NCHBC Coaches' Blog

Coach's On-Line Suite

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:51:00 +0000

This year we are creating a coaches suite on line to help improve the exchange of information. This link will not be available to the general public and we ask that you do not give it out to anyone. I will be building out the suite over the weekend. When it is done it will have the following:

1. A message center where we will post any changes or corrections.
2. Evaluation Form
3. Score Reporting Form
4. Official Complaint Form
5. Age Challenge Form
6. Award Nomination Form
7. I am open to other ideas that may help you

The web page will be www.homeschoolbasktball.com/coach
There is one significant change this year. The away team will be responsible for providing a scoreboard operator.

Seeding Information

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:21:00 +0000

Coach we have posted all the preliminary seeding. If you would like the committee to relook at your seeding fill out the form on this link. DO NOT call we are not going to discuss seeding on the phone there is just not enough time to give everyone their half an hour they want to push their team.

http://www.homeschoolbasketball.com/seeding-process

I will have more information out to the whole list later tonight.

Seeding

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:44:00 +0000

Seeding – each year we go through an agonizing process called seeding, there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Trust me Washington lobbyist have nothing on some of our coaches. It is all good our seeding committee has thick skin and plus they are really good at what they do.

Last year they seeded the boy’s varsity 1-4 in the order they finished and the girl’s varsity 1-5 in order, very impressive. Any way we are going to actually post the process on line to make it easier for coaches, we have already posted preliminary seeding for a number of age groups. On thing that would help is that in the younger age groups (10 and 12) last years finish is the primary factor is last years finish, if your team is weaker last year then last let us know we have some good teams that need to move up.

Link to seeding

Coach Update

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:11:00 +0000

I have four quick updates for you:
1. National Seeding form is on line – every coach should fill this form over the next few days to make sure your team gets seeded properly. http://www.homeschoolbasketball.com/seeding-questionnaire

2. Omaha Regional Seeding Questionnaire – if your team is attending the Omaha Region please complete this form by Sunday night. http://www.homeschoolbasketball.com/omaha-ne

3. All-American (At Large) if your team is not attending a regional tournament please fill out the form to nominate your players. The password for the form is 2009 http://www.homeschoolbasketball.com/all-region-nomination-form

4. T-shirt Preorders will end at midnight this Friday night please spread the word.

National's Update 2-23-09

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:56:00 +0000

Hang on; the updates will be coming fast and furious. Let’s make a deal, I will promise not to write things that are not crucial to you enjoying the National’s experience and you agree to read whatever I write, sound reasonable?

Teams
We have updated the Master Team list – it looks like we are going to have more teams then we thought (yes we are scrambling to get enough gym space) It looks like 356 teams. Please check out the list and make sure your team is listed. http://www.homeschoolbasketball.com/registered-teams

New Teams
We have the following openings:
Girls 10U, Boys 14U, G16u, B16U, G18U, and B18U have 1-2 openings each. We have a waiting list on the other age divisions please call Kurt Talbott if you would like to add a team 1-417-880-4875.

Monday Schedule Released
Click Here

Player List Posted
Every player must register by 3/1 we have posted a list of all players registered please check and make sure you and all your players are registered.
http://www.homeschoolbasketball.com /registered-players

Brackets
Will be published sometime on 3/12

Regional Results from Atlanta http://www.homeschoolbasketball.com/atlanta-ga

Team USA
We will accept all Team USA registrations until March 1st and then it will start closing off age groups as they fill up.

Roster and Picture Deadline

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:48:00 +0000

Rosters and Team Pictures for the program are due Feb 16th
Here is where you submit photos, roster and or check your teams status.
Click Here

New Team List -- Click Here
Please check it out and make sure your team is listed properly.

