Purpose

The Junior Development League’s purpose is to provide new player growth by allowing the players to learn basic skills and rules at a individual pace while emphasizing sportsmanship and how fun the game is from anywhere in the state.

Overview

Leagues are formed by having a racquetball court facility to play at, Director who oversees the squad and is the point of contact to the Junior Director, Instructor who has a good understanding of racquetball skills, and a Coach who works well with juniors. There is no limit of the amount of squads the program can have. By establishing numerous squads this will ensure this program success and provide many new players to our sport.

Racquetball court facilities throughout Arizona will be able to initiate an 8 week, league-instructional program designed for juniors. This dedicated group is rallying to develop a program to spark the interest of juniors, ages under 6-18. Within a given two hour time frame each week, juniors will receive training by certified AmPRO instructors/coaches or volunteers. Each week the instructors will focus on a given feature of the game. Here are some example lessons:

• Equipment & Etiquette
• Backhand Building
• Real Game Play
• Forehand Focus
• Dynamic Defense
• Smashing Serving Styles
• Outrageous Offense
• Evaluation and Rules
• Ceiling Strategies
• Sportsmanship & Teamwork

After 16 hours of learning the fundamentals and playing racquetball all the squads are invited to test their newly founded skills at a state championship venue. The program holds a special format for the juniors maximizing game play for everyone in a social and sportsmanship environment.

Locations

Leagues are determined by the squad staff finding a court(s) to hold a league. The squad staff will provide the best time and day of the week to include off days to ensure they complete the 8 weeks or 16 hours prior to their tournament. Once this location and day is established it will be posted on this site for enrollment. Some locations may require you to be a member of their facility or impose other restrictions.

Schedule

Leagues work around three state championships each year. State singles in March, Grand Canyon State Games in June, and State Doubles in September. The league begins 8 weeks or about 2 months prior to each championship and each location date will vary. Enrolment dates are around December-January, March-April, and June-July.

Cost

Junior Development League is asking a mere fee of $75.00 and each additional family member from the same household $50.00. In return we will provide not only eight weeks/16 hours of professional group racquetball instruction but, a membership into the USA Racquetball & Arizona Racquetball Associations, club/court usage, a league t-shirt, and a certificate of participation . . A normal value of over $600.00. In additional, the fee will also include registration for one event to our junior championship tournament. If that is not enough, then all I can say is what ever else they will get out of the program will be simply . . . Priceless

Registration Form

We will soon be taking registrations for the State Doubles 2005 Junior Development League. We first need to have the coaches register their locations and times. Please check back for the registration should begin shortly after the 4th of July holiday.

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