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Basketball

Welcome to WAA Basketball

Woodbury Athletic Association (WAA) accepts kids who live in the City of Woodbury OR attends a school in the city of Woodbury for its In-house and Traveling programs.

For Travel Basketball, we must follow MYAS rules.  If a player lives in Woodbury but is not in the Woodbury High School Boundary (East Ridge School, Stillwater School, or Oakdale/Maplewood School), MYAS requires families to fill out a player transfer waiver (basketball only).

Please fill out this waiver and send it to the boys or girls  basketball director prior to tryouts.


Refund Policy

Before Travel Tryouts / Before In-House Shoot Arounds 

Full Refund (less the $30 admin fee)

After Travel Tryouts / After In-House Shoot Arounds 

No Refunds (with the exception of injury)


WAA Basketball Board

The WAA Basketball Board is looking to fill the following positions:

  • Scheduling Coordinator
  • Boys In-House Director
  • Boys In-House Grade Level Coordinators
  • Boys Tournament Volunteer Coordinator
  • Boys Tournament Concessions Coordinator 
  • Girls Tournament Concessions Coordinator 

 

Please contact  Nick Maciejewski  or
Angie Heldstab if you are interested in being a part of our program!


2024-2025 Basketball Registration Coming Soon...

 

Travel Registration

Opens June 15 

In-House Registration

Opens June 15 

 

Once registration closes, players will be put on a waitlist so please be sure to register before the deadline.



Full Program Information

More details can be found on each programs webpage. Please view these links for more information about the season.

BOYS TRAVEL               GIRLS TRAVEL               3rd-12th IN-HOUSE               K-2nd Skills Sessions


Programs (at a glance)

See below for a quick overview of each program.

Important Travel Dates

 

Date

Location

Registration Opens

June 15

WAA Registration Page

Uniform Fitting Aug  TBD
Coaches Application Aug  Boys Application      Girls Application
Coaching Interviews Aug Emailed by Travel Directors
Parent Meeting  Aug

TBD Virtual Meeting

Registration Closes

Aug

WAA Registration Page

Practices Start

Mid-Oct

TBD

District Jamboree

Oct 26 and 27

833 Schools

Pictures Dec  TBD
Tournaments Nov - Feb TBD

IMPORTANT IN-HOUSE DATES

 

Date

Location

Registration Opens

June 15

WAA Registration Page

Kindergarten Registration Closes   WAA Registration Page

3rd-12th Grade

Registration Closes

  WAA Registration Page

1st/2nd Grade

Registration Closes

 

WAA Registration Page

Coaching Application On registration, click YES on the question that asks if you'd like to be a coach

Practices Start

Kindergarten:

September

 

1st-8th:

November

 

9th-12th:

December

TBD

Games Start

 

TBD

Pictures Dec  TBD
End of Season Tournament Feb 8 and 9 TBD

 


What Programs are available through WAA?

In-House Basketball

Travel Basketball

Boys and Girls Grades K-2nd

Boys Grades 3rd-12th

 

Girls Grades 3rd-8th

Grade Levels

Grades 4th-8th

K-2nd In-House

Program Links

Boys Travel

Girls Travel

Kinder

Sept/Oct

 

1st/2nd

November-February

November - February

Season

October - Beginning of March

$60

$110

$260 Cost

$525 Registration

(most tournaments will be 1 day format with no gate fees)

 

$115 Uniform & Shooting Shirt

(if new one needed)

Boys

K, 1, 2 are separate

 

Girls

K & 1/2

1st and 2nd are only separate if numbers support it

Boys Divisions

3rd, 4th, 5th/6th, 7th/8th, 9th/10th, 11th/12th

 

Girls Divisions

3rd, 4th, 5th/6th, 7th/8th

Age Groups

Boys and Girls

4th-8th

 

Players play on their grade level team

1 per week for 1 hour

 

Choice of Wednesday or Saturday

2 per week for 1 hour

 

Practice will be Mon-Fri 6:30-9:30. Wednesdays and Fridays cannot be avoided.

 

Practices

2 per week for 90 minutes

 

Practice will be Mon-Fri 5:00-9:00. Wednesdays and Fridays cannot be avoided.

Kindergarten and 1st grade will focus on skills and drills to teach the game of basketball, while 2nd graders will have more game-like situations.

League Play Saturday Mornings or Afternoons

 

Games start in Nov

Games

All games are a part of weekend tournaments. 3 games minimum.

None

All teams will participate in an end of year Tournament in February 10 & 11

Tournaments

10 Tournaments

N/A

We attempt to balance teams to promote competitive play. 

 

Boys Shoot Around  TBD

 

Girls Shoot Around  TBD

Team 

Formation

Tryouts occur in mid-September. 

Teams are divided by skill (A, B, C).  Independent facilitators (not coaches or parents) evaluate players during tryouts. 

 

Boys Tryouts

September TBD

 

Girls Tryouts

September TBD

Players are assigned by day and grade. If you sign up for the same day, friends in the same grade level will be together.

Players can make ONE friend request but both players must have each other's name requested in order to honor this. 

 

Multiple friend requests are not possible because of the need to make equal and fair teams.

Friend Requests

None 

Travel teams are determined based off tryout

N/A

Equal Play Time

Playing 

Time

4th & 5th Grade:

Minimum 50% playing time rule 

 

6th, 7th & 8th Grade:

Fair and reasonable playing time based on the coach’s discretion 

WAA T-shirt

Reversible Team Jersey 

(players keep jersey)

Uniforms

Full Uniform must be purchased 

(players keep uniform)

Ball is given to you by WAA

Girls

3rd/4th grade - 27.5”

5th grade & up - 28.5”

 

Boys

3rd/4th grade - 27.5”

5th/6th grade - 28.5”

7th grade & up - 29.5”

Ball Size

Girls

4th grade - 27.5”

5th grade & up - 28.5”

 

Boys

4th grade - 27.5”

5th/6th grade - 28.5”

7th grade & up - 29.5”

Parent Volunteers

Parent Volunteers

Coaches

Parent Volunteers that apply and interview with the WAA board. 

 

Occasionally a non-parent coach if there are not enough volunteers. 

July - October 

July - September

Registration

July - August

October TBD - Virtual Meeting

September TBD - Virtual Meeting

Parent 

Meeting

September TBD - Virtual Meeting

None

None

Volunteer Requirement

All travel families are required to volunteer during this tournament or request a paid replacement volunteer prior to the event. Families who do not meet this obligation will be charged an incremental fee. 

 

Tournament Dates:

Boys - last weeked in Jan

Girls - first weekend in Feb