Register Here Now for 2012 MVP BBall! Tryouts Feb 4-5

by keith @pbbf on December 6, 2011 · 0 comments

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Click Here for Online Registration for Piedmont Basketball Foundation’s teams for the 2012 MVP Flight basketball leagues for boys and girls in grades 3 through 8!

Tryouts will be held the weekend of February 4-5, and all players trying out must be registered.  (Payment will be made after determination of teams.)

The tryout schedule will be posted here as soon as gym time is confirmed.

The MVP leagues are competitive leagues and our program offers players with a strong interest in basketball an excellent opportunity to develop their fundamental basketball skills, and to learn the essential elements of offensive and defensive strategy and team play.

Our objective is to instill in all of our players a lifelong love of basketball, whether they continue with the game into middle school or high school or whether they decide to pursue other sports. We do not expect players to be committed exclusively to basketball, though attendance at practices and games is strongly encouraged as it is important to the overall quality of the experience for each member of the team.

Our coaches are members of our local basketball community and volunteer parents, all of whom typically have significant basketball experience either as former players or coaches–most at the high school level and some in college.  All have prior youth basketball coaching experience and are individually selected by the PBBF director of coaching.

We made exciting improvements to our program last year and once again our MVP program will include weekly, customized skill development sessions run by experienced Triple Threat Academy trainers or varsity level coaches. Our goal is to teach every young player essential, fundamental basketball skills, that will allow them to compete with confidence at the MVP level and to build a solid foundation for their future basketball development.

We continue to strive to offer a high quality basketball program to not only Piedmont players but also kids from nearby communities–on par with all the well-known competitive programs in the East Bay–at a significantly reduced cost. Our registration fee this year is $315—which covers gym rental fees, skill session trainers, and all MVP Flight league fees. Returning players may use their uniforms from last year or elect to purchase a new one. New players must purchase a uniform at a cost of $60.

Schedule: Tryouts will be held the weekend of February 4-5. and team rosters will be announced in mid- February. Practices will begin in mid-February and will usually consist of two 90 minute sessions per week. The MVP Spring League games begin in mid-March. There are 8 league games (plus one extra weekend of playoffs for the top four teams in each division) played each weekend through mid-May.

Please look for further announcements about our tryout schedule on this website and in the Piedmont Post. Meanwhile, register your player for the PBBF MVP Spring League teams by clicking on the link at the beginning of this post.  We look forward to seeing you this season!

Supporting all things hoops,

Piedmont Basketball Foundation

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MVP=MVE (Most Valuable Experience)

by hoopnut on December 1, 2011 · 0 comments

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6th Girls hoist a trophy

6th Girls hoist a trophy

Piedmont Basketball Foundation’s MVP teams have been providing challenging and expanding hoops experiences for our kids for many years.  Whether the young players go on to AAU and high school stardom or simply enjoy discovering basketball beyond the East Bay Hills, our MVP program has proven to be a fun experience for players and parents alike.

The MVP leagues are very well-organized and run leagues for teams throughout the East Bay.  The league season is 8 games from mid-March to mid- May, with typically one but sometimes two games per weekend.  All games are at one of 4 gyms within 30 minutes of Piedmont in Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill and Martinez.  (See the Gyms page for maps and directions.)

The top 4 teams in each division qualify for a single elimination playoff on a weekend in late May.  Therefore a successful team could have up to 10 games.

Teams range from upper level CYO teams through school teams to some of the best AAU teams in the region, including the MVP Flight Elite teams.  To accomodate the various levels of play, there are up to 3 divisions in each grade: Competitive, Power and Flight in increasing levels.  Piedmont teams typically compete in the Competitive divisions, although several have been in the Power division and won championships there.  PBBF can help coaches determine the appropriate level for their team.

The referees in MVP are all high school qualified refs, and generally the quality of the officiating is of high quality, although certainly more “purposeful contact” is allowed in MVP play than in rec league and inter-middle school play.

PBBF MVP teams typically have two practices a week in late afternoon or evening for an hour-and-a-half each.  Gym time for practices is hard to get in Piedmont in February and early March, so practice times vary in the early season.  In April and May, regular weekly practice times are available, making it much easier on the players and parents.

