2021 ELEV8 Spring Outdoor Basketball League

April 16 through June 12, 2021

Hello ELEV8 Families!

We are excited to announce our new 2021 Outdoor Spring Basketball Season! The format will be very similar to the 2020 Outdoor Fall Basketball Season.
Some of the specifics are listed below (modification may be made later):
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Starting Friday April 16 (grades 9-12) and Saturday April 17 (grades 3-8) (No games Memorial Day weekend)

• First week – get together with team, one practice to cover new 3-on-3 half court rules 
• Next 5 weeks – 3-on-3 half court games 
• Last week – tournament-style games
• One game for each team per week (if rained out, no makeups), no weekly practices
• Cost: $50 per participant (all players will get a t-shirt)
• High School games will occur on Friday evenings
• Third Grade thru Middle School games will occur on Saturdays
• Game Days include devotions

Game Day Flow:

• Players/Coaches/Referees/Game Day Coordinators (GDCs) must pass COVID protocol to enter game bubble and participate
• Everyone will sanitize their hands when entering bubble (after passing the COVID protocol)
• Players must bring their own hydration (Water, Gatorade, etc.)
• Players have no physical interaction with anyone outside the game bubble while playing
• Players warm up with coaches
• Play game
• Leave bubble

COVID Protocol:

• Applies to anyone entering game bubble (no parents, only ELEV8 LT, coaches, players, referees, GDCs)
• Must truthfully answer and pass health questions for self and household, mask distribution (if forgotten), temperature check
• Mask must be worn at all times in the bubble except for a quick hydration break

The following rules apply to all leagues: (Subject to possible change)

All Federal, State & County COVID constraints will be followed and can change daily. Hope you can join us! 

Click HERE to register for the ELEV8 2021 Spring League!

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COVID-19 Protocol

Applies to anyone entering game bubble (no parents, only ELEV8 LT, coaches, players, referees, GDCs):

• Must truthfully answer and pass health questions for self and household, mask distro (if forgotten), temperature check
• Mask must be worn at all times in the bubble except for a quick hydration break

All Federal, State, and County COVID-19 constraints will be followed and can change daily.

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League Rules

• Games: 3-on-3 players
• Two 20-minute halves, each half with running clock. Substitutions at the 10-minute mark of each half
  
• Referees at each game, with a foul called for mask removal inside bubble
  
• Visiting team gets ball at half court to start game, team behind gets the ball to start the second half
  
• Each player gets 5 fouls max for entire game
  
• Players are ranked for substitution purposes (foul out or injury)
  
• Player fouled in the act of shooting gets 2 or 3 foul shots
  
• Removal of COVID mask is a foul (two occurrences inside the bubble and the player will be removed from the bubble)
  
• Change of possession must take ball back behind 3-point line before offense can occur
  
• Running clock, only stops on referee’s call (player substitution, injury, technical/ flagrant fouls, etc.)

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