Programs 2024-25
JumpStart: Fall 2024
Want to get a JUMPSTART to the Basketball Season? This clinic runs for 90-minutes on five successive Saturdays October thru November. This clinic provides a great opportunity for gaining some early pre-season skills workouts prior to the winter season.
Boys Coach: John Fleming, Winchester HS varsity head coach
Girls Coach: Sam Mosley, Winchester HS varsity head coach
The Jump Start clinics are organized by grade and will be held at Winchester High School.
Fee $145
Open to: Girls & Boys, 4th-8th grades
October 12, 19, 26 - November 2, 9
Saturdays
Girls Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 - 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Boys Grades 4, 5, 6 - 8:30 am to 10:00 am
Boys Grades 7 & 8 - 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Travel Basketball 2024-25
WBA is prepared to register players, conduct evaluations, form travel teams, and host MetroWest League games at Winchester High School.
When you register your player for the WBA’s travel basketball program, you will pay a non-refundable $25 evaluation fee. If your player is invited to join a WBA travel team the remaining fee ($475, includes uniform for new players or replacements if needed for returning players) will be due in early November.
Evaluations for boys and girls interested in playing travel basketball will be conducted at Winchester High School in October. For dates times and locations of tryouts please reference the Evaluation Schedule
Once teams are formed in late October, practices and games will soon begin.
November will focus on pre-season practices; some teams may participate in Thanksgiving tournaments at their discretion. Regular season practices will begin after Thanksgiving and travel games begin on Saturday, December 7th, 2024.
Travel teams in Grades 6-8 will practice twice (2x) a week and play two (2x) games per week on Saturdays and Sundays. The Metrowest League runs through February 2024 and includes at least one playoff game (single elimination tournament in early March) for every travel team.
Travel teams in Grades 4 and 5 will practice once a week and play one or two games per week. The Metrowest League runs through March 2nd, 2025 and includes at least one playoff game (single elimination tournament in early March) for every travel team.
For information about needs-based scholarships for WBA programs, please email the WBA Registrar
WINREC Basketball Programs
Travel players in Grades 4 and 5 are strongly encouraged to participate in the Winchester Recreation Department’s skills programs on weeknights (one session per week) at the Ambrose Elementary School. Please register for the Winchester Rec Department’s skills clinic directly.
Players who participate in the WBA’s October travel team evaluations and who are NOT invited to join a WBA travel team for the 2024-25 season are encouraged to participate in the Winchester Recreation Department’s (Rec Department) in-town league on Saturdays (Grades PreK-8). In addition, as noted above, the Rec Department will offer skills clinics for players in Grades 4 and 5 on weeknights.
Evaluation Fee $25 non-refundable
Travel Fee $475 (invoiced after rostering is complete, includes uniform for new players or replacements if needed for returning players)
Open to:
Girls
Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8
Boys
Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8
Schedule: Evaluation Schedule
Games & Playoffs: November - March
Saturday Night Hoops 2024
Saturday Night Hoops is a fun, recreational basketball program at Winchester High School (WHS) that is open to all Winchester residents (boys and girls) in grades 9 through 12 regardless of where they attend high school.
The program will be held on 6 Saturdays from 8:00 pm -10:00 pm, beginning January 13th, 2024 (Dates are: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 10 and Mar 2 - NO sessions over break). The program provides friendly competition with games, music and pizza each week and playoffs on the last night.
Players can either submit a team with friends they want to play with and/or players will be divided into evenly matched teams that will play together throughout the program. All players will receive Saturday Night Hoop T-shirts and enjoy music and pizza each Saturday.
Fee $60
Open to: Boys & Girls, 9th-12th grades
Saturdays: 8:00pm - 10:00 pm
Dates Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 10, Mar 2
Winchester High School Gym
TOPS for Hoops 2024
Bringing the joy and excitement of basketball to young athletes with disabilities
This program provides children with disabilities the opportunity to play basketball through rule and equipment adaptation. Athletes between the ages of 6 and 16 are invited to participate in a modified game of basketball once a week. Everyone from anywhere is welcome.
A volunteer group of “Junior Coaches” serve as one-on-one buddies with TOPS athletes.
The TOPS program will be played at Lincoln Elementary School gym and run on Sundays, January 7th thru February 11, 2024
Fee $20
Open to: Girls & Boys, Ages 6-16
6 weeks
Sundays, January 7th thru February 11, 2024
Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lincoln Elementary School gym
Summer Clinic 2024: 3-day clinic
NOTE: A PDF of a Physical is required to complete online registration
Monday, June 24 thru Wednesday, June 26th (27th rain date if needed)
Grades 3 & 4 (in Fall 2024) will play from 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon.
Grades 5-12 (in Fall 2024) from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The WBA clinics will be directed by John Fleming and Sam Mosley, the coaches, respectively, of the WHS boys and girls varsity basketball teams. The clinics will focus on development of individual skills and team play for players of all abilities in a positive, fun environment.
check-in for boys entering grades 3-12 will occur at McCall Middle School.
check-in for girls entering grades 3-12 will take place at Winchester High School.
Boys (ONLY) entering grades 3 and 4 in September 2024 will attend the sessions at Lincoln Elementary School.
A typical day includes:
- Warm-ups, stretching
- Individual skills and drills (dribbling, passing, shooting, footwork)
- One on one, small-sided and five-on-five competitions
- Lunchtime lecture and demonstration
- Games
Players should wear basketball sneakers and shorts, and also bring their own lunch and a water bottle (write name on each).
IMPORTANT: A copy of a recent Physical (within one year of June 1, 2024) is required to complete online registration.
Open to: 3rd-12th grades
Fees:
Grades 3 & 4 $ 180/player
Grades 5-12 $215/player
3 Days: Monday, June 24 thru Wednesday, June 26th
Grades 3 & 4: 9am - 12 noon
Grades 5-12: 9am - 2:00 pm
IMPORTANT: A copy of a recent Physical (within one year of June 1, 2024) is required to complete online registration.
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