The privilege of playing representative (‘rep’) basketball provides a player with the opportunity to work in a team environment to the highest standards that he or she is capable of achieving, in order to achieve both individual and team excellence.

The Collingwood rep program incorporates these guiding principles:

• To provide an opportunity to play at the highest level – ‘strive for excellence’

• Everyone to achieve their personal best

• A year long commitment to play against other committed teams in the basketball community

• Fair and reasonable court time commensurate with commitment and ability (not necessarily equal court time)

• Squad approach to training

• Honesty and respect between players, coaches and parents

The experienced player teams (‘championship teams’) are coached to the highest achievable competitive grades and results, while the development teams are coached primarily for developing players’ skills and knowledge of the game (while still maintaining a competitive approach).

Higher-ranked teams in each age group usually require greater commitment by players, particularly at training. However all rep teams, regardless of ranking, may experience a rigorous standard of training, with strong expectations for attendance, punctuality, effort and concentration. Development teams may expect to participate in squad training together with championship teams.

Commitment

Players and their families are required to treat attendance at training and at games as the highest priority for that evening against coinciding activities or events. In general, only unavoidable school activities such as camps, tours and participation in school productions should take precedence over rep basketball.  This is a team game which involves complex team strategies so it is important that all members of the team are present.

Selection to a Collingwood representative team is for a period of one year which includes one full playing season – incorporating practice games, pre-grading games, grading games and regular season games – from late October to August/September.  Selection trials are mandatory for both new and existing rep team players.

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Interested?  Check the menubar under Competitions > Junior Representative Basketball (VJBL) > then All Stars Rep Selection Tryouts.

Note that Selection information is only active in the August to October timeframe.

Otherwise, for further information about playing junior Representative basketball with Collingwood, email our Director of Coaching.