TA Weymouth
NINJA TEAM INFO
2024-2025 SEASON
Ninja teams at TA
Over the years we have all pushed hard to make the sport of "ninja" a team sport that kids can join and grow with. It started with Jen and Dave hand picking 7 kids to wear matching shirts and travel to local events together. From there, it took off.
NEW ENGLAND NINJA ASSOCIATION VARSITY (NENA VARSITY)
VARSITY 2024-2025
Pre-Season Scrimmage: Sep 22 AWAY VS TA Plymouth- Plymouth, Ma
Oct 5: Home VS Action Wellesley- Weymouth, Ma
Nov 3: Away VS Surge Hopkinton- Hopkinton, Ma
Dec 7: Home VS Action Norwood- Weymouth, Ma
Jan 5: Away VS Ninja Mania- Danbury, CT (Road Trip!)
Feb 1: Away VS Action Wellesley- Wellesley, Ma
Mar 1: Home VS Strive- Weymouth, Ma
NENA JUNIOR VARSITY TEAM
JUNIOR VARSITY 2024-2025
Pre-Season Scrimmage: Sep 22 AWAY VS TA Plymouth- Plymouth, Ma
Pre-Season Scrimmage: Oct 26: Home VS TA Plymouth- Weymouth, Ma
Nov 10 Away @ Vitality Fitness- Fall River, Ma
Dec 21 Home- Weymouth, Ma
Jan 18 Away @ TA Plymouth- Plymouth, Ma
Feb 16 Away @ Strive- Franklin, Ma
Other Ninja Leagues
2024-2025 No Practice Holidays
Varsity Team
10/14 Columbus Day- No practice
11/27 Thanksgiving Eve- Optional
12/23 & 12/25 December break- No practice
2/17 & 2/19 February break- No practice
JV Team
10/31 Halloween- No practice
11/28 Thanksgiving- No practice
12/24 & 12/26 December break- No practice
2/18 & 2/20 February break- No practice
TEAM TABLE
At every home meet (including NENA and other leagues) we have a team table which sells goods like coffee, popcorn, snacks, etc to raise money for the team. We use this money at the end of the year to throw a huge party for the kids and parents on both teams. We ask that each family donates $5 to help purchase the goods for the season and also ask for volunteers to work the table during the time of your meet. Linnea Marks, a parent of Brady and Hannah who are on our Varsity Team is in charge of the table. We’ll send over a bit more info on this closer to the start of the season.
FACEBOOK GROUP
We have a Facebook group that we use to share photos, results of meets and some other general information. If you’d like to be a part of it please send Jen a friend request. You can find her by searching Jenny Cavanagh.
SHOES
This is a great question. We went over what shoes are good for this sport at the meetings but wanted to send along some info to those who weren’t here. There are lots of different shoes out there and it comes down to your child’s preference but we’ll name some common ninja shoes below:
New Balance Fresh Foams
Xero Barefoot Shoes (our favorite)
Series One (coming out with youth sizes in October. $25 from each pair gets donated to the Luz de Maria Fundraiser)
Any wrestling shoe
Any shoes that have Vibram bottoms
NEW ENGLAND NINJA ASSOCIATION VARSITY (NENA VARSITY)
- Overview- Across New England, 8 gyms came together to form a league that not only helps prepare competitors for the growing difficulty of ninja competition across the country but to build an underlining team aspect to promote the growth of the sport for children from ages 6-17.
- Format- For the 2024-2025 season NENA will stay a 1 gym vs 1 gym format. The age groups will stay the same (6-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 and 15-17). Each age group will be limited to 24 competitors, 12 from each gym. Scoring will stay the same with the top 10 scoring points for their team except the tie breaker will come down to overall team points across all age groups. NENA meets will stay the two-stage format is has been known for.
- Competition Schedule- The 2024-2025 dates are below.
- What are the requirements?
- Attend 6 meets and playoff meet(s)- we understand there is circumstances and unforeseen events but all participants are expected to make their very best effort to all 6 meets plus additional playoff meets that run once a month from October to March
- Make 75% of practices between meets- the number of practices between meets varies so the number will vary as well. We will always round up to include the extra day. Participants are expected to not miss the two practices before a scheduled meet, though obvious exceptions are made
- Come in for an additional Open Gym Workout- this will be on weekends there is no meet. The NENA week starts each Monday. This means the weekend workout is expected to be done between Friday- Sunday.
- Move a member to the "bench" to not compete at the next meet.
- Give a spot at the next meet to a Junior Varsity Team member.
- Class times- Sticking to the overlap, this allows us to work with the younger/older age groups on skills they need but also allows them to all come together to train as a whole team. Our Varsity Team officially begins their season on September 9th, 2024.
