Welcome to the Emerald City Basketball Academy 2015 Spring/Summer Team Program! At Emerald City Basketball Academy, we specialize in year-round player development. We would like to take this opportunity to explain our program. We have been in business since 2000, and since then we have helped develop thousands of players, with many going on to play for college and even professional teams. By having your son or daughter train at ECBA, you can be assured that they are getting the kind of excellent coaching that it takes to succeed.
ECBA is a program for all players at all levels – whether your son or daughter is a player getting ready for their next season, trying to make a team they didn’t make last season, they want to go from the bench to the starting lineup, they are a starter and now want to be all-league, or the all-league player who aspires to play in college. ECBA offers them the best possible chance to reach their basketball goals. Unlike most AAU programs, ECBA offers a two part program - training and teams. We offer year-round training to help develop individual skills and fundamentals, and our very successful team program, which helps your player apply the skills they've perfected, improving their ability to play within a team.
Training: We are the leading training program in the NW. Our program offers five days a week of player development. We offer specialized classes created by our founder Jasen Baskett. All ECBA trainers, are trained to deliver the same high quality, proven training system that is based on fundamentals and the unique 6 tier philosophy developed by Coach Baskett. 1. Bio-Mechanics – Teach the athletic side of the basketball technique. 2. 1 on 0 – Teach breakdown body movements of the SKILL. 3. Skill/Technique – Putting parts together to make 1 motion movement. 4. 1 on 1 – Taking all parts learned in the first 3 steps, now the player executes the skill/technique closely guarded. 5. 1 on 1 HELPSIDE – Using the 1 on 1 training and taking it to the next level, reading and reacting to helpside defense. 6. 2 on 2 – Finally, taking help-side defense to the next level with another defensive and offensive player, teaching players to see lanes and holes.
Players who attend ECBA group training sessions have the opportunity for specialized one to one training. We offer classes that specialize in wing, point guard, post, shooting development, and combination classes that focus on different ways to succeed in different styles of offenses. Within these classes, we focus on shooting form, moves to score, ways to set up shot opportunities, how to read the defense, etc.
Teams: ECPS is a 501(c) (3) team division of Emerald City Basketball Academy. ECPS teams are formed based upon ability. Our team structure stresses fundamental team basketball. We incorporate our training and fundamentals into our offensive and defensive play. All ECPS teams are coached by ECPS coaches who know how to teach motion offenses, pick and rolls, dribble drive, proper zone attack, press break, and fast break. We also stress the importance of solid man to man defense, rebounding, full court press, and transition defense. In addition to these basic fundamental team concepts, our coaches also run quick hitters, zone traps, and special out of bounds plays that our coaches have learned and developed on their own through their years as players and coaches. Some of our teams are competitive at a national level and others at a local level. We have teams for all levels of play for boys and girls 3rd-HS
2015 ECBA SPRING/SUMMER TEAM INFORMATION We believe player development is the key to successful players. ECBA believes preparation is separation. If players give it their all they will see results. SEASON LENGTH: YOUTH (Grades 3rd-8th): 6 months long. Team Practice, Games and Training Classes are required in March, April, May, June, July, August. HIGH SCHOOL (Grades 9th-12th) 8 months long. Team Practice, Games and Training Classes are required in March, April, May, June, July, August and 2 months of required training on weekends in September and October.
TEAM PRACTICE: Team practices occur once a week where teams will focus on team strategy and team systems. There’ll be no player development during team practices. That occurs during training classes. Team practice days and times will not be available until after tryouts.
REQUIRED MONTHLY TRAINING CLASSES: This is what ECBA is best known for. We started the first basketball training academy in Washington in 2000 and everything is centered on player development. The biggest advantage we can offer over other programs is our training program. Developed by owner Jasen Baskett, his position specific training follows a 52 week course to give each student a full range and expert coaching in all areas of that position. We offer classes for Point Guard, Wing, Post, as well as Shooting and Combo. The key training philosophy is training the body not the skill. This is only done at Emerald City and has produced over 300 Division I Division II Division III and NAIA college basketball players. • •
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Training classes are required of all team members. When you are committing to a Spring/Summer team, you are committing to register and pay for training classes for the entire season. 6 months of training for Youth, 8 months of training for High School. Training classes are in addition to team practices. Training classes must be paid for EVERY MONTH of the season. This fee is not included in your team fee. It is a separate monthly fee. If you miss any classes, they can be made up at anytime during the season. The training class payment must be paid before the 1st class of the month or the 1st day of the month (whichever comes first). If I do not sign up for classes on my own before the 1st class of the new month or the 1st day of the month (whichever comes first), then your child will be placed into a open class by ECBA (this is not done automatically) and your credit card will be charged by ECBA. The monthly training fee needs to be paid every month of the season. There is no exception to this. If your child quits the team before the season is over, your credit card will continue to be charged until the season is over. All unpaid fees will be sent to collections at the end of the season.
