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140 Brandeis Road
Newton Center, Massachusetts
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Welcome to the Newton Athletic Association (NAA) Home Page

The NAA is a non-profit volunteer-run organization that organizes and administors basketball leagues in Newton for boys who live in Newton or attend school in Newton. Our leagues are for players from the third grade through high school.

Weather Alert & School Closing Policy

In case of bad weather, please check the Parks and Recreation hotline for gym closings: (617) 559-9020. We will post information on the web site as soon as it becomes available.  Please note, if school is closed due to either a holiday or bad weather then all practices or games for that particular day are cancelled.

Players - Please do not wear your game sneakers in the snow on the way to the gym for either practices or games.  It creates a wet and dangerous surface on the basketball court when the snow melts from the grooves in the sneakers.

NAA Practices  

Regular NAA practices will be held through Wednesday, December 23rd and resume on Monday, January 4th.

Please note - There will be NO NAA practices for B4, B5, A6, A7 and Pony from February 5th through February 26th due to the weeknight games that are scheduled during this time period.

Important Update - Please read the following before registering for C, B4, B5, A6, A7 and Pony Leagues

Note - Effective immediately, registrations for C, B4, B5, A6, A7 and Pony leagues are for the wait list.  If you wish to be added to a team on a space available basis, BEFORE registering, please send an email to info@naabasketball.org and provide the player's name and league.  If a team has room for the player, we will notify you to register.  Do NOT register without contacting the league first.

SENIOR LEAGUE UPDATE - Senior league registrations will be open until December 20th.  

 Players and Coaches - Please  Click here to register at Active.com

 A couple of notes following the first weekend of games:

PONY LEAGUE NOTICE - Beginning on Dec. 13 all PONY League games scheduled for 1:45 PM will instead be played at 1:30 PM for the balance of the season.

Also, parents and friends please note - spectators should watch games from the opposite side of the courts that are being used by the players and coaches. No parents or other spectators (other than coaches, scorekeepers and league officials) should be in the center area of the gym.



Monday, September 14
2009-10 Registration Information

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the 2009-2010 season of the Newton Athletic Association Basketball Program. We look forward to working with you and your children during the coming year. The NAA is a non-profit, volunteer organization.

This year we are pleased to announce our partnership with Newton Community Education.  The NAA will continue to be run buy our volunteers with administrative and promotional assistance from Newton Community Education.

On behalf of the Newton Athletic Association Basketball board of directors and volunteers, we intend to give you the very best program possible.

At the top of this letter there is a link to the on-line registration forms On-line registration is managed by Active.com an affiliate of eTeamz.  Please try to register on-line if at all possible.  If you cannot register on-line please send an email to info@naabasketball.org and we will provide you with a registration instructions.

If any of our leagues are oversubscribed, we will give priority to the date on which registrations are completed. If your child is not assigned to a team, your registration fee will be refunded otherwise no refunds will be issued. The league does provide scholarships. To request a scholarship, please send your request to info@naabasketball.org.  All requests are confidential to the league adminstration.

Fees this year are the same as last year.  The registration fee is $140.00 per child ($90.00 per each additional child in the same family if registered at the same time.)  Late registrations are $160 per child. This fee covers the cost of equipment, uniforms, gym rentals, utilities, custodial services, insurance, awards and game officials.

The online registration deadline for all leagues is October 20, 2009 with the exception of the 3rd grade (C) league which has a registration deadline of November 20, 2009. Registration information for Senior League (10th - 12th grades) will be available in early December. 

For information on our C League - 3rd grade age - please select the following link: C League information.

Teams play a 10 - 12 game regular season schedule beginning in early December and running through mid-March. This is followed by a single elimination playoff tournament for the top 8 teams in each league. Games are played on Saturdays and Sundays depending on the number of players in each league. Game times are generally as follows:

League Grade Approximate Start Times
B4 4th Saturday  9 AM, 10 AM, 11 AM
B5 5th Saturday  11 AM, 12 PM, 1 PM
A6 6th Saturday  1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM - updated 10/27/09
A7 7th Saturday  3 PM, 4 PM, 5 PM - updated 10/27/09
Pony 8th & 9th Sunday  11 AM, 12 PM, 2 PM


Practices are held once a week for one hour on Sundays through Thursday evenings depending on team assignments.

League Grade Practice Times
B4 4th Sunday - Thursday, 7-8pm
B5 5th Sunday - Thursday, 7-8pm
A6 6th Sunday - Thursday, 8-9pm
A7 7th Sunday - Thursday, 8-9pm
Pony 8th & 9th Monday - Thursday, 9-10pm


Games and practices for all leagues except the C league are held at Brown Middle School.

In order to be placed on a team, all applicants except for C League - 3rd grade must attend the evaluation clinic on Sunday, October 25th at the times listed below at Brown Middle School or the alternate evaluation clinic*

League Grade Evaluation Times
Pony 8th & 9th 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
A7 7th 2:00 pm - 3:30pm
A6 6th 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
B5 5th 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
B4 4th 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

*Alternate Clinic Date: Monday, October 26th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at Brown Middle School. The Monday night session is for those who could not attend the Sunday session. PLEASE make every effort to attend the Sunday sessions as we have limited ability to handle a large number of players on Monday night.

Please note: There are no evaluation clinics for the C League - 3rd Grade. C League players will be notified of their team assignments in late November.

COACHES INFORMATION -
The NAA needs coaches! Experience is great but we’ll help get you going if you haven’t coached before. To sign up to coach a team, please complete the on-line coaches application form. Use the same Registration link as players and select the coaches option.  (No fee is charged for the coaches applications.) Be sure to indicate whether you have a preference to be a head coach or assistant coach. Also indicate whether you prefer to be paired with a particular coach. We will do our best to honor such requests but only if they do not impact team balance AND if co-coaching requests are reciprocal

Key dates for this season for grades 4 through 9 (A, B and Pony Leagues)

(C League for 3rd graders and Sr. League for 10 - 12th grades start their seasons later. Information for these programs will be posted by mid October on this site.)

Registration opens - September 28

Registration closes - October 20

Evaluation Clinics:
- Sunday, October 25th. (League times are listed above) - Brown Middle School

- Alternate Clinic - Monday, Oct. 26th at 6:30 pm - Brown Middle School

Coaches meeting - November 10th (Tentative date)

Team notification to players - Nov. 12th

Preseason practices Begin - November 14th 

First games - December 5th.

If you have questions, please check our FAQs before contacting the league. (Our league email address is info@naabasketball.org)



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