Our Kindergarten division is designed to be a developmental league to prepare young players for the 1st Grade Division. Since the emphasis is on development and instruction, the main focus in the Kindergarten league is to introduce players to the basic fundamentals of shooting, dribbling, passing, team defense, as well as provide them with the opportunity to learn the basic Upward rules.
The commitment for the Kindergarten division is 1 hour every week during game day on Saturday. Kindergarten teams do not practice during the week. Their practice time comes on Saturday during their scheduled "game" time. The first several saturday "game" times will be practices where basic fundamentals and rules will be taught in a practice environment. After several weeks of practice, teams will then slowly play short games until building up to a full Upward game on the last game day.
The goal of the Kindergarten division is to introduce these young players to Upward Basketball while providing them instruction on the basic fundamentals and rules while building excitement about playing the following year in the Upward Basketball 1st Grade Division.