WHAT IS ALL NET
National Junior Basketball (NJB) Commissioner and Founder, Dennis Murphy Jr., established the All Net division of NJB in 1993. The goal of the All Net Department was to provide a competitive and organized environment that further enhances the fundamental skill sets of its participants, in preparing them for their respective high school level basketball program. It allows for a higher level of competition and operates under different premises than that of the Recreational (divisional) program. All Net is comprised of 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade divisions for both boys and girls. All Net teams must have a minimum of seven (7) players to participate in any of the seasonal (Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer) leagues.
PHILOSOPHY
The Yorba Linda NJB Chapter’s philosophy is that All Net is for the highest caliber players from the City of Yorba Linda and our Yorba Linda Chapter. It gives the more advanced players a chance to play at a higher level than through our or any other local recreational program. As representatives of our City our All Net teams will host and travel to other NJB City/Chapters to compete against their respective All Net teams. Playing on an All Net team is a privilege and something that our kids and coaches take great pride in achieving.
COMMUNITY BASED
The great thing about All Net is that it is community / city based! Most Yorba Linda All Net Team Rosters carry 10 players. Most kids must reside in the City of Yorba Linda with the other 2 to 3 players only being able to come from the surrounding cities. Therefore our, Yorba Linda All Net team roster(s) make up will always be 70 to 100% Yorba Linda residents. This is by design and strictly enforced by our Chapters Board of Directors and NJB Headquarters. All Cities that have NJB Chapters have the same requirements and must abide by this.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BASIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ALL NET AND ‘CLUB’ LEVEL PLAY?
All Net teams are community based and developed.
Club Level (i.e.; AAU) can have kids on their roster who reside in multiple cities from all over the county, state or in some cases multiple states.
All Net teams mostly play their league/conference games in the county that their respective city is apart of (i.e. Yorba Linda ( NorthOrangeCounty).
Club Level teams primarily play in tournaments and do have to travel to multiple counties and states of their choosing to compete against other similar club level teams and programs. There are club level ‘leagues’ but those are not as available or plentiful geographically.
All Net does have 3 distinct divisions (White, Green, Blue) to provide for better parity among its divisions.
Club Level teams by nature and are developed to be ‘top level’ (blue level) teams.
All Net teams can chose to be a year round program or to participate on a season by season basis.
Club Level teams by nature are year round.
On an annual basis an All Net team cost participation can be 50-70% less than the cost of a typical Club Level team.
ALL NET CERTIFICATION (TEAM, PLAYER AND COACH)
Every All Net Team, Player and Coach must be approved and certified by the Yorba Linda NJB Board of Directors and NJB National Headquarters before it may be scheduled to play in any NJB All Net Season games and tournaments. There is a process to become certified and to learn more about it please e-mail the All Net Coordinator, Robert Karraa at rkarraa@sbcglobal.net
ALL NET LEVELS OF PLAY
There are three (3) distinct levels of play within the All Net Division, they are as follows:
1) White Division: Generally a first year (newly formed) structured team, usually made up of players that
were on their respective cities Recreational All Star Team and desire to continue to
play together at the ‘next’ level.
2) Green Division: Generally a second year All Net Team, has a good point guard and strong center,
finishes .500 or better in NJB All Net League Play and Tournaments or is a strong
first year All Star team.
3) Blue Division: Best of the Best in NJB.
The benefit of having these three levels is that it maintains parity and allows for participants to compete against other participants and teams with similar skill sets and experience.
NUMBER OF ALL NET TEAMS
At this time there is no restriction to the number of teams at each grade level participating in the above mentioned All Net Levels of White, Green or Blue. The determination of which level a team will play in will be the responsibility of the Coach, All Net Coordinator and Boys or Girls Player Agent.
There will be as many teams as there are All Net caliber players and qualified coaches.
HOW ARE YORBA LINDA NJB ALL NET TEAMS FORMED?
A majority of our All Net teams are formed following the All Star portion of NJB Winter Season Recreational Program. We find that most of the coaches and kids that make their respective grade level All Star team take great pride in this and want to stay together and compete at the next level.
DOES MY CHILD HAVE TO BE PLAYING IN THE YORBA LINDA NJB RECREATIONAL LEAGUE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY TO BE ON AN ALL NET TEAM?
No. Our goal as a chapter is to facilitate the opportunity for all Yorba Linda residents who are of All Net caliber, regardless of what league they currently play in, to inquire and or tryout either for a current/established or a newly forming All Net Team. Since being on an All Net team is highly coveted we strongly suggest that your child be playing in our league so that the prospective All Net Coach(s) can evaluate your son and or daughter early, for once a team is formed, spots rarely become available or if a spot does comes available most All Net coaches will come to the recreational program to see if they can fill that spot before having a tryout.
ARE ALL NET PLAYERS ALLOWED TO PLAY IN BOTH THE RECREATIONAL AND ALL NET PROGRAMS?
This year we are trying something different in order to spark competition, while keeping parity intact. Other divisional leagues allow all net players play in their program and frankly that just hurts our program. As such, we have decided to let all net players play this year with the following caveats:
1- We will limit the number of all net players per team and spread them amongst the teams.
2- They cannot be frozen by coaches
3 - All Net players are NOT eligible for all stars therefore giving non all net players a chance at the higher level competition.
The board members will monitor these rules above very carefully.
WHERE & WHAT TIMES DO THE ALL NET TEAMS PRACTICE?
Being that Yorba Linda NJB All Net is community based; all of our All Net Teams, during the Winter Season (November through March) have gym time reserved and contracted with the City of Yorba Linda and its two community gymnasiums (Travis Ranch Activity Center and Lasorda Field House). The primary gym used is Lasorda Field House; Practice days are generally Tuesday and Thursday with blocks of time being from 5pm to 10pm. Depending on each individual coach, most teams practice two times (2x) per week with conference games generally being on Sunday. Are goal with the allocation of gym/practice times is to have our younger grade level teams (5th and 6th) start earlier and our older grade level teams (7th & 8th) practice later. Not all All Net Coaches and teams may choose to practice at these times or days depending on overlapping work commitments, scheduling conflicts etc… These times and dates however are always taken and the cost is very reasonable.
COACHES AND PLAYERS REGISTRATION
All Net registration is on-line at the NJB Headquarters website, www.njbl.org, Please note that the registration information for each individual section can be found on your local (OrangeCounty) All Net Sectional Page located on the NJB National All Net Web Site. Your All Net Coach and or Team Manager can help guide you through this process.
ALL NET ADVANCED COACHES CLINIC
The All Net Department requires that ALL NJB coaches attend an NJB sanctioned Level One Coaches clinic. All Coaches MUST be fingerprinted before the start of the season..
ALL NET PLAYER PACKAGE
· 14 Regular Season Games (Winter Season) * Top Rated Referees
· College and or High School Facilities * Score and Standings Online
· Top Quality Reversible Uniforms * Game Schedules Online
· Online Registration * 1st Place Conference Awards
· Player Insurance
· Stop Time Games