General Information

The K-1 Basketball Clinic is a fun and exciting time in which boys and girls age 5 or in Kindergarten and First Grade will learn the basic skills of the game of basketball. The K-1 Clinic is held on Saturday afternoons.  Children are placed on teams and the teams rotate to different stations.  These stations include: dribbling, passing, shooting, defense/footwork, devotional. The devotional station is led by our devotional coordinator who will share biblical principles and encourages the players to live a life with Christ. During the last two weeks of the clinic, participants play scrimmages, applying the skills they have learned. A size 27.5 basketball is used in this clinic.

 

Dates/Times:  January 13, 2024 – March 2, 2024  Saturdays at 1:30pm or 2:30pm

 

Fee:   $40.00 Registration Fee includes a T-shirt
Refund policy: $5.00 fee retained if refund requested. No refund will be given to any player who withdraws after the second week of clinic. An exception may be granted at the discretion of the staff due to medical reasons only. Further, no refund will be given to any player removed from the league during the course of the season for disciplinary reasons.

 

Registration:  Registrations for upcoming league will be available online Friday, Nov 10, 2023 and paper registrations will be available in the church brochure racks by Nov 17.     Register online with debit/credit card payment and check your email for a confirmation of registration.  Or register at the church Welcome Desk, Mon-Fri 9am -3pm with a paper registration and check/cash payment.  Deadline to register is when league fills up, or Jan 5, 2024, whichever occurs first.   Church offices will be closed the day after Thanksgiving, and during Christmas holidays from Dec 25 to Jan 2.  Offices will re-open on Jan 3.

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CLICK HERE TO PRINT REGISTRATION FORM

 

Coaching Volunteers Running a basketball clinic with children of this age requires a great deal of volunteers. We need you! If you would be willing to help out with coaching at this years clinic, please be sure to let us know on your child’s registration form.  Coaches Meeting Jan 11 at 6pm in Room M120 inside gym.  Coaches will meet 30 minutes prior to the first clinic in the gym, and 15 minutes before every clinic thereafter.

 

Questions?   Call 330.966.6868 or email sports@firstfriends.org.

 

 

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Team Rosters

Crusaders

Location:
Practice Time: Saturday , 01:30pm

Coaches

  JERMAINE HAYNES
  GREG KANDIS

Players

  ISAAC BOUDLER
  ELAYNA DAVIS
  LUKE FELTRUP
  LORCAN GAMBLE
  KINGSTON HAYNES
  EVERLEE JOHNSON
  ETHAN JOHNSON
  NIKO KANDIS
  BLAKE LARKINS
  CARSON STROBL
  TYLER YODER

Vikings

Location:
Practice Time: Saturday , 01:30pm

Coaches

  DEREK GORDON

Players

  CANAAN BEDNARZ
  RHYATT GARABRANDT
  JACK GORDON
  GRAYSON MILLER
  NOVA PALOMBA
  GIOVANNI PALOMBA
  ROMAN RASINAR
  ARIANA RASINAR
  CARSON SCHNYDERS
  BRANDON SHELTON JR.

Mustangs

Location:
Practice Time: Saturday , 01:30pm

Coaches

  JUSTIN FORD

Players

  DELANEY CANTRELL
  ADDISON CANTRELL
  JACK FORD
  ELY FOUTY
  TEIGAN HARRIS
  ACE HECKER
  KEATON LEWIS
  EMMETT PECK
  MALINA SCARPINO
  HUDSON TOLLEY

Bears

Location:
Practice Time: Saturday , 01:30pm

Coaches

  ANDREW DECKER

Players

  DIONAY AJEBE
  SIR AJEBE
  CAMREN DECKER
  VINCENT LYNN
  BRIELLA MCNAB
  NYLAH MCNAB
  ELI SMITH
  BRAYDEN SPENCER
  JAYDEN WESSON
  DREW ZIEGLER

Eagles

Location:
Practice Time: Saturday , 01:30pm

Coaches

  CHAD SPURGEON

Players

  ABRAM BENNETT
  LOGAN FARAGE
  LEVI FARAGE
  CARSON GRIFFIN
  NICHOLOS HASTINGS
  GAVIN SMITH
  DAREAM SPENCER
  FLETCHER SPURGEON
  JORDYN YOUNG
  PEYTON ZWILLING