Rankings - We have expanded the boys power rankings to 16 teams on the boys side Click Here to View

Final Nominations for All American and All Region

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:29:00 +0000

All varsity coaches need to make final Nominations for All American and All Region Teams. These are the only nominations that will appear on the ballet. This is very important that you complete the nominations by 1/31/09. The reason we request that you make a final nomination is that we understand that some players may have stepped up, some stepped down and some stepped out. The password is 2009 www.homeschoolbasketball.com/all-region-nomination-form

Regional Tournaments
The 5 NCHBC Regional Tournaments are beginning to fill up. Here are the openings:
Region 2 (Shreveport) Openings:
Varsity Boys: 2 openings
Varsity Girls: 1 opening
Regions 3 (Oklahoma City) Openings:
Varsity Boys: Full with Waiting List
Varsity Girls: 2 openings
Region 4 (Omaha) Openings:
Varsity Boys: Full with Waiting List
Varsity Girls: 3 openings
Region 5 (Atlanta) Openings:
Varsity Boys: 2 openings
Varsity Girls: 3 openings

If you have not paid yet you have until January 31st 2009 for us to have received your payment. After January 31st if your payment has not been received then we will no longer hold your teams spot. Please mail payments to Kurt Talbott 9777 N. Council Road Apt 4111, Oklahoma City, OK 73162. Checks made payable to NCHBC.

To reserve your team's spot call Kurt at 1-417-880-4875

Rosters and Photos

We are now accepting team pictures and rosters – go to http://www.homeschoolbasketball.com/team-rosters-and-photos for more information

Coach Update

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:06:00 +0000

T-shirts

You may begin placing orders for Nationals T-shirts on line. There are two reasons for pre-ordering:
1. This will guarantee size and color you want (this year we will order very close to the preorder number and if you don’t preorder it is likely you will not be able to get your first choice).
2. FREE water bottle – preorders will receive a Nationals 2009 water bottle (details on website).
www.homeschoolbasketball.com/t-shirts

Girl's Power Rankings

We know that there are teams that are not current in the system (like Metro Academy) but we are going to publish what is there each week and encourage all teams to get current. For girl's rankings as of 1/8/09 click here http://www.homeschoolbasketball.com/rankings-girls-power-poll

MaxPrep Boys Rankings Released

With victories over two top 20 6A public schools last weekend OKC Storm moved into the top 20 in Oklahoma and to the number 1 homeschool spot on MaxPrep.
North Atlanta debuts at #3. Tulsa NOAH, OKC Knights, Memphis Eagles and Austin Royals make their first appearance in the top ten.

www.homeschoolbasketball.com/rankings-boys-power-poll

If your team was overlooked or you have recently updated your MaxPrep info and it moves you up please send a message to us through the Contact Us form on the website.

48 Hours, 78 Days

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:58:00 +0000

It is hard to believe Nationals is just 78 days away, we are looking forward to seeing everyone in Springfield. If you haven't already completed your player registration you have 48 hours to get the early registration discount. Please make sure to spread the word at practice Monday. Here is the link to register

We have posted the family fundraising program on line. This is really a very easy and profitable program. Our goal is to help 100 families raise $60,000-$100,000 to help them attend Nationals this year. For more information

End Of Year Nationals Update

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:16:00 +0000

#1 Player Registration Discount

I had planned to send this letter last week to give everyone a one week warning on the early registration discount but in the midst of holiday travel just didn’t get it done. As a result we will extend the deadline for the early registration discount until Monday January 5th – if you pay on line the discount expires at midnight, or if you mail a check it must be postmarked on the 5th.

#2 Team Registrations

It continues to look like we will set a record for teams this year as we have gone over the 200 team mark in record time. Look who has registered and if your team is not registered encourage your coach to register as we will start filling up age groups within the next 30-45 days. Link

#3 Family Fundraising

The economy is putting financial strain on quite a few families. The fundraising program that is in place can be used for families to earn $500-2000 to attend nationals for more information. Fill out Contact form on website

#4 Hardship Exemptions

I want to clarify that our goal in the hardships is only to put controls in place not to limit players. We have had a lot of hardship exemption request for players that attend co-op three days a week but are still 51% homeschooled and this is not a problem.

