Upward Basketball
Upward Basketball at Oak Park continues to promote character and self-esteem in every child by providing a substitution system that promotes equal playing time for each player in the K5-4th grades and 5th-8th grade a modified High school rules. Division plays with modified evaluation process to help provide equal teams and equal opportunity for improvement. When your child plays Upward Basketball, they will:
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Sign up individually, not as a team. (buddy requests available for K5-4th grades only)
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Practice and play a game once each week.
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Play at least half the game every game.
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Learn new drills to improve your basketball skills.
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Play with a modified version high school rules. (5th to 8th only)
All players get cool basketball gear:
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Upward Basketball jersey and shorts
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End of season award
Practice Info:
Both bb and cheer practices run Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday. Practice is at OPCC and runs from either 5-6pm, 6-7pm, 7-8pm, or 8-9pm. The younger children generally get the earlier practices. Specific practice times will be available mid to late November.
Each child will practice once a week for about an hour. Once games start, they will have one practice per week and one game on Saturdays. The number of Saturday games are not guaranteed. The practice schedule comes out mid to late November.
ALL grades practice and play games take place at Oak Park Christian Center Gym: 2073 Oak Park Blvd, Pleasant Hill, Ca.,
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