2/16/2010 - Travel Team Tryouts will be held this Saturday at 4PM at the Annex building.

2/11/2010 - All Games and Practices Have Been Cancelled Tonight. The games have been rescheduled for 3/4.

Picture Day will be held today as previously scheduled. See you all at the Annex.

Charlie

1/21/2010 - The season has officially started. Good luck to all the teams. Please let your coaches know if there are any sizing issues with the uniforms. I will take care of it as quickly as possible.

12/24/2009 - Happy Holidays To All!!!!

12/21/2009 - I just received a call from North Babylon Parks and Buildings. Due to the bad weather, all nightly school activities have ben cancelled. Therefore, all practices are cancelled. 

12/19/2009 - The game schedules have been posted. Please see Calendar Events. There will be 12 games for each division. Snow storm is in the forecast for Saturday into Sunday. If schools are closed, then all practices on Monday will be cancelled.

12/17/2009 - The draft has been completed. Coaches will be contacting you shortly, if they haven't already. Happy Holidays to all.

Charles Klages

NBAC Basketball Commissioner

12/8/2009 - 10,11 & 12 yrs old Shoot Around is tonight at Parliament Pl at 7PM. Please start arriving by 6:45.

12/3/2009 - Registration is now closed. All Division Rosters are now full. There will be no exceptions. Registration was ongoing for 3 months. We need to get the league started and taking additional registrants will only require more coaches and delays in starting the season. I am sorry that I have to take this position but it would not be fair to those who registered on time.

Charles Klages

NBAC Basketball Commissioner

12/1/2009 - Due to the many calls I received today and although online registration is closed, I will be at the Phelps Lane football equipment room tonight at 6pm for for any last minute registrations. Please bring check or cash. 

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED !!!

12/1/2009 - Thank you to all of you for registering to play NBAC Basketball. I hope your Thanksgiving was a good one and hope to see you all soon. I am glad to report that our registartion is up 35% from last year. Although this is a significant increase, we are still far below registration levels from years past. I look forward to do everything possible to make this a sucessful season. I will be notifying you shortly via email with the upcoming events. For those of you who do not have access to email, please check the Calendar Events periodically to get the latest information. 

Charles Klages

NBAC Basketball Commissioner

 

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11/20/2009 - There is an error in the flyers that were handed out in all the schools. The last in person registration is Wednesday 11/25 from 7pm to 8pm at Parliament elementary school. You can also register online until 11/30.

Charles Klages

NBAC Basketball Commissioner

11/19/2009 - WE are still looking for two coaches. One for the 12U and 9U divisions. We are also looking for assistant coaches for 12U, 9U and 6U. Any one interested can register on line or call me at 631 833 0331.

I have received many inquiries lately in regards to when individual children will be playing games. This will not be determined until after the draft which will conclude on 12/9. I may have a general idea around 11/25. Please contact me then to see. Please check the Calendar Events to see when your child is scheduled for the shoot around. All players must attend. If your child can not attend, please contact me to make other arrangements.

Charles Klages

NBAC Basketball Commissioner

11/9/2009 - There are 21 days left for registration. Don't miss out!!! As I mentioned earlier in the year, we will be hosting a Jerry Powell Basketball clininc for only those children who have registered. The clinic will run one day a week for most of the season. Attendance to the clininc is not required. It is designed for those players that have a passion and desire to enhance their basketball skills. When and where will be announced at a later time.

We have also added a new Tab to the home page called "Calandar Events". Please click on it to get the latest update on some key dates and times. Just click on the month you want to look at, if you see something scheduled on a day, click on it and you will see additional information.  The Shoot Around for player evaluation has now been scheduled. Please check the "Calandar Events Tab".

We are still looking for coaches. You do not have to register a child to be eligible to coach. Please contact me if you are interested cklages@nyl.com or call me at 631 833-0331.

  Charles Klages

NBAC Basketball Commissioner

10/26/2009 - Registartion is still open until 11/30. We still have the following dates open for registration. 10/29 7-8pm, 11/12 7-8pm and 11/25 7-8pm. 11/25 will be the final in person registration. You can all register On-line until 11/30. Although there is 5 weeks to go, I encourage all of you to register as soon as possibel to help us better prepare for the season. We are also looking for volunteers to help out with various game day duties as well as coaches. If you are interested, you can register yourself online to volunteer even if you are not registering a child. The more help we get, the more succesful our season will be.

Charles Klages

NBAC Basketball Commissioner

10/15/09 - We are extending in person registration for the following dates. At the Phelps Lane football field for the following nights. 10/16 6-7pm, 10/21 7 - 8:30pm and 10/23 7-8:30pm. At the Town Pool Building 10/29 7-8pm, 11/12 7-8pm and 11/25 7-8pm. 11/26 will be the final in person registration. 11/30 will be the last day for on-line registration. Once again, practices and games will be played on week nights from 6pm to 9pm. The season will run thru the middle of March.

Charles Klages

NBAC Basketball Commissioner

10/12/09 - In person registration will be held on Wednesday 10/14 instead of Friday the 16th at the football field. 

