Updated to include the Summer Season info on5/25/2021.
(1) Is the season 6 games plus a playoff (7 games minimum)? Yes
(2) What is the exact timeline of the season and will there be double headers? Double headers yes. Timeline - Practices start the week of June 25. Opening Night for the season is June 25. The season will end July 31st. Last regular season game will be July 24th . Playoffs will be Friday July 30 and Championship Saturday July 31. Below are the actual game nights
There will be game nights every Friday and Saturday June 25 - July 31
*Depending on the number of teams Games on Saturday may start at 12pm
(3) When do practices start? The week of June 25. Practices will be at one of the following facilities AIM, MAP or one of the following middle schools Oak, Stanford, Stacey, Johnson, or Warner. Due to the short amount of time to plan some practices may be outside. The practices will be offered once a week. Practice is included in the registration fee. Each team will receive 1 hour practice time per week. Practices are scheduled on a first come first serve basis.
(4)Are there no games during the holidays? Games will be played every Friday during the Spring Season. No games on July 3.
(5)Is there a team size minimum? (i.e., how many players/ team can join) Up to 10 players can join a team but most teams will average out to have 9. Coaches can request and get approval for more than 10.
(6)Will there be a game day referee/scorekeepers fee? NO EXTRA FEES. All is included in registration fee.
(7) When does Summer registration start? 6/1.
(8) What are the fees? Individual registration fee is $225
9) What do I get for the registration fee?
* 6 regular season games at AIM, MAP, OAK, Marina, Johnson, Warner, Stacey
* End-of-season, single-elimination playoff (guarantee of at least one playoff game)
* Practice time (weekly for the duration of the season)
* Two REAL highly trained referees at each game at each grade level
* All games played on full sized courts. No miniature courts at Alley-Oop.
* High Quality Alley-Oop league uniform
* THE Coveted High Quality Designer T-shirt
(10) So what additional fees are there? NO ADDITIONAL FEES.
(11) Are Volunteer Coaches needed? YES!!!
(12) I am a coach and I have a full team that requires uniform and gymtime, how do I register? It is easy, simply register to coach on the coach registration form. Once registered a team website will be given. From the team site you can send invitations to players via e-mail or the site will have a team code you can give for players to use when they register. Once they register one of these two ways they will be automatically assigned to your team.
(13) Where are games played? All games are held at the state of the art sports complex AIM in Seal Beach, The MAP in Garden Grove, or Oak Middle School in Los Alamitos maybe used in the event extra game days are needed. The addresses are below:
AIM
1718 Apollo Court
Seal Beach, CA 90740
MAP
12552 Western Ave
Garden Grove, CA 92841
Oak Middle School
10821 Oak St
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
New Venue's added
Marina High School
15871 Springdale St,
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Johnson Middle School
13603 Edwards St
Westminister, CA 92683
Stacey Middle School
6311 Larchwood Dr
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Stanford Middle School
5871 E Los Arcos St
Long Beach, CA 90815
Warner Middle School
14171 Newland St
Westminister, CA 92683
For practices only BlueBell Park
Almond Ave & Bluebell St
Seal Beach, CA 90740
For practices only Marina Park
151 Marina Dr.
Seal Beach, CA 90740
(15) Do we have to pay for parking and/or an entrance fee? NO FEE'S. No parking fee's and no entrance fee's. NO FEE'S
(16) If I coach can my child be paired up with a friend? Yes, coaches can freeze family and friends.
(17) What uniform colors are available? Uniforms come in most colors in the rainbow. Uniforms can be all one color or you can mix and match jersey and short colors. Lettering and numbering will be black or white. Lettering and numbering colors are pre-determined and based on jersey color.
(18) I play other sports will this interfere with those games? Alley-Oop strives to not conflict with major sports in the local area, but sometimes it is unavoidable!
(19) When will games be played? Friday and Saturday Nights. Friday's games will be between 5-9:30pm. Saturday game days may start before 5pm as early as 12pm if we have a high number of teams. Also we do take schedule requests from coaches. No games July 3
(20) My team does not need uniforms or gym-time how do I get the reduced fee of $1040 per team? There are two options Coach pays and registers the team or the players pay. For Coach Pay click on the Coach Pay registration page and follow the prompts. If you would like the player pay option contact the commissioner and he will provide a code that your players can use at check-out to receive the reduced rate.
(21) What Grade do I Register for?? Register for the grade your child is in, as of September 2021.
(22) What is TeamSnap?? TeamSnap is the leading provider of online registration and web design for youth sports clubs and organizations. Alley-Oop is making the switch to help improve the customer's experience. Blue Sombrero was the previous provider and was not excelling in user interface and offering a functional app. So to better serve the league we are making the switch. Thanks for your patience as we start the transition.
(23) When is the skill evaluation? The Skill Evaluation will be held on the week of June 18. More details will follow as we get closer.