Basketball Wallaceburg BOUNCE!

Girls' Travel Team Tryouts

NOTE: Basketball Wallaceburg encourages all players to consider travel team basketball.  The club will support teams where coaches are available and where sufficient numbers of travel calibre players tryout.  A tryout held at any level is not a guarantee that a team will run in that level this season.

Novice (grade 3/4) Sat. Nov. 6  1PM Christ the King School

Novice (grade 3/4) Sat. Nov. 13  1PM Christ the King School

Atom & Maj. Atom (grade 5/6) Thurs. Nov. 18  7:30PM WDSS

Atom & Maj. Atom (grade 5/6) Sat. Nov. 20  1PM Christ the King School 

Atom & Maj. Atom (grade 5/6) Mon. Nov. 22  7:30PM LKCS

Bantam & Maj. Bantam (grade 7/8) Thurs. Nov. 11  7:30PM WDSS

Bantam & Maj. Bantam (grade 7/8) Sun. Nov. 21    1PM LKCS

NOTE LOCATION CHANGE:  Bantam & Maj. Bantam (grade 7/8) Thurs. Nov. 25   6PM now at WDSS

Midget/Major Midget (grade 9/10) Sun. Nov. 21  2:30PM LKCS

Midget/Major Midget (grade 9/10) Tues. Nov. 23  7:30PM WDSS

Midget/Major Midget (grade 9/10) Thurs. Nov. 25 7:30PM WDSS

Travel Team Head Coaches 2010/11

Novice Development (grade 2/3/4): Craig Ritchie (csritchi@kent.net)  

Atom (grade 5): Rob MacLachlan (maclacro@lkdsb.net)

Major Bantam (grade 7/8):  Beth Fischer (elizabeth.fischer@st-clair.net)

Major Midget (grade 9/10): Tom Moynihan (moynihth@gmail.com)   

Basketball Wallaceburg coaches are volunteers.  They are not renumerated for their time or expertise.  Persons wishing to coach a Wallaceburg Airhawk travel team during the 2008-09 season should download the Travel Coach Application Form from the Forms page and return it to a club official during registration. 

Coaches for travel teams are selected by a committee of directors based on the following criteria:  NCCP certification, experience including elementary, high school, other house league, other travel league, BW house league, BW travel team, other teams, and club committment.  Coaches must be willing to abide by all Basketball Wallaceburg policies and the Guidelines for Coaches, Players, and Spectators as outlined by Basketball Ontario. 

Coach certification is a must at Basketball Wallaceburg.  Go to www.basketball.on.ca and select Coaching and Community to find out about the Basketball Ontario requirements for the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP).  For more detailed information about coach certification, check out www.coachesontario.ca and www.coach.ca.

Basketball Essentials

- a game-time checklist for players –

   c    Sneakers

c    Home jersey

c    Away jersey

c    Team shorts

c    Extra black shorts

c    Socks (one clean pair for each game)

c    Extra underwear / tops & bottoms

c    Warm sweat pants

c    Warm hooded sweatshirt

c    Extra shoe laces

c    Sandals

c    Small towel

c    Pony tail holders, elastics

c    White athletic tape

c    Pre-wrap

c    Bandages

c    Hand sanitizer

c    Powder for feet/shoes

c    Personal care items (deodorant, hair gel, hair brush, toothbrush, feminine hygiene products, etc.)

c    Birth certificate, health card, emergency contact information

c    Emergency money

c    Personal medication - EG: inhalers

Remember to label all personal items including your gym bag & sneakers. 

Always bring your gym bag to the bench.  Never leave your belongings in a change-room. 

Always report your prescribed personal medications (inhalers, etc.) to the coach. 

Never bring jewellry to the gym.

Be prepared, in order to have fun! 

Interested in becoming a Wallaceburg AirHawk? 

Here are the facts: 

• Travel basketball runs from October to April
• Practices are mandatory and run two nights per week
• Teams may practice in Wallaceburg, Chatham, or Dresden
• Teams participate in local games, and regional tournaments on weekends
• Teams may play approx. 4-7 tournaments through the season
• Most teams participate in the Ontario Cup Championship
• Players are expected to participate in club fundraising initiatives
• Players costs are between $200-400 for registration (depending on the division/age)

Contact Basketball Wallaceburg at bouncebw@gmail.com