Summit Academy Basketball Tryouts 2020-2021
This is the important information you need to know:
Players should go to registermyathlete.com and begin the process of becoming eligible to play immediately, before tryouts. There is a processing fee RMA collects. This money does not go to the basketball program and is separate from the fees listed below. The most time-sensitive aspect of the process is getting a physical from your doctor.
If you are experiencing any Covid-19-related symptoms, you should not come to tryouts. Contact Coach Baird at summitacademybasketball@gmail.com and we will make arrangements for you to tryout at a later date.
If football’s season conflicts with basketball tryouts, athletes playing football will be allowed to tryout at a later date, after the football season comes to a conclusion.
Tryouts are Monday, 11/9, and Tuesday, 11/10.
Monday, the freshman/sophomore tryouts will be from 3:00-4:30, and varsity will be from 4:00-6:00. Tuesday varsity will tryout from 6:00-8:00; freshman/sophomores will be from 7:30-9:00.
All freshmen and sophomores must attend that tryout and need to have permission or an invitation to tryout for varsity.
You must be academically eligible from Quarter 1 to tryout. Anyone who has more than one F or below a 2.0 is not eligible to tryout. You must maintain above a 2.0 and have no more than 1 F in Quarter 2 to remain eligible. Bear in mind, this is the minimum - we expect academic excellence from every player.
The results of the tryout will be posted on the team blog at summitacademybasketball.blogspot.com.
We will keep somewhere between 12-15 players on varsity, and somewhere between 10-15 players on the freshman/sophomore team. The JV will be made up of players from both the varsity and the frosh/soph team and will not practice separately.
Practice will begin Wednesday, 11/11.
Our typical practice schedule is this: Mondays and Wednesdays 3-6, Tuesdays and Thursdays 6-9, Fridays 4-7; Saturdays either 8-10 or 10-12.
Our complete practice and game schedule can be found on the team blog.
There are $250 in fees for basketball: $100 participation fee, and $50 for each of the three following categories: Equipment, Uniform, and Tournament.
Players are also obligated to raise a minimum of $250 dollars. This can be done by soliciting donations from friends and family members, local businesses, or any other source. Fundraising is an essential part of maintaining our basketball program - it helps offset offseason fees, augments the in-season fees we collect, helps pay assistant coaches’ stipends, and helps cover the cost of things like gear, the banquet, and so on.
Players will be able to keep their practice gear, but game gear needs to be well-cared for and returned at the end of the season. There is a $100 fine for game gear that is damaged or unusable beyond the normal wear and tear.
Team rules and expectations are simple: Respect the space we’re in, respect one another, respect yourself. If these are your guiding principles, you will always represent our team, program, school, and community in a positive way.
