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Season Details

Lions League is our In-House League for athletes that provides a platform to grow and challenge themselves with development and gameplay.

Please watch this short video for a breakdown of our Lions League compared to our AAU teams and Development League
https://youtu.be/FX-BXB3-k9U?si=6iZPhs7uEZQgUQi4

We made some necessary changes to our league structure to provide more opportunities for skill development & training. We changed our weekend format from games every weekend to every other weekend so we can incorporate more focused skills training days while still competing in games biweekly. Our ultimate goal is to train our athletes and allow them to improve their game. True development happens with more training time, which will be our emphasis. More details below

This season's parent meeting will take place in late september before our season starts. we will send out meeting info closer to that date

Below is some info regarding Lions League details:

Dates

• The Fall/Winter Season runs week of October 6th to Feb 8th 
• We will be off for the following dates:

  • 11/28-30 (Thanksgiving weekend)

    12/21-1/3 (Winter break)

• Athletes will have 1-2 trainings during the week (Fridays and Sundays) and 1 game on the weekend, roughly every other weekend (Sundays)

• Game Weekends:
  OCT 26
  NOV 2
  NOV 23
  DEC 14
  JAN 11
  JAN 25
  FEB 1 (PLAYOFFS OPENING ROUND)
  FEB 8 (CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND)

Practices

• Practices will focus on growing athletes' IQ with breakdowns of game like scenarios, implementing 1-2 offenses, man-to-man defense, and out of bounds plays
• Practice will take place on Friday evenings between 5 and 9PM depending on your athletes age in the greater Bellevue Area
• The first 2-4 practices will help us identify teams and place athletes
• Each group will have one 1-hour practice per week

Developmental Focused Training

• This training will take place on Sundays every other week, when we do not have games going on. Time will be between 2 and 8PM on Sundays (will be age/team based, not a pick and choose your time option)
• Focal points will be fundamental skillset work (ball handling, shooting, footwork)
• We also will cover some specific gameplay scenarios as well

Game Play

• Games will start October 26th and will take place at various gyms in Bellevue. 
• We will have our End of Season Tournament with a champion from each division
• Games will be on Sundays between 1 and 8PM, with possible Saturday games on occasion (advance notice on Saturday game play will be sent out)

Jerseys

• For the Fall/Winter Season 2025-26 Each athlete needs a Lions League Jersey (see picture below). These are different from practice jerseys or summer league jerseys. If you have the jersey shown below, you do not need to purchase a new one

Coaches and Attendance

• Lions League has a unique format where athletes will not only be coached by one coach; rather, we will have a Lions League staff that will rotate and give different perspectives for our athletes
• Coaches may differ week to week, but will have the same crew of coaches for the entirety of the season
• Athletes' attendance will be critical to their growth during the season. Please do your best to get your athletes to all events for maximum growth this season

Teams

• For teams, we will be separating divisions based on age similarly to AAU standards (10u Division, 11u Division, 12u Division, etc.)
• Teams will be divided up by skill and age
• Athletes will have the ability to move up or down age levels to ensure they're being challenged properly
• We aim to have 9-11 players max per team
• Athletes will play other LocalHoops In-House Teams weekly, with opportunities to play additional LOCALHOOPS AAU Teams, as well as outside club teams

Schedule & Where to View

• The game schedule for each week will be hosted on our website, at www.localhoops.org/schedules
• (You can currently view our Summer League schedule as a preview of what our Fall/Winter format will look like. This is NOT our current schedule.)
• Official first week schedule will be available Sept 29th, but you can anticipate these times at a local Bellevue gym (subject to change)
  BOYS 4TH-5TH GRADE: 5:15-6:15PM
  BOYS 6TH-7TH GRADE: 6:15-7:15PM
  GIRLS 4TH-7TH GRADE: 7:15-8:15PM
  BOYS AND GIRLS 8TH-HS: 8:15-9:15PM
  (BOYS AND GIRLS WILL BE ON SEPARATE COURTS.)

Girls Only Division Available

• We will continue to offer a girls-only division! Our goal is to provide a platform for girls to grow and develop with each other!

High School Division

• We will continue to offer a competitive high school division for athletes who are looking for play options during fall and/or winter.
• If you only want to play for our fall period before your high school season starts, you will have that option at checkout.
• If you want to play for both the fall and winter seasons, you will have that option at checkout.
• If you want to join for our winter season after receiving your high school tryout results, we will have an option in November. Please shoot us an email regarding your scenario 

We pride our Lions League on being very competitive and a place for athletes to continue to grow and improve as basketball players and people, to achieve their goals!

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