#5 Team USA

Registration is now open for Team USA. Link

Key Nationals Updates

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:39:00 +0000

We posted a very significant announcement on the player's blog earlier this week, we also e-mailed it to our entire list, if you have not read the update it is at players blog if this is the first you are hearing about this please sign up at the player's blog to get updates so that you get all the information in a timely manner.

Boy's Power Rankings Released

The NCHBC has released the December boy's power rankings. This is the last boy's power ranking of the year, starting in January the rankings will be done through a coaches' poll. Link

Girl's Power Rankings -- Dec 15

Championship and All-American Rings

We have received many requests about the possibility of buys rings for previous years. We have worked the the manufacture to make the rings available for -- Championship Rings (all previous years) and All-American Rings (from 2008) are available the link is on the front page of www.homschoolbasketball.com

Hardship Exemptions

We have completed to update and explanation of the Hardship Exemption. To read all about it go to http://homeschoolbasketball.publishpath.com/player-registration

Writers and Bloggers Needed

Nationals is looking for writers and bloggers for two projects:

Writers – this year we will be doing a special program/magazine called The Showcase. The program will include All-American information and history about past national tournaments. We are looking for a number of people who would be willing to a take writing assignment, research and write an article for The Showcase. It is our goal to gather and preserve the history of Nationals through The Showcase over the next 5-7 years. If you’re interested in writing or editing please contact us through the website contact form.

Bloggers – we would like to have 4-5 people write a blog during the National Tournament. It would be best to have people who are not attached to one team for this project so they can watch and write about 4-6 games per day. We really want to enhance the interaction for people at home as well as having write ups on 25-35 games each day. This will be great if we can find bloggers, I would love to see a bunch of graduates do this.

Special Thank You

The response that we have received from yesterday's announcement has been 100% positive and we really appreciate the spirit of cooperation. We do realize that there will be questions and concerns and we welcome all comments as we strive to make Nationals an even more amazing experience for all.

Important Conference Call

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:49:00 +0000

There will be a conference call for coaches on Thursday evening at 9:00 PM CST, November, 20th

Conference Call # is 1-218-339-2626 access code is 704478

We will cover five key topics:

All-American Nominations and voting
All-Region Nomination and selection process
Significant change to the former "Division 3"
A new alliance and how it affects our television deal for Nationals
The Fall of 2009

Some of you may have prior commitments and I understand but if you are a Varsity Coach I would recommend that you have someone "sit in" for you. The call is open to all coaches, athletic directors and board members.

This is very exciting information, plan for about 25-30 minutes.

New Website

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:30:00 +0000

I know some of you may have thought we lost some focus with the new Fund-It program and while we are on a mission to get every homeschool program using the Fund-It Program because we want every team to be able to afford to attend National's. At the same time we will be giving you a solid does of improvements each month that will keep you looking forward to the best Nationals ever, Springfield 2009

The new Nationals site is up and running, there is still a lot of work to do on it but I think you will like the way the site looks and works.

Early Registration Discount 6 days to get your registration filled and check in the mail

Hotels

Filling up quickly over 70% of the available hotel rooms in Springfield are already reserved, don’t wait to long and get stuck 30 miles away.

Rings -WOW

I just saw the final on the Champions, All-American and All-Region rings -- incredible, check it our on the main page of website there is a link mid page.

Coming next week

Eligibility

There has been a little confusion with our statement that we are adjusting the eligibility requirements. Let me clarify there are no changes to the rules we are just defining the Hardship Exemption Requirement and integrating them with the player registration form. The goal is to clearly design and explain the Hardship Exemptions and division play for the National Tournament.

On line Player Registration should be ready by end of the first week of October.

Tip-Off BIGGER than ever

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:45:00 +0000

Tip-Off Update
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There is a great preseason tournament developing in Springfield November 13-15.

There are 15 Boy’s varsity teams leaving just one opening. Last year we had 6 teams so this is a tremendous increase.

