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Thank you for your interest in our youth sports offerings which are listed to the left. Our youth offerings include leagues, programs, camps, and races. Specific information on the camps and races can be found on those individual pages, however please note that our leagues and programs are structured differently.
Programs are coached by paid YMCA employees and participants practice once per week and focus on learning the fundamentals of the sport. Each participant in the programs receive a tee-shirt and participation award. Leagues are coordinated by a YMCA employee but participants are placed on teams based on their age and coached by volunteers. These volunteers are trained and supervised by the coordinator. Practices within leagues are at least once per week (depending on age) and games are played on Saturdays (except U6 Soccer which play games on Friday nights). Each participant receives a tee-shirt prior to the first game and a participation award at the end of the season. It is very important for league participants’ parents to review the specific league pages within this website for important information on parent and coaches’ meetings, etc. Program participants’ parents need only arrive at their first scheduled practice.
Most of our programs and leagues practice and play games at the Hanover facility, but we are offering off-site program and league practices in South Hanover and Littlestown for the convenience of our participants and their parents. The South Hanover location will be on the Burkentine & Sons fields located beside Nell’s Shurfine Markets on Baltimore Street and the Littlestown location will be the borough and Y fields. These off-site programs and leagues will be structured exactly the same as the Hanover Branch programs with the same staff, same rules, etc. League teams that practice at the off-site locations will still play games at the Hanover branch.
If you still have questions after review the specific webpage you may contact the coordinator listed on the page for more information and as always, you may contact George O’Brien, Operations Director with any additional questions or concerns at gobrien@hanoverymca.org.”
ALL SPORTS PROGRAMS ARE AFFECTED BY WEATHER CONDITIONS SO UNDERSTANDING OUR CANCELLATION POLICY IS IMPORTANT. THE DECISION TO CANCEL PRACTICES WILL BE MADE BY 3 PM DURING THE WEEK AND 8 AM DURING THE WEEKEND GAMES.
For convenience purposes if an email is provided on the registration form, updates related to the program including cancellations will be sent out. We WILL NOT send you spam or mass emails unrelated to your child's program! |
