EBC Spring 2024 Tryout Information

Spring 2024 Program Letter

Dear EBC Family,

Every season, our leadership team and coaching staff dedicate time to reflect on how we can enhance the overall customer experience and foster the development of each player. This deliberate approach in our processes, coupled with each coach and player’s unwavering commitment to excellence, has propelled us to become one of the top programs in the region.

At the core of EBC is a commitment to Player Development, serving as the bedrock that has built the trust you have placed in us for your child’s basketball journey. As we reflect on ways to improve and further evolve, we are embarking on a new era of player development, marked by exciting program changes starting in the Spring of 2024.

Our approach goes beyond simply rolling out the ball and playing 5 on 5. The time our children spend in the gym not only prepares our athletes for high school varsity and collegiate scholarship opportunities but, more importantly, shapes their character, equipping them to navigate life’s adversities, teaches them how to tend relationships in a team setting, and helps to instill a love for the daily journey of setting and achieving goals.

Entering Spring 2024 at EBC, our ongoing aspiration is that you perceive our program as a true reflection of your investment. We are dedicated to infusing intentionality and excellence into the development of each player within the EBC Family.

We understand that tryouts can evoke both excitement and stress and we sincerely appreciate your participation in the process. As an EBC team member this Spring, you can anticipate core elements of player development EACH week, including full-court team practice, basketball fundamentals and team strategy, controlled scrimmage through open gym, film review, gameplay through tournaments, and a built-in emphasis on nutrition and sleep-wake time. Take a moment to read the information below, which provides insight into the new changes and enhancements incorporated into our program. See you at tryouts!

What’s included in the Spring 2024 Season:

· 3 scheduled practices each week (outlined below)

1. Full Court Practice

o Team-Specific Practice- Full-court practices will emphasize team strategy, i.e., motion habits, offensive and defensive sets, and strategy including press/press-break, zone offense, man-to-man defense, set-plays out-of-motion offense, late-game situations, etc.

Introducing Friday Night Live Action Game-Play. The totality of the EBC player development plan and weekly schedule is intentionally focused on planned objectives. Friday night at EBC, grouped by age group, allows our players to be creative and try new things, in a fun, upbeat environment. EBC coaches for each respective age group will lead weekly Live-Action gameplay nights on the full court.

2. Film Study- with HUDL

We are introducing Film Study at EBC. As we reflected on all aspects of player development, film study stands out as a way to better understand strengths and areas of improvement both individually and as a team. This season we’ve partnered with a corporate sponsor to furnish a team film room fully. Weekly film study will offer our players and coaches a consistent way to reflect, take action, and implement new areas of improvement as they plan practices and team training. Film Study offers our players a new way to learn as they continue to work towards their goals.

We will ask 1-2 families from each team to volunteer as the team videographer. Our goal will be for at least 2 games to be filmed each weekend of gameplay. EBC has parented with HUDL an app that will assist us in editing and slicing up the game film as coaches prep for weekly film study with their players. Hudl, a sports technology platform will enhance coaching, player development, and team performance for our program. Widely adopted in high school and AAU basketball, it offers a competitive edge through features like Highlights, Automated Game Breakdowns, and Recruiting Accounts.

Volunteer videographers will receive a discount on their season team fees.

Each player family will have a HUDL account log-in, included with your registration team deposit.

Film Study will be held in the back office at EBC in a newly renovated Team Film Room.

3. Team Training

On film study days, each team member’s schedule will be paired with team training. Blue and White teams will be split for team training, offering a more individualized team training environment with no more than 5 players per coach.

Game Play

Each team will play in approximately 24 games through 6-8 local tournament events this season.

Nutrition

At EBC we understand the pivotal role nutrition plays in achieving athlete goals and optimizing performance. We’re thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership between EBC and Sweetgreen, a healthy food restaurant with the goal of revolutionizing the fast-food industry. Aiming to align EBC’s mission of community-focused youth basketball with Sweetgreen’s commitment to health, we’ve partnered together to bring you, our EBC Family, a fully furnished parent lounge equipped with comfortable places to sit, relax, work, converse, and enjoy healthy meals. The EBC One Lounge will be lightly stocked with food and beverages, providing healthy food choices that complement our athletes performance goals and convenient choices for busy parents juggling hectic weeknight obligations.

Sleep-Wake Time

Practices will conclude by 8 pm!

Many studies have been published on the importance of sleep-wake time in elementary and teenage children. As we do our part to support the “whole athlete” we’re thrilled to announce that all youth (excluding high school age) practices will conclude by 8 pm on school nights. We hope that our athletes get better rest and that our EBC families have more time added back to busy weeknight schedules.

*Mock Weekly Schedule Below.

Example Mock Schedule of Youth Player:

Tuesday:

5:30-6:45 pm Full Court Practice

Thursday:

4:15-4:50- *HUDL Film Study in Team Room

4:55-5:30- Small Group Team Training

Friday:

6:00-7:00 pm- Full Court 5th and 6th Boys Open Gym

Weekend:

Tournament Games

Additional Private Training Options!

55 Weekly private training slots will be opened this season, EBC team members will get exclusive priority on securing weekly reoccurring private training.

COST: AAU TEAMS

▪ Registration: $545- due upon email invitation to join. Secures your acceptance on the team.

▪ Team Fees: $335- due monthly March 1st through July 1st.

*Auto-pay is required. All team fees are non-refundable. Late fees are applied on the 6th of the month. Special payment arrangements and scholarship funds can be discussed with info@ebconefamily.com.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

· Tryouts are February 24th and 25th. Double check tryout schedule prior to tryouts.

Season dates for AAU teams run March 11th through Jul 22nd
Team invitations are sent within 24-72 hours from the completion of tryouts.
Players will have 24 hours to accept their spot and complete registration agreement and fee.
Tentative practice schedules will be released prior to tryouts. Any possible changes will be communicated prior to the start of the season.
All team member dues are non-refundable upon the successful registration for the select season. The entirety of the season plus subsequent monthly payments for the duration of the season are obligated once registration is completed.
Tournament schedules will be in your team’s individual TeamSnap page prior to the start of the season, allowing families to plan their weekend commitments in advance.

· D-League information will be announced by Thursday, Feb 8th