Currently we have 6 Girl’s varsity teams leaving 2 openings (last year we just had a 3 team round robin)

The JR High teams will play Friday and Saturday

Complete listing of teams

Kurt Talbott is the Tournament Coordinator for the NCHBC. If you would like to reserve a spot you may contact Kurt at 1-417-880-4875.

Fund-It/BenefitBar Update
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We have set up an NCHBC Fund-It/BenefitBar so that if your program is thinking about signing up but are just not sure how it works you can check it out. If your program decides not to participate and you would like to support Nationals you can sign up as well.

Remember it is free, it is easy and if your program joins down the road your toolbar will simply replace the national toolbar.

To check out the Fund-It toolbar

If you want to sign your program up and develop a revenue stream to support your program Click Here

Congratulations to following programs who have gone live with Fund-It in the last 2 days:

HSAA, Omaha Roadrunners, Faith Christian Academy, Fort Worth Zion, Memphis Eagles, Garland County Homeschool, Fort Royal Flames, VA

Additionally Youth-Net a Dallas based organization with 4,000 Youth Pastors ministering to 1,000,000 teenagers has joined forces with Fund-It to use the program to help local youth groups with mission trips, building projects and local ministries.

Teams that have signed up and will go live next week:
California Homeschool Sports, HIS Eagles, Ozark Christian Home Educators Association, F.C.H.A.A. (Faulkner County), North Atlanta Christian Flight, Fort Wayne GUARD, Dallas Homeschool Basketball (Thunder), Tulsa NOAH, Austin Athletic Fellowship, THESA , Lebanon Rockets, Rockford FIRE, New Mexico Select, Homeschool Wildcats Sports Club, Nashville Central Christian Warriors, Lake Houston Conquerors, Crossroads (Illinois Crusaders).

Save $50 Per Team

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:21:00 +0000

Teams that register and pay by 10/31 receive a $50 discount of their team. We always have a huge rush the last week of October, so make sure you plan a head and don’t miss the discount. On line registration. Registration is going to be a great year we already have five brand new teams signed up and over 20 inquiries from new teams that is very high for this time of year.

All-American Press Release

Please send us a copy any published All-American Candidate press releases.

Fund-It Program --Gone Wild

Over 20 homeschool teams have implemented the Fund-It Program and every program that has had their bar for more than a week is make a $100 or more per week. Plain and simple this is free money to help your program. There is no selling, buying or asking for money and it is free to sign up for your program and all your participants – read all about it
I worked with Fund-It to sign up the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and they will start launching it to their 50,000 plus huddle groups in 10-12 days so now is a good time to get signed up if you’re not already in.

Congrats to the following programs that just went live with their Fund-It tool bar in the last 48 hours: Huntington Eagles, Tulsa CHEF, Pulaski County Flames, Spirit Academy –CA, Weatherford Express, Quincy Saints.

We have revamped the website to sign up go to www.funditbenefitbar.com/nchbc
Feel free to call me if you have questions. Fund-It will be giving a $1000 bonus to the Fund-It program of the year at the Showcase in March. We will announce the details to all Fund-It programs in about 10 days.

Preseason All-American Candidates Announced

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:59:00 +0000

Our goal was to have our new Nationals website launched today but we were unable to meet that deadline. Frankly the new site is a bit of a mess and will be a week or so before it is fully functional. However, I did promise to get the Preseason All-American Candidates announced this week and I have 2 minutes to keep my word so when you go to the site remember we are a ways off from finishing it. Please read this entire e-mail before going to the website.

Team Registration
Is now available on line -- Remember there is a $50 discount if you register by 10/31/08 Registration

All-American Press Release – if you have an All-American Candidate in your program please check out the press release procedure.

Preseason All-American Candidates
Check out the complete list

Really Great Idea

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:16:00 +0000

Coach -- I have updated the player's blog with a couple of interesting notes but I wanted to make sure you got this information so I doubled up.

National's TV Sponsor and More

I was looking for a TV sponsor to pay for 7 games to be televised at Nationals this year. Not only did I find a great sponsor but that sponsor is offering a great way for every team to benefit, you need to read this.

