Cyprus Boys Basketball wiill hold an open gym on Friday 10/29 from 11:00 until 1:00 or later.  Meet in the Main Gym.  Come prepared to play and get ready for team tryouts on 11/8.

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We have scheduled three open gym dates with Matheson Jr High.

Wed. July 7
Fri. July 9
Wed. July 14

 Open gym will be from 11-1 each day.  When you get to Matheson, wait by the gym doors on the East side until a coach gets there. One of the coaches will go through the building to let the team in.

 If these three dates are well attended we will check with Matheson about scheduling some additional dates.

CAMP FORMAT:
The Team Camp will be held on June 29th and 30th. It will consist of two games on the 29th, two games on the 30th and a 2-minute tournament on the 30th. In addition, there will be other individual and team competitive activities. All teams signed up for the Team Camp will automatically be entered into the High School Team Tournament July 1st – 3rd. Each team will be guaranteed four games in the Team Camp and four games in the Team Tournament. Each team may play as many as 11 games. Camp includes teams from UT, AZ, CO, ID, and West Africa.

AGE GROUPS:
Sophomore (players in the 9th or 10th grade next year), JV, Varsity. Trophies will be given to all division 1st and 2nd place winners.

PLAYER ROSTER:
Each team must have a minimum of 8 players. We will have 8-9 players per team and will split teams if needed to allow maximum playing time per player.

VENUE:
The event is hosted by BIG MOUNTAIN JAM and will be held All Under One Roof at the South Towne Expo Center. No traveling from gym to gym as there will be 16 to 24 basketball courts at the Center.

SCHEDULE:
The schedule will be posted 5 days before the start of the tournament. As soon as possible we will post the Cyprus Schedule on CyprusBasketball.Net

REGISTRATION:
Entry fee is $155/player. Make checks payable to Cyprus Boys Basketball. Payment is due during open gym Friday, June 25th.

FUND RAISING:
Arctic Circle Fundraising Cards are still available. Each card sells for $5 and players get $4 credit towards registration. Several players have already sold 40 cards or more…

The Point Guard College Blog recently published a great post titled 5 Ways for Basketball Players to Improve Immediately. It is a fantastic post and should be required reading for everyone who wants to be a valuable HS Basketball player.

 The 5 suggestions are:

1. Take Higher Percentage Shots
2. Increase Your Activity on Defense
3. Increase Your Talk
4. Hit Someone
5. Question Yourself

Tournament is SINGLE ELIMINATION.

Varsity

5/14 7:00 West Jordan Main playing against Kearns (Game 120)
5/15 1:00 Bingham Main (Game 124)
5/15 3:00 Binham Main (Game 126)
5/19 8:00 West Jordan Main (Game 127)

Sophomore / 9th  

5/15 4:00 Bingham South playing against Skyline (Game 54)
5/15 6:00 Bingham North (Game 58)
5/17 9:00 Brighton Aux (Game 60)
5/19 9:00 West Jordan West (Game 61)

The schedule of games for the Spring Fling is now available

  Spring_Fling_2010_Schedule.pdf (20.24 kb) (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

First Varsity game is 6:00 PM Wed. 4/28 at Olympus HS.

First Sophomore game is 9:00 PM Thu. 4/29 at West Jordan.

Spring Fling is an AAU League held from April 26th thru May 19th at area high schools.   The schedule should be posted here sometime late Saturday, April 24th. This is a 7 game league plus a single elimination tournament at the end of the league.  Tee-shirts will be awarded to winners in each division.  Cyprus has entered a Sophomore Team (current 8^th and 9^th grade students), and a Varsity Team (current 10^th and 11^th grade students.  The cost per player is $65.  If your son does not have an AAU card you must  purchase one online (instructions below).   We look forward to having your son involved with Cyprus Basketball.

You can download the information / registration form here:    SpringFling2010.pdf (8.64 kb)

To order an AAU Card

Go to  https://secure.aausports.org/aaustore/register/athlete2.asp

Enter your information

For “Program” select “Youth Programs”

For “Membership Term/Category” select an “Added Benefit” options ($14 per year)

For “Sport” choose “Basketball – Boys”

Leave “Club Name” and “Club Code” blank.

The “added benefit” membership provides additional insurance coverage, not just for this tournament, but for the other spring and summer basketball activities we participate in.

It's time for spring basketball at Cypus HS again.  We are now holding Open Gym on 'A' days after school at 2:30.

• Come prepared and properly dressed to play
• If you were on the team last year, wear your practice gear - if not wear a reversable jersey, or bring light and dark shirts
• Don't screw around - games are won by hard work in the summer as much as by effort on game day

I have heard the word "toughness" thrown around a lot lately. Reporters on television, radio and in print have opined about a team or player's "toughness" or quoted a coach talking about his team having to be "tougher" to win.

Then, in almost coordinated fashion, I would watch games and see player upon player thumping his chest after a routine play, angrily taunting an opponent after a blocked shot, getting into a shouting match with an opposing player, or squaring up nose-to-nose as if a fight might ensue. I see players jawing at each other, trying to "intimidate" other players. What a waste of time. That is nothing more than fake toughness, and it has no real value.

Read the rest of this article here.  (From ESPN)

Seniors should make sure that all players are familiar with the principles in this article.