Leopards

Location:
Practice Time: Saturday , 02:30pm

Coaches

  CHRIS DUTCHER
  THOMAS LAWVER

Players

  KODAH DUTCHER
  CALEB FORGACH
  COLE FORGACH
  OWEN LAWVER
  PARSA MERAJ
  WESTON PANCHER
  VIOLET SMITH
  WILLOW SMITH
  LILY SMITH
  LUCY SMITH
  DEXEN YODER

Knights

Location:
Practice Time: Saturday , 02:30pm

Coaches

  JUSTIN HORST
  BILLY PRATT

Players

  KAMERON ARICK
  DALTON CLAPPER
  ALIYAH GADDIS
  MOLLY GALLAGHER
  AUSTIN HORST
  GABRIELLA MCCAUGHIN
  TODD NICHOLS
  LANDON ROUSH
  WESLEY SWALLEN

Panthers

Location:
Practice Time: Saturday , 02:30pm

Coaches

  TYLER JACKSON
  DAVID MORGAN

Players

  KYLAN COPELAND
  JAHZIR FRENCH
  ZAYDEN HALDEMAN
  RYKER LYNCH
  NICOLETTE METHENEY
  ELLA METHENEY
  DAVID MORGAN
  COLTON PARRISH
  MARCELLO RUIZ

Bulldogs

Location:
Practice Time: Saturday , 02:30pm

Coaches

  DOUG FEATHERINGHAM
  LEIA GALLATIN

Players

  TATE BRAKUS
  ANNA FEATHERINGHAM
  KARSYN HORNE
  ROWAN MEDINA
  LIAM MEDINA
  BEAR NICKEL
  SILAS SHAHEEN
  JUDAH SHUMWAY
  RYLEE SUITCA
  ZOEY WEISS

Tigers

Location:
Practice Time: Saturday , 02:30pm

Coaches

  ALEX BARLEKAMP
  DISHON KAMWESA
  RYAN LARKINS

Players

  RUE BARLEKAMP
  DVORE CHEEK
  JUDAH KAMWESA
  KENNEDY LINDSEY
  JACOB LOGAN
  AVA MOORE
  GRAYSON OSTERGREN
  AUBREY PICCARI
  MEREDITH WILLIAMS
  ELIANA WILLIAMS
  LIAM ZUCHEGNO
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Printable Roster and Schedule

Please click on link below to view Team Roster and Clinic Time for each Team.

 K-1 Clinic Roster and Schedule  

 

 

 

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Coaches Resources

Coaching Volunteers Running a basketball clinic with children of this age requires a great deal of volunteers. We need you! If you would be willing to help out with coaching at this years clinic, please be sure to let us know on your child’s registration form.   Coaches Meeting Jan 11, 2024 at 6pm in room 120 inside gym.   Please plan to arrive in the gym 30 minutes before the first clinic, and then 15 minutes before each scheduled clinic thereafter,  to go over drills.

 

**NEW** Lindsay’s Law Required Coaches’ Training Video

Game Rules for K-1 Clinic (click here to view)

**Please submit all necessary signed paperwork to sports@firstfriends.org 

Coaches Code of Conduct (Click here to download) – Needs Signed and Returned

Commitment to League Rules (Click here to download) – Needs Signed and Returned

Ohio Youth Concussion Test (Click Link)

Background Check (Click Link)

Under-18 Background Check (Click Link)

Sexual Abuse Policy (Click Link)

Coaches Information Sheet  (Click Link)

Lindsay Law Handout for Coaches  (Click Link)

 

 

 

 

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Parent Resources

Game Rules for K-1 Clinic (click here to view)

Parent Meeting Notes (click here to view, available after Parent Meeting)

Lindsay Law Parent Info Video (Click here to watch video)

Lindsay Law Parent Informational Handout (Click here to download)

Lindsay Law Parent Athlete Signature Form (Click here to download)

 

Picture Day TBA

 

 

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Contact Us

5455 Market Ave N.
Canton, OH 44714
330-966-6868
sports@firstfriends.org

A ministry of  First Friends Church

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