I will give you a brief overview of the program and if you need more information please feel free to contact me directly.
Yahoo does approximately 7 billion dollars a year in internet search engine revenue. While that sounds like a lot the fact is that it is only 25% and Google revenues are almost three times that amount.
Yahoo has designed a program for large nonprofit organizations, like the Red Cross, to develop a long term revenue stream for the nonprofit that assists Yahoo in reaching its goal of increasing market share.
Fund-It is the organization that is administering this program for Yahoo for Christian organizations.
Fund-It contacted me about being a sponsor of Nationals and will be the sponsor of the Homeschool Showcase including underwriting the cost to televise the All-American Games.
As part of the agreement all homeschool teams and organizations may participate under the National Basketball Foundation 501c3 status. While this program is reserved for large organizations, Fund-It has agreed to allow any team that we refer to them to participate.
Through this program everyone one can benefit in three key ways:
1. Teams make the money directly from Fund-It -- Our Nationals staff does not have the time to administer this type of program so we have worked it out that each team will sign their own agreement and be paid directly each month.
2. Players and teams that attend Nationals benefit because Fund-It is a sponsor that has agreed to renew each year if we are able to get enough teams involved and will even increase their financial involvement to help fund other things that we would like to add in future years.
3. Teams that cannot afford to attend Nationals will be able to afford to attend.
Where's the MONEY?
It is a very simple program that pays your team $.10 for every search (click through) that you make through the special Yahoo Fund-It/Benefit Bar.
What does that mean to your team? Fund-It estimates your team will earn $15,000 over the course of the year. This estimate is based on 50 computers using FUND-IT/BENEFIT BAR. Many families have 2-3 computers so add in friends, families and alumni and 50 computers is relatively conservative. There no fee to sign up, the installation is very easy less that a couple of minutes (unless you have Vista than it takes 5 minutes), and you are asking people to use basically the same service they have, which no one benefits form currently. There is really no reason for anyone that you ask not to sign up. Did I mention that there is one difference about the search? The Fund-It/Benefit Bar will not searching for pornography or "hate" groups. Even if their estimates are evangelistic and your team only earns one third of estimate that is $500 per family for travel for Nationals, or free uniforms plus whatever your team wants to use the money to buy. All for doing something that you and your friends already do. If you want more information just have a team representive contact me and I will send you Fund-It's direct contact information. Please make sure to tell me what team you are with. If your program has multiple sports no problem they all can sign up and be tracked seperately

All-American and All Region Nominations

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:31:00 +0000

We are making some adjustments to the procedure of voting on All-Americans. You can find the details on the players bog

http://basketballnationals.blogspot.com

We have also made regional assignments for 2008-2009 the basic info is on the players blog as well.

Both of these programs have new websites

All-Region and All-Tournamnet Nominations -- www.nchbcregionals.com to nominate you will need a password it is nchbc08

Region break down and tournaments -- www.nchbctournaments.com

Basketball Nationals will be moving in 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:19:00 +0000

Due to the current economic conditions and unpredictable facility situations that Tim Flatt explained on the Nationals Conference Call, the NCHBC has opened entertained the possibility of eight cities hosting the 2009-2011 National Championships. We have talked to and or visited 8 cities in the last 5 weeks

Three cities have been eliminated:
1. Dallas
2. Wichita
3. Oklahoma City

The five remaining cities meet the following minimum criteria:
A. Within 350 miles of OKC
B. An arena that is available for next three years with a min capacity of 7,000
C. College arenas that can host semifinal games with min of 2,000 seating (must be nice setting)
D. The ability to start putting games on TV both local cable and National cable.

The next step for the cities is to compete on the following level:
A. Hotel capacity
B. Hotel Rates
C. Effectiveness of the CVB (Convention and Visitors Burea)
D. Secondary gyms

What is the process that we are waiting for?
A. CVB will send out leads to all hotels and lock in group rates
B. Gym contracts will be provided
C. Final commitments from the city concerning their participation will be made.
D. We will weigh the cities bids and eliminate cities that do not offer the best package
E. We will select the city, sign contracts, hold a press conference and notify you.

