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Recreation staff proposes age-based restructure of youth basketball; 3rd–4th grade tournament play paused
Summary
At the April 5 St. Mary's County Recreation and Parks Board meeting, staff described a move to an age/skill-based model for youth basketball that would limit tournament play for younger players while standardizing progression across divisions; staff will return with written recommendations and possible bylaw changes.
Arthur Shepherd, recreation division staff for St. Mary's County, told the Recreation and Parks Board on April 5 that the department intends to restructure youth basketball into “instructional,” “developmental,” “recreational” and “select” tiers tied to age/grade and equipment standards.
Shepherd said the department’s plan would treat 1st–2nd grade as instructional, 3rd–4th grade as developmental (with modified rims and limited tournament play), 5th–6th as recreational, and 7th–8th as recreational/select with regulation rims and playoffs. “Once you go to regulation rims, then it’ll be regulation basketball offering all the other amenities that go with it, such as a playoff, a tournament, and all star games,” Shepherd said.
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