Blazers AAU Teams

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In the past 3 years, Blazers Basketball Club advanced its position as the premier Basketball Club in the area, competing in the highest level tournaments in New England, and winning more than 50 tournament championships. In many grades, we have the strongest program West of Boston, winning 3 State Championships during this time. And while we're thrilled with our tournament successes, we're most proud of the unique program experience and progressive teaching methods we provide to our players. Learn more about our program by reading below and checking out our testimonials page.

What makes us unique? Read testimonials from MORE THAN 40 PARENTS!

Blazers Shooting Academy
After honing our Shooting Program over the past 5 years (working with more than 400 local players), we've formally established the Blazers Shooting Academy. Players that play on one of our Club Teams are eligible to join the Academy. We work with Academy players on improving their mechanics, mental focus, and confidence. The game has changed and being a consistently strong perimeter shooter is a game-changer for a player. We're thrilled to be driving the development of the next generation of elite shooters! Learn more at tryouts!

SPRING 2022 PROGRAM OPTIONS, REGISTRATION AND TRYOUTS:

Program Options this Spring:
Almost all of our Club Team players also play at least one outdoor spring sport...and some parents are looking to stay "more local" and minimize schedule conflicts, so we offer a few different club team options. You'll find some detail for these options on the registration form where you'll specify your preferred option, but here's a summary:
Tournament Teams: play tournaments/games against other club teams. 2 team practices per week, as well as tournaments on 6-7 weekends from the end of March until mid May. All games/tournaments are within driving distance (generally 20-45 minutes and rarely over 1hr). Pricing is roughly $750 - $875 based on team level and extent of schedule (practice schedule and pricing for each team will be defined in offers).
Trail Blazers Teams: These teams play "in-house" games. This provides schedule certainty for both practices/games. Teams will have 2 sessions each week at the same times each week, including about 12 hours of practice time and 9 games. The fee for Trail Blazers team players is generally about 2/3 that of a tournament team player. (practice/game schedule and pricing for each team will be defined in offers).
Practice Players: For players that want to practice with a tournament team but will not be available to attend weekend tournament games. This arrangement would be finalized once it's clear the scheduled practice days will work for the player. The fee for a practice player is generally about 2/3 that of a regular player on that tournament team.

SPRING 2022 PROGRAM TRYOUTS:

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Makeup Tryout Schedule for Spring 2022:

Please click on the registration link for more information and the schedule of our Makeup Tryouts.

Tryout Fee: $25 if registered by 1/5, $30 thereafter (the registration fee covers both sessions)

Can't Make Tryouts on these dates? For those players who are interested in trying out, but are out of the area on these tryout dates, please contact us at info@blazersbasketballclub.com.

* Advanced 3rd Grade players that can comfortably play with 4th grade travel players may try out for our 4th grade program
** Within a few days of the tryout, we'll email the final times (sometimes tweaks are made based on registration counts).

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OUR SPRING 2022 PROGRAM:
We "front load" our spring program schedule, doing most of it during the "mud season", to enable our players to do other spring sports (the majority of our players do). Practices will start during the week of March 14th (at the conclusion of the travel basketball season), skipping the week of April Vacation. Our spring program will include 2 practices per week. We plan to play in 6-7 weekend tournaments, doing 4-5 of the weekend tournaments during mud season in March and April to make it easier for our players to participate in other Spring sports once the weather warms up in May. Generally there are 2-4 games per tournament (all within driving distance). For most teams, the season wraps up the weekend before Memorial Day weekend. We expect to offer a few different roles or "levels of commitment" to enable players that are playing other sports this season to participate on one of our club teams as well.

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OVERVIEW OF OUR AAU/CLUB TEAM PROGRAM:

Come to Play D...and put WE over ME

We have both a Fall and Spring AAU/Club Team offering. We're passionate about delivering a high quality Club experience, and our primary focus is to remain the area's premier Club program. At the heart we are innovators, not content with the status quo of club basketball in this area. We have developed a unique Club Team model, including a skill curriculum focus, a strength & conditioning component, film reviews, and progressive teaching methods that allow us to deliver a better player experience and more skill development. We participate in tournaments that challenge our players/team, including both AAU and non-AAU sanctioned tournaments.

Our Skill Development Philosophy:
We have a strong focus on developing fundamental skills in our players, and prepare them to go into a game ready to play smart and team oriented basketball. We love helping players see how fun and effective this style of basketball can be. To accomplish these goals, we leverage the youth basketball skill development model and curriculum that we have developed over the last 9 years. Unlike many clubs, we remain focused on helping our players develop the core skills and mental approach that will help them in the long run, and we look to minimize time spent on tactics that many clubs focus on so their unskilled players (that lack fundamentals) can win a game this weekend.

More than Just Basketball:
While we are proud of the skill development we see in our players, we are very aware that our mission extends beyond basketball. We recognize that we have an opportunity, and responsibility, to have a positive influence on the character development and maturation of the club players that participate in our program for several years. As an example, we use group volunteering to teach the value of giving back to the community (hopefully you can see some pictures on this page of several volunteering events).

AAU/Club Teams

BLAZERS – A LEADING AAU/CLUB PROGRAM WEST OF BOSTON, MA