We will have a final announcement by August 15th

What should you do now?
A. Do nothing, even if you think you have an inside scoop, just wait. The key for us to build a long term relationship in a city is to work with the CVB.
B. Since there are numerous cities bidding you may here an inside scoop but it will more than likely be nothing more than I am telling you right now.

Rumors, Rumors and more Rumors

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:30:00 +0000

Rumors are flying

This morning I received five phone calls inquiring about the 2009 NCHBC moving from Oklahoma City. I heard that we were moving to Stillwater, OK, Dallas, TX and Shreveport, LA. I even received a call from the Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau inquiring as to next year’s status due to the Sonics moving to OKC. Obviously they were concerned because we had planned to move to the Ford Center either this year or next and that would be out of the question now. This coupled with the fact that the Sonics will likely use SNU as their practice gym could make it unavailable to Nationals.

So what is going on? With all the rumors there must be at least some truth mixed in, right? Hmmm, those are very good questions and I would like to answer you right now but I all I can tell you is that nothing is set in stone. We are working on a number of very important and exciting things for 2009 and I will be prepared to make an official announcement on July 24th.

I will hold a conference call at 8:00 PM CST

1-218-339-2626
Access Code 704478

I have 600 lines reserved so anyone who wants to call in is welcome.
I will also post a blog when the phone call is over with the details.
So what should you do between now and next Thursday? Just wait because more than likely any action you take will likely have to be undone since things are still up in the air. Everyone will find out the final word at the same time and that will cut down on confusion, panic and rumors.

Talk to you next Thursday,

Tim Flatt

The Founder’s Club

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:06:00 +0000

In June we announced that we would be introducing a number of new projects this summer. These projects are in conjunction with Nationals but they are also separate from our current Nationals Structure. We have decided to form the Founder's Club as a means to create and develop these projects. Here is an overview of the Founder's Club. Our next big announcement will come within the week.

This summer we have created The Founder’s Club. The Founder’s Club is named in honor of Dr. Jim Leininger. Dr. Leininger is a true entrepreneur and visionary who founded Homeschool Basketball Nationals. Dr Leininger has over 50 business ventures that included founding KC Worldwide and ownership in the San Antonio Spurs. Dr. Leininger was a homeschool dad and the coach of a National Championship FEAST Patriots teams in the early 1990’s.

The Founders Club is designed to be a tool that helps homeschool families and teams throughout the country. Additionally the Founder’s Club will raise funds to help promote the extra things that are important to the continued enhancement of the National Tournament. The Founder’s Club will be responsible for the Homeschool Showcase. “One of the things that the Founder’s Club does is helps programs that want to be more than just participants at Nationals become contributors. I think the long term health of Nationals will be directly impacted by how many programs want to roll up their sleeves and work with the Founder’s Club” states Tim Flatt, the Executive Director of the NCHBC. “We have tried to design this club in a way that is consistent with how Jim (Dr Leininger) functions as a businessman. While I known Jim is a very generous person, literally giving away more money than most people will make in a lifetime, he believes that people should pay their way in things they believe are important. One of the things that makes Jim unique is that throughout his life he has consistently believed in providing a way for those who want to shall we say earn their way. So I think the Founders Club is a perfect example of this characteristic in Jim’s life.”

The Founder’s Club is free for every team and program to sign up for. Once your program is part of the Founder’s Club you will receive the following benefits:
1) Access to all special fundraising programs and ventures.
2) Free tickets for all players and coaches to the 2009 Homeschool Showcase.