- Classes are Monday and Wednesday
- 6-10 yr olds are from 4:45-6:15pm
- 11-17 yr olds are from 5:30-7:15pm
- Classes are Monday and Wednesday
- Coaches- Dave, Julien, Jen, JD
- Price: The cost of the Team Membership is $125/month
VARSITY 2024-2025
Pre-Season Scrimmage: Sep 22 AWAY VS TA Plymouth- Plymouth, Ma
Oct 5: Home VS Action Wellesley- Weymouth, Ma
Nov 3: Away VS Surge Hopkinton- Hopkinton, Ma
Dec 7: Home VS Action Norwood- Weymouth, Ma
Jan 5: Away VS Ninja Mania- Danbury, CT (Road Trip!)
Feb 1: Away VS Action Wellesley- Wellesley, Ma
Mar 1: Home VS Strive- Weymouth, Ma
NENA JUNIOR VARSITY TEAM
- What is NENA JV?
In it’s second year, we are excited to offer the team aspect of ninja to more children across our ninja community. With a shorter season running from Nov-Feb, it allows participants to gain experience and strength prior to their first meet of the season. - What to expect at a JV meet?
Each meet will include the same scoring system used for Varsity but instead of 1 facility vs 1 facility, it will be 4 facilities at one location with similar scoring as Varsity. This season JV has expanded to 8 athletes per age group per team. Similar to the varsity scoring, the top 10 after stage 2 will score points towards their team score. The obstacle/ course difficulty will be beginner to moderate level to allow participants to excel and gain experience in the sport of ninja while again having appropriate variations for each age group. - What are the requirements?
- Attend set number of meets- there will be four meets for this season of JV.
- Make 50% of practices between meets- the number of practices between meets varies so the number will vary as well. We will always round up to include the extra day. Participants are expected to not miss the two practices before a scheduled meet, though obvious exceptions are made
- Class Times- The class times are as followed and our first class begins on September 10th, 2024
- Tuesday and Thursdays 6-715pm for all ages
- Coaches: JD, Owen, Julien, Dave
- Price: The cost of the Team Membership is $125/month
JUNIOR VARSITY 2024-2025
Pre-Season Scrimmage: Sep 22 AWAY VS TA Plymouth- Plymouth, Ma
Pre-Season Scrimmage: Oct 26: Home VS TA Plymouth- Weymouth, Ma
Nov 10 Away @ Vitality Fitness- Fall River, Ma
Dec 21 Home- Weymouth, Ma
Jan 18 Away @ TA Plymouth- Plymouth, Ma
Feb 16 Away @ Strive- Franklin, Ma
Other Ninja Leagues
- World Ninja League (WNL formally NNL)
- Multiple difficult levels (2) across multiple formats (4) with regional/ nationals
- Very individually based with many, many, MANY competitions hosted locally including TA Weymouth & Plymouth
- Competition quality is vastly different from comp to comp, hosting facility to hosting facility
- Can become a rabbit hole that you will never get to the bottom of
- Federation of International Ninja Athletes (FINA)
- All skill levels across two formats with regional/ nationals
- “You vs the course” based
- Few competitions locally (mostly hosted by TA Weymouth)
- Other Leagues: UNAA, NSC/ NSN, WNL Premier League, In-houses at other gyms
2024-2025 No Practice Holidays
Varsity Team
10/14 Columbus Day- No practice
11/27 Thanksgiving Eve- Optional
12/23 & 12/25 December break- No practice
2/17 & 2/19 February break- No practice
JV Team
10/31 Halloween- No practice
11/28 Thanksgiving- No practice
12/24 & 12/26 December break- No practice
2/18 & 2/20 February break- No practice
TEAM TABLE
At every home meet (including NENA and other leagues) we have a team table which sells goods like coffee, popcorn, snacks, etc to raise money for the team. We use this money at the end of the year to throw a huge party for the kids and parents on both teams. We ask that each family donates $5 to help purchase the goods for the season and also ask for volunteers to work the table during the time of your meet. Linnea Marks, a parent of Brady and Hannah who are on our Varsity Team is in charge of the table. We’ll send over a bit more info on this closer to the start of the season.
FACEBOOK GROUP
We have a Facebook group that we use to share photos, results of meets and some other general information. If you’d like to be a part of it please send Jen a friend request. You can find her by searching Jenny Cavanagh.
SHOES
This is a great question. We went over what shoes are good for this sport at the meetings but wanted to send along some info to those who weren’t here. There are lots of different shoes out there and it comes down to your child’s preference but we’ll name some common ninja shoes below:
New Balance Fresh Foams
Xero Barefoot Shoes (our favorite)
Series One (coming out with youth sizes in October. $25 from each pair gets donated to the Luz de Maria Fundraiser)
Any wrestling shoe
Any shoes that have Vibram bottoms
2024-2025 No Practice Holidays
|
Varsity Team
Columbus Day- No practice
Thanksgiving Eve- Optional December break- No practice February break- No practice |
JV Team
Halloween- No practice
Thanksgiving- No practice December break- No practice February break- No practice |
The whole coaching staff knows there is so much information to read within this. As always if you have any questions please direct them to Dave. Thank you for your continued support through everything. These gyms would not be here without you and your families.
~TA Fitness Coaching Staff
~TA Fitness Coaching Staff