10/9/2009 - Registration is still open! For those of you who wish not to register online, we will be holding an in person registration next Friday 10/16 at the football field off Phelps Lane between the hours of 6:30pm and 8PM. Hope to see you all there. We are still  looking for volunteers. If you are interested, please contact me at cklages@nyl.com

9/30/2009 - I want to thank all of you who attended the registration on Saturday. It was a pleasure meeting all of you. For those of you who intend to register, I implore you to do so as soon as possible. I know registration expires 11/30/09 however I need to have a better idea of the number of kids that will be playing much earlier than that in order to order uniforms, equipment, retain referees etc. The 11/30/09 date is for late registrants. I will be meeting this week with our committe to discuss changing the deadline to register to 10/31. The earlier I know how mnay children will be playing the better I can prepare for the season. Again, if you are planning on registering, please do so as soon as possible. We will hold one more in person registration for those of you who can not register on-line. The date will be announced shortly.

   Charles Klages

NBAC Basketball Commissioner

9/23/09 - Just a reminder that registration will take place this Saturday at the Town Pool Building between 10am and 2pm. Games and practices will be held Monday through Friday. No weekends. Hope to see you all there. Don't forget, you can now register online.

9/10/09 - There will be a registration held on Saturday 9/26 in the main lobby of the Town Pool building located on  Phelps lane. Registration will be held between the hours of 10am and 2PM for those who wish not to register online. Please make your checks payable to NBAC Basketball in the amount of $99 per child.

9/8/09 - You can now register online. Registration will continue through 11/30. I will be holding an in person registration towards the end of September. The date and time will be published shortly. We know we are in difficult times and with that in mind, my staff and I worked very hard in developing a budget that we hope will be satisfactory to all. This season's registration fee will be slashed to only $99 per child. We have done this with out cutting any programs or activities. In fact we have added some.

Flyers and letters will be going out shortly. I urge all of you to sign up for some type of volunteer work when registering. The more volunteers we get, the more likely we will be able to maintain this low registration fee in the future. Again, I look forward to working with all of you.

Charles Klages

NBAC Basketball Commissioner

8/24/2009 - I am pleased to announce the addition of Jerry Powell to my team. Jerry has been training kids from middle school to high school, through college and works out several leading NBA players. In the last four years, he developed four McDonald’s All-Americans and currently works out hundreds of players at Basketball Results. In 2008, for the first time he was rated 10/10 as trainer, ranking #1 in the country. He’s been on TV – Battle Ground Nike ’06 and Kobe Disciples, and you can catch him on YouTube. But no words or video can express the tireless dedication and energy that Jerry delivers when he’s working out his players on the court.
Ask Jerry about his background and he humbly brushes it off to shift the focus onto what means most to him – developing basketball players. “It’s not about me, my background. It’s all about getting people better.”
Jerry is the epitome of hard work, dedication and sacrifice. His gift for training and enthusiasm he demonstrates with each and every work out has proved to be a combination for success. He always has had a deep passion for working hard and pushing himself to the limit with basketball development.
Three things that he reminds kids are always to respect their parents, do the right thing in school, and work hard in life because you’re not guaranteed anything. He realizes that things take time, but if you do good work, you can reach your goals.
Jerry will be in charge of player development. I look forward to working with Jerry for the upcoming season.

Check out Jerry's website by clicking on the following link:

Jerry Powell Training

Just a reminder, registration information will be available shortly.

Charles Klages

NBAC Basketball Commissioner

8/19/2009 - We are currently preparing the budget for the 2009 - 2010 season. The budget should be finalized within the next week. Following the finalized budget, I will be publishing revised registration information. I will also be sending out emails to all that have participated in the 2008 - 2009 season. If you did not participate in the 2008 - 2009 season or you did participate but did not provide email information and you want to be on the email distribution list, please send me your email information to cklages@nyl.com. I hope you all had a great summer and look forward to the upcoming season.

8/12/09 - I am the incoming NBAC Basketball Commissioner. I would like to thank outgoing commissioner Clara Carter for all of her efforts and hard work. I will be working very closely with Clara Carter over the next months, obtaining valuable information to help me with the transition.

I moved my family to North Babylon 17 years ago. I am married with five children. All of my children attended the North Babylon schools and all of my children grew up playing NBAC sports. I‘ve coached NBAC basketball since 1992 and I am involved in other NBAC sports (baseball and football) as well.

Our NBAC basketball registration has declined over the past years. I know many parents have enrolled their children into such programs as CYO, PAL and other town leagues. Although these are very good clubs. We need and want our children of North Babylon to come back to play in their own community. Increasing the enrollment is the first step on bringing the league back to the way it once was.

Although the season has just ended, I have already begun planning for next year. My first order of business is to establish a staff of volunteers that will be instrumental in helping me to steer the program in the right direction as well as assisting me to run the program efficiently. To be a successful commissioner is to surround yourself with people who share a common goal. These people are the parents and children of North Babylon.

I will need the support from everyone and I know with a little patience and us working together as a community we can turn this situation around.

PLEASE BRING OUR CHILDREN BACK TO NBAC

Each month from this point forward, I will be sending out information regarding our progress, keeping you informed as to what we are doing and trying to accomplish.

I want to thank you all in advance for giving me this opportunity and hope that I meet all of your expectations.