SCRA offers a fun and competitive brand of basketball played at a variety of gyms throughout the South Charlotte area including: Community House Middle School, United Faith Christian Academy, Sharon Presbyterian Church, and Polo Ridge Elementary School. Our point of emphasis is providing fun, developmental and enjoyable recreation for all program participants. We stress positive coaching and an environment where all children are given the opportunity to have fun and learn the game of basketball. Our focus is on fun but each child will also be given the opportunity to learn valuable fundamentals of basketball and life like teamwork, sportsmanship, commitment, and hard work.

Our co-ed basketball season runs from mid-November through the end of February (possibly the first week of March) with initial player registration sign up dates starting in early September!!   Practice sessions, sanctioned regular season games, playoff events and All-Star tournaments occur during this time period with all activity ending no later than the first week of March.  Ages 4 through 14 are all welcome!! 

League eligibility is determined for each of our respective Divisions by the player's age as of August 1st.  Be sure to check out the profile description for each Age Division by navigating to that specific webpage under ‘Programs’.

Practices for 8U-12U start in mid-November and run throughout the season.  The Co-Ed Instructional teams and 14U will begin in December.  There are holiday breaks in November & December with games/practice then resuming the first week of January.  All age groups may have the opportunity to play teams from other Associations around the Charlotte community, depending on the # of SCRA teams for a given decision.  All age groups, except the Co-Ed Instructional division, play an end-of-the-year tournament which always holds a lot of excitement (and may include competition against other associations). 

Additional Information

• Team jerseys will be provided as part of your team fees - you will be given the instructions to select your athlete's size and jersey # and order that jersey (to be shipped to your home).
• CMS school policy states that NO FOOD OR DRINK is allowed in the gyms. Please leave the gym cleaner than you found it!
• Details on Girls teams and format will be communicated by September 14th.

Coaches
We are always looking for coaches for all league levels. If you would like to volunteer, please indicate that when you register your athlete.

For more information please contact:

Coach Rafi, SCRA Basketball Commissioner

[email protected] 

The South Charlotte Recreation Association been around for decades and has provided a high quality basketball league for thousands of girls and boys in our community over the years. We are rated as one of the top youth basketball programs in Charlotte. This year we hope to continue the tradition of excellence. 

We have developed four guiding principles that will drive everything we do with the league.

We want all of our participants to:

1. Have fun

2. Get Better

3. Play 

4. The fourth is strive to achieve league PARITY.  Competitive balance is something that we strive to achieve every year. It’s an ambitious goal but spreading the talent around helps the league avoid lopsided blowout games and allows more themes to be competitive and have more fun.  

Listed below are some of the things you can expect to for the upcoming season:

1. This year, as every year, we want to encourage positive attitudes, sportsmanship and fair play and respect from the entire SCRA basketball family - players, coaches, parents and fans.  Our code of conduct policy includes our required Standards of Behavior agreements for ALL players, coaches and parents.  We will provide forms on this website that must be signed and submitted to league officials during the mandatory evaluations by all players, coaches and parents before the draft.  Players registration shall be considered incomplete until both the players and parents forms have been submitted.

2. We will extend the registration deadline for Middle School student-athletes trying out for their school teams.  However, we strongly encourage you to register your child early even if they are trying out for the school team.  And if they DO make the team we will make a special exception to our no refund policy and refund your registration fees without penalty.

4. Mandatory evaluations for ALL players. All players must participate in the evaluation process in order to participate in the draft process. The evaluation process is the key to creating competitive parity across the league. We will hold multiple evaluation sessions to give every player an opportunity to attend a skills evaluation session.  This will NOT apply to the Instructional Division. There NO evaluations required for the Instructional Division  

5. Any player that misses the evaluation may NOT be drafted by ANY team. Instead, they MUST be assigned to a random blind "hat pick" in the draft pool. 

6.  We do NOT allow intact teams or AAU teams for the boys league. This rule will also prohibit more than two players from the same boys AAU or another organized travel team from playing on the same team.  This rule does NOT apply to the girls league.  Additionally please be advised that parental requests, carpooling or requests for specific coaches requests are NOT factors considered for team placement.  We believe this is critical to our ongoing efforts to establish and maintain the competitive balance across the league.  

7. The girls league will no longer have restrictions on playing with friends and teammates from other sports.  

We look forward to having an exciting and fun-filled season of basketball. Should you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact Coach Rafi at [email protected]

PAYMENT POLICY: Online payment is expected at time of registration. Unpaid registrations will be automatically moved to the waitlist after 2 days. Your spot is not guaranteed unless the league receives payment.                          

REFUND POLICY: The SCRA allows refunds ONLY BEFORE a player has been drafted and placed on a team.  There will be a $50 administrative fee per player on all refunds requested. Once a player has been drafted or placed on a team,    NO REFUND will be issued.

*The permissible ONLY EXCEPTION to this policy is for players that make their middle school teams.