SILICON VALLEY NATIONAL JUNIOR BASKETBALL
We know many teams may not have full rosters this season. If you have some available roster spots, please let us know in your team registration. We have a waitlist of individuals (Free Agents) looking to join a team. Please read the bullet points for things to consider when adding waitlisted free agents to your team.
* To participate teams need 7-12 players on a team.
UNIFORM SOLUTION
If you are looking to add players from the waitlist you will either need to have your own solution for your team's uniform because waitlisted players won't have the uniforms your team planned to use or your whole team will need to order uniforms either from the league (if before the deadline) or on your own.
THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN ADDING PLAYERS FROM WAITLIST:
ITS FOR THE KIDS...
This waitlist process is to help give kids not on a team a chance to play and help get teams at or above the 7 player minimum. It is not to help coaches find the next baby Lebron or Candace Parker.
NO TRYOUTS OR EVALUATIONS
These players may not have been evaluated. There's not always time or a way for the league to know each players skill level before assigning to teams. You will not be allowed to tryout or evaluate players before assigning to team. You either have open roster spots or you don't.
ITS NOT NBA 2K FREE AGENCY...ITS YOUTH BASKETBALL
You will not be allowed to selectively choose from the waitlist or ask for a specific type of player (ex. tall player, ball handler, shooter, etc.), your team either has available roster spots or it doesn't.
Listed are some important things you and your team should be aware of regarding the League.
PRACTICE 1-2x WEEK
For teams participating in our league, we usually recommend teams practice at least once a week.
RESERVING A GYM ON YOUR OWN
For those interested in booking a gym on their own, the league provides insurance for registered teams only. Almost all facilities require proof of insurance to use their gym and we can provide that for you. Continue reading below...
INSURANCE REQUEST FORM - PRACTICE GYMS
Teams should locate and reserve a facility before submitting an insurance request form to the league. Once you have found a facility, reserved it, and completed an insurance request form correctly, our staff will communicate with that facility directly regarding proof of insurance. Teams are responsible for all payments and deposits for their practice gyms. The league only provides proof of insurance for our registered teams.
For access to Insurance request form, click here or go to the bottom of any summer league page and click yellow link.
PRACTICE GYM SPACE
For those teams interested in booking gym space for your team. Our league will have extremely limited practice gym space for pre-form teams from slots unused by free agent teams. Practice gyms are not included in the cost or provided for every team in the league (possibly 100+ teams). Gyms offered by the league will share the gym with another team to reduce the costs. Gym costs can be VERY expensive.
There are multiple levels of competition to try and provide competitive games for both advanced/skilled players and new/developing players. We try to separate them so that everyone has a chance to compete against players relatively of the same skill level.
To balance competition and enhance gameplay, the league has the right to move players and/or teams between levels (and/or divisions if necessary). This especially applies to Free Agents. If after the Free Agent player evaluations, coaches or staff feel a player has registered in the incorrect level, a move up/down may be made to better suit the players skill level.
In regards to teams, teams may be moved up/down a competition level to attempt to have teams play against similar teams to create more competitive games.
Games will be played at a number of school gyms in the San Jose / Santa Clara area. Games are generally played between 9am - 6:15pm however there may be exceptions. Games are scheduled for 1 hour 10 minutes long with high school rules.
Depending on the number of teams in a division, teams may have double headers in some of the weeks.
For the post season, it will be a single elimination tournament. NO SCHEDULE REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE POST SEASON TOURNAMENT. When playing tournament play, multiple games have to be played in order to determine a champion. This means for example, teams may have to play an early game and if they win they may play a later game that day. If they win again, they would play the next day in the championship possibly. All participating post season teams must be able to play multiple games or your team should not participate in the post season.
All participating teams are required to provide a team roster before each game to the scorekeepers.
These roster must be system generated and not hand written. All players on your team must be registered or they are not eligible to play.
Instructions on getting your system generated roster will be sent around the beginning of the league. Please contact the league if you are not sure how to access system generated roster.
Email: svnjb-info@siliconvalleynjb.com
FALL LEAGUE TEAM REGISTRATION
Listed below are the costs to register a player to a team.
To register player to your pre-form team, use the table (when open & available) and click on the registration link next to the division your team is registered in.
Whole team
has the same uniform
Must abide by
uniform policy
Whole team
needs to order
uniforms from league
Uniform fee included in registration
REGISTER TEAM BASED ON GENERAL AGE AS OF 8/31/25
(On August 31st, 2025 my team's age will be...)
DIVISION | AGE RANGE | LINK |
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Girls 10U | 8-10 | REGISTER G10U |
Girls 12U | 10-12 | REGISTER G12U |
Girls 14U | 12-14 | REGISTER G14U |
Girls HS (9th-12th) | 14-18 | REGISTER GHS |
Boys 10U | 8-10 | REGISTER B10U |
Boys 12U | 10-12 | REGISTER B12U |
Boys 14U | 12-14 | REGISTER B14U |
Boys HS (9th-12th) | 14-18 | REGISTER BHS |
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Email: svnjb-info@siliconvalleynjb.com
Phone #: (408)-260-0100
Fax #: 1-877-242-1195
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