Coaches are most often volunteer parents or Piedmont community members, including high school players.  If no qualified parent volunteer coaches are available, PBBF can assist in finding a qualified coach, in which case the coach will be paid by an additional cost.

Key dates for Spring MVP 2010 are:

  • Online Player Registration on this website: Coming very soon!
  • Coaches and Team Managers Meeting, early January
  • Tryouts in late January-February (watch for schedule on this website)
  • Practices begin in February
  • Rosters due to MVP by February 28
  • First league games in mid-March

Let us know what questions you have by e-mailing info@piedmont-hoops.net.

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MVP Champions!!

by hoopnut on May 23, 2011 · 0 comments

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PBBF’s youngest MVP team ever – the 2011 3rd Grade Boys – and one of our two senior teams – the 8th Grade Girls – capped a phenomenal MVP season by winning their respective Championship Games Sunday.

The 3rd Grade Boys ventured into the toughest competition they’d ever imagined in their young hoops lives, and found they were completely up for it. And the 8th Girls, the last playoff qualifier and with only 6 players against a squad of 12, found a way to pull off what would have been a miracle weekend. Except it wasn’t a miracle. They were the hardest working, most resolute, and best TEAM. They completely earned the championship they deserved.

A record 15 PBBF teams competed in the Spring 2011 MVP season, challenging themselves against the best competition in the East Bay.

Congratulations to all the 2011 PBBF MVP players!

And thanks to the coaches and parents who supported them throughout, in the greatest Piedmont MVP season yet!

A special congratulations and thanks to Coach Don Eidam, who insisted that those youngest 3rd Graders were ready for MVP competition. And then also stepped in to fill a coaching need for the 8th Girls. That’s a record, too: coaching two PBBF MVP Championship teams in the same season. One that is not likely to be surpassed. Thank you, Don!

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Summer Registration Open

by website@pbbf May 15, 2011

Summer MVP League Registration is now Open! If your existing Spring MVP League team will be continuing play in this summer’s MVP Flight League, (your coach will have already notified you of this) you will need to complete the Summer registration form by clicking on the following link: Summer Registration The fee for the Summer [...]

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March Madness

by website@pbbf January 24, 2011

March Madness has begun! March 27th 3 on 3 Tournament PBBF March Madness 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament and Shooting Contests The Piedmont Basketball Foundation is pleased to announce the inaugural March Madness 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament will be held on Sunday, March 27 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Piedmont High [...]

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6th Grade Boys Take Second in Sacramento MLK Tournament

by website@pbbf January 18, 2011

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THEIR ACHIEVEMENT

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Get Ready For 2011 MVP Season! Sign up for Try Outs.

by hoopsparent October 1, 2010

MVP Registration sign-ups from January 13th to February 10th, 2011. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR 2011 MVP SEASON The MVP season is composed of 8 fun, competitive games with other MVP teams in the East Bay within a 45 minute-drive, i.e. Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Martinez, culminating with play-off games in May if a team [...]

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3rd Grade MVP Development Program

by hoopnut March 25, 2010

Piedmont Basketball Foundation (PBBF) is again providing an MVP Developmental program for 3rd grade boys and girls.  The program is for young players who are really into basketball and want to develop their skills.  It is designed to provide them with the tools to be able to enjoy MVP-level basketball in the 4th grade and [...]

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March Madness INDEED!

by hoopnut March 19, 2010

Bracketologists are already bequething it the Best Opening Night of March Madness Ever. And my bracket is terminally busted already… (Thanks, G’town.  And Vandy.  And Marquette.  And Notre Dame.  And Texas…) We can only say: Thanks to fellow hoopnuts Vince Monical, Heidi Monical, Eric Davison, Nick Levinson, Michael Berg, Don McBirney, Dane Copeland and many, many others, [...]

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5th Grade Boys Win MVP Hoops Labor Day Tournament

by hoopsparent September 10, 2009
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The fifth grade Piedmont Highlander boys went undefeated over the holiday weekend to win the 12th annual MVP Flight Labor Day Basketball Tournament in Walnut Creek.  The Highlanders took three straight to nab the first-ever championship for a Piedmont Basketball Foundation team in the prestigious hoops event. The boys began their run to the title [...]

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