2015/16 Travel Program
Parent Meeting
Oct 8th, 2015
Agenda
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Guest speaker – John Oxton
Board Members
Tryout and selection process
Expectations
Code of Conduct
Practices
Lakeville North Tournament
Tournaments
Rochester Tournament
Traveling Fees
New uniforms and practice jerseys
Panthersportswear.com
LNBBA website – team pages
WOTN Clinic
Meet the coaches
Guest Speaker
John Oxton – Lakeville North varsity boys basketball coach
Board Members
Lakeville North Boys Basketball Association
John Oxton – Varsity Head Coach
Travis Tuma – President
Jarrid Gode – Travel Director
Joel Tveite – Treasurer
Dan Koshiol – Equipment Director
Michelle Espe-Walsh – Communications/Public Relations
Josh Kutzler– Tournament Director (new)
Neal Olson – In-House Director
Nancy Aug– Concessions Coordinator
Tryout and selection process
•Independent processes - coaching
interest has no impact on team selection.
•Evaluations – coaches evaluate players at
camps, during tryouts, and from previous
year coach’s evaluations.
Expectations
• Support Coaches—coaches are volunteers.
• Be at Practice… otherwise let your coach know if schedule
conflicts arise.
• Playing Time – generally equal playing time over the
season.
• Open Communication – discuss issues with your
coach/parent.
• Volunteer – all teams and parents are expected to help
with the Lakeville tournament. (8 hours)
Expectations
Code of Conduct
You represent Lakeville North Boys Basketball and your behavior (positive or negative) has a lasting
impression on you, your son and the community.
I hereby pledge to provide positive support, care and encouragement for my son participating in
youth sports by following this code of ethics.
• I will encourage good sportsmanship by demonstrating positive support for all players, coaches
and officials at every game, practice or other youth sports event.
• I will place the emotional and physical well-being of my son ahead of any personal desire to win.
• I will insist that my son play in a safe and healthy environment.
• I will provide support for coaches and officials working with my son to provide a positive,
enjoyable experience for all.
• I will demand a drug, alcohol, and tobacco free sports environment for my son and agree to
assist by refraining from their use at all youth sports events.
• I will remember that the game is for the boys and not for the adults.
• I will do my very best to make youth sports fun for my son.
• I will ask my son to treat other players, coaches, fans and officials with respect regardless of
race, gender or ability.
• I will promise to help my son enjoy the youth sports experience within my personal constraint by
assisting with coaching, being a respectful fan, providing transportation or whatever I am
capable of doing.
• I agree to keep the lines of communication open with coaches, players, and other parents.
Concerns will be addressed in a positive and objective manner.
Practices
• Practices will be 2-3 times per week. Non-tournament
weeks may offer weekend practices.
• Weekend/Wednesday/5 pm are optional and are TBD
by coach/team. Please inform your coach of your
availability.
• Practice times and locations will vary based on
availability.
• Begin practice the week of October 19th.
• Team training sessions with “Wear Out the Net”
(WOTN)/Regular practices at WOTN.
• New this year - Farmington gyms will also be used –
Riverview Elementary – wood courts with glass
backboards
Lakeville North Tournament
•New format – all one weekend – using
North and South Schools
•Jan 23rd-24th
•One of the largest tournaments in the
state.
Tournaments
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5th – 8th Grade will compete in 10 tournaments. First tournament is Nov 7-9 @ Eagan.
4th Grade will compete in 8 tournaments. First tournament is Nov 14-16 @ Osseo/MG.
Passes for Lakeville North tournament will be provided to each family.
Next year - teams may play on President’s Day weekend for flexibility.
Tournaments
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• 5th – 8th Grade will compete in 10 tournaments. First tournament is Nov 7-9 @ Eagan.
• 4th Grade will compete in 8 tournaments. First tournament is Nov 14-16 @ Osseo/MG.
• Passes for Lakeville North tournament will be provided to each family.
Optional Overnight
• New this year – optional overnight on Saturday
night, November 14th – second tournament – Osseo
Maple Grove
• Please let coaches know by tomorrow so we can
finalize hotel accommodations.
Rochester Tournament
• 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade teams will
participate.
• Overnight tournament – generally Friday and
Saturday nights.
• LNBBA has blocked rooms and will place teams
according to numbers, so parents shouldn’t book
rooms until instructed to do so.
• Additional information on reserving rooms will
be communicated in Nov/Dec.
Traveling Fees
•5th – 8th Grade: $340
• 4th Grade: $285
• Uniform Deposit: $100 (check will not be cashed)
• Pay fees to coach*
• The 4th – 6th grade will pay the difference
• (4 - $170, 5,6 - $225) of the traveling fee and the
registration fee (assuming you have already paid
the registration fee).
• Make checks payable to LNBBA
New Uniforms and practice jerseys
panthersportswear.com
panthersportswear.com
LNBBA website:
www.lakevillenorthbba.org
• Sport Ngin is a content management system that
many basketball associations use – North girls and
South boys and girls, included.
• It allows us to mange content without changes to
the code behind the site.
• Gives the ability to control access to certain areas of
the site.
• Provides team pages that coaches, managers, and
parents can edit.
• New this year – Team Manager pages for each team
– provides functionality like Teamsnap.
• Integrates with iScout app for collection and
uploading stats.
LNBBA website – team pages
LNBBA website – team pages
Wear Out The Net (WOTN) Clinic
Sunday, Oct 11th, there will be a clinic at Wear Out The Net for coaches
and players of each team (8A, and 8B, which will be at a later date). The
instructors at WOTN will take your team through drills and give the
coaches practice ideas for your upcoming season. The schedule will be as
follows. You can discuss the details with your coaches tonight.
11:30-12:30. 4A and 4B
12:30-1:30. 5A and 5B
1:30-2:30. 6C and 5C
2:30-3:30. 6A and 6B
3:30-4:30. 7A and 7B
4:30-5:30. 8C and 7C
Meet the coaches
Stage
4A
4B
5A
5B
5C
6A
6B
6C
7A
Cafeteria
7B
7C
8A
8BR
8BB
8C