To sign up cut and paste this link into your browser http://homeschoolbasketball.com/team_sign_up.php

Latest Infromation

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:27:00 +0000

Plans for 2009 Nationals

This summer as we prepare for the Eighteenth Annual National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships to be held in March of 2009, we will be making a number of very significant announcements about four very important projects we are developing. We are faced with numerous hurdles that need to be overcome in order to assure that we remain on course for achieving the goals that have been our focus since I was appointed Executive Director of the NCHBC in 2000. These goals have been foundational in every decision that we make in the administration and direction of the NCHBC. Here is a list of our goals:

1) To host a family event that emphases our Christian heritage.
2) To provide a quality event that families are willing to take a week of vacation to attend.
3) To provide a balanced tournament that:A. Provides a format that allows all teams to compete with teams at or about their talent level.B. Provides the top teams a chance to play in a National Championship atmosphere.C. Provides an opportunity for coaches, players and parents to see what it is possible by seeing the top level teams.
4) To showcase the top talent for college coaches and the media.
5) To demonstrate to others that Homeschool basketball is not behind and our tournament is equal to state public school tournament caliber.

While I believe we have been making steady strides in achieving all of our goals, we have some serious concerns about making sure goals one and two stay intact. The main hurdles that we need to make sure .... to finish this story go to http://homeschoolbasketball.com/fund_raising_packet.pdf

Important Announcement

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:22:00 +0000

I have been working on a number of very exciting things to assist homeschool families and coaches. I have decided the best way to communicate what is taking place is to hold a conference call, so that I can present all the information and take time for questions and answers. This call is open to coaches, assistant coaches, board members and anyone involved in organization in your program. If you can't make it please have someone on the call to get the information for you.

The Conference Call Information:

-- Thursday June 19th 7:00 PM Central Time
-- Phone Number 1-218-339-2626 Access Code 704478

The Agenda

-- Regional Schedule and Updates
-- Fund Raising Overview including:
-- Complete overview of how your team can attend Nationals for Free in 2009
-- Information on Nike Sponsorship for your team

I will be glad to schedule a second call time if there are enough requests.

Free Team Fees in 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:16:00 +0000

Coach

We know that every year when it comes crunch time you have players and families trying to decide if they can afford to attend Nationals. There is no reason for that to ever happen again. We have put together a very effective fund raising plan that can be used by any family or player in this situation. Since it is normally the same players that have these issues I like to recommend that you make sure they have this information as soon as possible so they can begin raising funds now.

We are offering a special promotion for FREE Team Fees in 2009 (see details below)

50% Discount --We will be offering a 50% discount for any team that has at least 10 of its players raise $100 by October 31st. The reason we are pushing for $100 is that will also give all of these players free player registration, free pizza party ticket and a specially designed nationals t-shirt.

Free --We will completely waive your team fee if all your players raise at least $100 and the team total is over $2500. To summarize if your team met this goal of $2500 here is what you would get.
1) All players fees covered
2) All team fees covered
3) $750 cash rebate to use for whatever expenses you would like.

Fund raising details can be found at http://nchbcsponsor.blogspot.com/

I am back in Oklahoma (just had our first Grand Daughter last week Isibella Claire Flatt on June 2nd) and will be here and available by phone 1-405-831-0394 and e-mail for the next three weeks. My goal is to get caught up and be available to help teams get started on this program.

The Showcase -- Pictures and Video

noreply@blogger.com (Tim Flatt) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:01:00 +0000

The Showcase

Rob and I believed that the Showcase would have a really positive effect at Nationals, but in no way did we anticipate the credibility it would bring to the overall event. The coverage at the local news level as well as the credibility the New York Times article has brought is amazing. I will be honest I bought the New York Times that Sunday and put it in the car, then a couple of days later when I went to find the article I was stunned it was on the front page. I talked with Joe before the tournament and when I told him about the Showcase, he agreed to come and check it out. To stay in context he was stunned by what he saw on Wednesday evening.

We are in the process of pulling together all the high quality pictures or video from the showcase as we want to put together a significant website section to help us get more media coverage next year, more scouts next year and maybe even a title sponsor. If you or someone in your program has any pictures or video we can use please forward them to me tim@flattmail.com

Also if anyone has a picture of Geno Auriemma at the game Friday Night at John Marshall I would like to get a hold of a copy of that as well.