LYBA Travel Program League

The LYBA Travel Program will play in the Cincinnati Premier Youth Basketball League (CPYBL) this season, COVID-permitting. For more information on the CPYBL, please visit their website at Cincinnati Premier Youth Basketball League

About the LYBA Travel Program

LYBA sponsors travel teams for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade boys and girls. Travel teams consist of a select group of players that will play games in the Cincinnati Premier Youth Basketball League (CPYBL). The number of teams at each grade level for each gender is dependent upon the number and quality of the participants at each grade level for each gender. Participation for these teams is on a tryout basis. Any boy or girl who resides in the Loveland School District and who is in the fourth, fifth or sixth grade, may tryout for the travel teams. If selected, you will be placed on a select team to play games against other area select teams. Opponents will generally be within a 30 minute drive from Loveland. There will be approximately two practices per week, and two games on most weekends. All travel teams will participate in the season-ending CPYBL tournament usually lasting at most two weekends. In addition, most travel teams will play in a holiday tournament or possibly two over the Thanksgiving and/or Christmas holidays.

Required Commitment

If an individual is selected to play on an LYBA Travel Team, that individual is required to maintain 100% commitment to that team. In the event of missed LYBA practices or games due to the participation in any other activity, it is at the discretion of the Travel Coach and/or Travel Director to conduct a review. If the review does not find a satisfactory commitment from that individual to his/her LYBA Travel Team, dismissal from the team will occur for that individual with no refund of his/her registration fees.

All tryout results will be posted on our website. Results will not be listed by player name as players will be identifiable only by their tryout number. Participants will also be notified by email and/or phone. Players will be given a 48 hour window to reply with their intention to participate on the team, as well as pay their registration fees for the season. Please be advised that at this time, the player will be advised whether they have been chosen to participate on the A (Orange) Team, or the B (Black) Team (if there are two teams at that player's level). At this point, coaches for the Travel Teams will not have been selected by the board, so players will not know who the coach for their team will be prior to accepting a position on the team. Coaches will be determined after players have been placed on teams and the board will review the candidates that have registered to coach (Head or Assistant).

Tryout participants not selected to play on a travel team through the tryout process are encouraged to register to play in LYBA’s Recreation League Program. Please see the Recreation League page for more information.

Travel Fees

There is no fee to register for the travel tryouts. Once a player is selected for a team the travel registration fee will be due within 48 hours. The travel registration fee is $200 and you will be required to purchase a new travel uniform (~$60) or use a previously purchased travel uniform. The fee does include a shooting shirt to be owned by the player.

Refund Policy

Any player that withdraws from the Travel Program once practices start will not receive a refund.

Need Based Scholarships

Need based scholarships for the travel program registration fee are available for those families who qualify for the Free or Reduced Lunch Program at their school. A copy of your Direct Certification Notification letter from the District Food Service Director is needed to qualify for an LYBA scholarship. Please contact the LYBA Treasurer if you feel your child may qualify.