Basketball League for Ages 8-10

The Haverford Township Recreation offers a Basketball League for children ages 8-10.  The league focuses on teaching children the game in a fun and age appropriate format.  Over the first few weeks of the program the children will meet for practice.  Each child will be taught the positions, and what their role is in each position.  It gives children who are unfamiliar a chance to learn everything they need to know to be successful once games start.  When the games begin the rules are modified to ensure the game allows every child a chance to be successful, while ensuring that the games give children a chance to learn the game of basketball.   Some of the modified rules are as follows:

Basketball League Modified Rules

Rule	Purpose
No stealing the ball while a player is dribbling	Prevents the game from turning into everyone ball hawking.  Allows kids to receive the ball and dribble and make basketball decisions
Defense must be behind three point line	Ensures kids will have a chance to get the ball down the floor and pass to get other teammates involved, as opposed to everyone losing the ball at half court
Offense must complete three passes before they can shoot	Ensures each team has to move the ball before shooting, making sure each child gets to touch the ball and preventing one child from doing everything
Point Guard must bring ball up floor	One of the biggest things that prevents children from learning the game in other leagues is that whoever gets the rebound puts their head down and dribbles full speed at the rim.  This rule ensures that teams can get set in positions and the game doesn’t turn into kids aimlessly running back and forth.

Andrew Brady who ran the league last year had this to say "Of all of the Recreation Department Programs I am involved in the Basketball League is one of my favorite.  The growth the children go through from the beginning of the league towards the end is alot of fun to see.  It's also fun to see the volunteer coaches who put alot of time and effort into the league have fun teaching their players the game on a weekly basis."

 Boys League Registration

 Girls League Registration