foundations, basic skills, fun games and activities
• program t-shirt provided

• 3rd to 6th grade
• recreational league participation
• regular season game schedule
• Academy sessions - basketball foundations, basic skills, fun games and activities followed by
• weekly team games and practices
  
• uniform jersey provided

• Tryouts mandatory
• 3rd to 6th grade
• travel league participation
• regular season game schedule
• weekly team games and practices
• complete uniform kit provided - jersey and shorts
  

The online registration process includes a mandatory fundraiser ticket
Lil Ballers, Recreational, & Travel

 Every registered player, except Hoop Stars, will receive a limited number of tickets immediately following their individual registration. Ticket pickup dates will be announced. The tickets must be paid for upfront with registration, however parents get their fundraiser tickets money back as they sell the tickets on their own. Parents keep the fundraising money collected from the tickets they resell.

Player parents have the option to put the registration amount due on a payment installment plan, or pay in full upfront. The fundraiser tickets however must be paid in full upfront during the online registration process. There is no installment plan option for the fundraiser tickets.

The earlier players register the better as that gives parents more time before the fundraiser event to resell the tickets and

recoup their money.

PARENT VOLUNTEER GHOST CHECK - Recreational and Lil Baller players only

> Recreational player parents also must turn-in a volunteer ghost check before being rostered to a team. One $100 parent
volunteer ghost check per player required, up to two max per family.

> This is not deposited unless you do not fulfill the 2-hour parent volunteer time commitment by the end of the season. The ghost check is simply securely filed, saved aside until the end of the season. Parents of registered Recreational and
Lil baller players who do not volunteer at any point, will have their parent volunteer ghost check/cash deposited
after the season ends.

> Make sure ghost check(s) are payable to Ringgold Youth Basketball, include the player's name(s), and signed.

> Mandatory parent volunteer time commitment required is a total of *2-hours on Saturday Recreational league game days in January and February. 
*2-hours for each registered Recreational player, up to 4 hours max per family if more than one child participates.
The parent volunteer ghost check is returned after fulfilling the 2-hour parent volunteer time commitment
*2-hour volunteer time commitment can be completed in a single day, or 1-hour blocks multiple game days.

> more details can be found here

Parent volunteer ghost checks are accepted in-person at the parent meetings in September and October, and other select dates TBD.