Dear NSBBC families,

I hope this note finds our families doing well and coming off an amazing summer.

We are excited about the upcoming season and continuing to grow our athletes and our program. Although securing gym space has been a bit tricky this year, we are finalizing our plans for a preseason training that would lead into our team selections for the 2022-2023 season.  Dates and locations TBD shortly.

Traditionally NSBBC has hosted a typical 2-day tryout where players showcase their individual skills and teams are selected.  However, building upon our learnings from prior seasons and following the success of last year’s pre-tryout trainings, we are exploring building our teams over the course of a month of training and scrimmages. This would be less focused on dribbling through cones and more around a player’s ability in game settings.  If necessary, we may ask players to showcase their individual skills as well, particularly as coaches get ready to finalize rosters.

Key Points:

  • Gym access:  Dates, Times and Location will be shared as soon as we have them.  Bellevue Schools will not give us access to their gyms until after the school year begins.
  • We are in conversations with other gyms.
  • Training & tryout dates forthcoming
  • We are organizing our coaching resources for team management and in house trainings
  • We would like to field competitive teams at the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade levels, and remain open to players playing up where it makes sense
  • Practices and trainings will be 90 min two days per week, precise days and locations to follow
  • Cost:  As we secure resources, we will be able to deliver the cost for fall training/tryouts and the season.

We would like to expand the program further, but this will all depend on coaching availability. We are currently interviewing additional coaching candidates.

While the board works on logistics of gym space and coaches, we can always use more help.

How?

  • Spread the word about NSBBC
  • Consider joining our board; we are still looking for volunteers who can help with fundraising, gym coordination, and communications
  • Refer the program to any likeminded prospective coaches you know who love mentoring/coaching
  • Be the support system you have always been.

You can reach us at board@newportselectbasketball.com or visit our website https://www.newportselectbasketball.com/

Look for additional dates and monthly emails and refer to our website for more information

NSBBC  Board

“One Team, One Family”

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