Cost break down for 1 hour Training Classes: 1 Class a week, 4 in a month - $110 a month 2 Classes a week, 8 in a month - $155 a month Unlimited Classes - $200 a month HS Boys Pioneer Black Teams - $150 a month
TEAM FEE: • Spring/Summer Team fee - $750 (this fee can be made in 2 payments) • The team fee is required of all team members. • This fee is separate from the required monthly training class fee. • This fee pays for: Tournament/League entry fees, coaches stipend, gym rentals, administrative costs EVENTS: Our teams play in Leagues and Tournaments. Full event list will be posted soon.
TIME COMMITMENT: Players will attend: • One, 1 ½ hour team practice a week. • A minimum of 1 training class, or up to an unlimited amount depending on what option you choose. • Games on the weekend.
UNIFORMS • If you are a returning player, you do not need to order a new uniform unless you feel your child needs a new uniform •
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If you are a new player, you will need to order a new uniform. You can order a new uniform from the Team Registration page. New Uniforms are $95
GYM SCHEDULES You can find our gym schedules on the website from the schedules tab. This will show you everything that is scheduled at all locations.
AAU MEMBERSHIP All ECBA Team Members need to have an AAU Membership. You can purchase your membership from the aau website, aausports.org. AAU memberships are $14. Our AAU Club Code is WW6AWE. All ECBA Coaches have had background checks through AAU
INJURIES We understand that injuries could occur during the season. If your child suffers an injury during the season, please inform the administrative manager, Bridget Baskett at
[email protected] as soon as possible. Please include a copy of a written Dr. notice regarding the injury sustained and how long your child will be out for. Please email us at
[email protected] with any questions about how our team program works. CONTACT INFORMATION:
[email protected]
www.allcityhoops.com
Office Phone ~ 206-353-9821
Emerald City 2015 Spring/Summer Team Member Costs Required costs for being on a 2015 Spring/Summer team: Team Fee, Required Monthly Training Class Fee, Uniform, AAU Membership. Team Fee: • $750 for the season. (this fee can be made in 2 payments) • This fee does not cover your required monthly training class monthly fee.
Required Monthly Training Classes: • Training classes are required of all team members. • When you are committing to a Spring/Summer team, you are committing to register and pay for training classes for the entire season. 6 months of training for Youth, 8 months of training for High School. • Training classes are in addition to team practices. • Training classes must be paid for EVERY MONTH of the season. • This fee is not included in your team fee. It is a separate monthly fee. • If you miss any classes, they can be made up at anytime during the season. •
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The training class payment must be paid before the 1st class of the month or the 1st day of the month (whichever comes first). If I do not sign up for classes on my own before the 1st class of the new month or the 1st day of the month (whichever comes first), then your child will be placed into a open class by ECBA (this is not done automatically) and your credit card will be charged by ECBA.
The monthly training fee needs to be paid every month of the season. There is no exception to this. If your child quits the team before the season is over, your credit card will continue to be charged until the season is over. All unpaid fees will be sent to collections at the end of the season.
Cost break down for 1 hour Training Classes for team members: 1 Class a week, 4 in a month - $110 a month 2 Classes a week, 8 in a month - $155 a month Unlimited Classes - $200 a month HS Boys Pioneer Black Teams - $150 a month
Uniform: • $95
AAU Membership: • $14 • An AAU Membership is required of all Team Members. You can register at aausports.org. Our AAU Club Code is WW6AWE *If your team chooses to participate in out of town tournaments, you are responsible for all of your child’s travel related costs such as hotel, airfare, rental car and any other expenses associated with out of town travel. Your team will also allocate and collect fees for your coach’s expenses and travel related fees. Travel related fees for out of town tournaments are separate and not covered by ECBA/ECPS.
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All players must attend practices, games, and training classes. If a player needs to miss for any reason, please contact the coach or a team director ahead of time. Coaches have full discretion to move players from one team to another. The reasons for being relocated or replaced would be if a player does not meet coaches’ or directors’ expectations in attendance, commitment and/or production. Playing time is not guaranteed. It must be earned with commitment and production.
Team members found to be using drugs and or drinking will be terminated immediately from the team. All players will treat the coaching staff respectfully at all times. All players will be courteous to teammates.
All players will be respectful in public and display good character as a representative of ECBA.
Players will not participate in any horseplay, which may injure their teammates or themselves.
If a player has a problem with another team member, they can always talk to the coaching staff to attempt to solve the problem. Players are required to arrive 10 minutes prior to practice, 30 minutes prior to games, unless otherwise stated by their coach. Poor conduct such as foul language, fighting with other teams/players, outbursts are not permitted.
As a member of an Emerald City Basketball Academy team, we expect all players to display high standards of behavior and sportsmanship. ECBA team members may not play for another club team at the same time as an ECBA team. School and feeder teams are ok.
As with our players, parents are also representing ECPS and ECBA. We hold our parents to the same high standards that we expect from our players. We also hold our coaches to these standards. Please contact ECBA administration at
[email protected] if you ever have any concerns about your coach.
