Scadding Court Basketball Tryouts

Are you coming back for your 5th year or entering grade 11 or 12 in September and feel that you have the skills and mindset to attain a basketball scholarship? Then we have the program that will assist you in attaining your goal. This program is only for the mentally strong and focused basketball players who are discipline and committed. Try-outs for Scadding Court Scholarship Development team are on the following days:

Tuesday August 5 at 7:40 pm
Friday August 8 at 6:00 pm

Scadding Court is located at 707 Dundas Street West on the corner of Dundas and Bathurst downtown Toronto.

what if you cannot make one of the tryouts? Possibly the second one?

You only need to come to one of the try-outs, you do not need to attend both. If you are good it will be evident, if you have the right character and the right mindset it will also be evident in the try-outs.

so how does this work. so, lets say i tried out and made it. what happens next?

ballhawks, if this is jon or anyone besides elliot, can you contact me at most_over_looked@hotmail.com

Lets have common sense if you make it, what do you think is the next step? Logically you will be notified of when the practices are.

Yes i will be coaching the team (John). Have a question for you guys, do some of you think you are good enough to actually be able to select the school or coach that you will play for at the next level. Very few are good enough to have this option.

I was wondering if there was any was I could get your email, so that I can get a better idea of what this is about. It would be much appreciated. Thanks.

I could be reached through e-mail at the following hotmail account;

bdaballhawksca@hotmail.com

Sorry to burst any peoples bubbles, but if you haven't gotten looked at by grade 11, theres hardly a chance you will get a scholarship. Even tho canadian basketball is on the rise, and our HS players are improving greatly they are still leaving the country to go play prep school in the states. The only chance you have is playing on our best AAU teams (grassroots, bounce) and top HS's in the GTA (carr,eastern commerce ect)

Sorry boys, but this scadding court will not get you a scholarship.

i agree with microwave but even if you havent been scouted yet, it doesnt hurt to try out and get some replies from the coaches there, they might give you some tips on how to improve your game.

is this Scholarship Development team, an aau team? an oba team? what exactly is it? what exactly will it do for us? also is it goin to any aau tournaments this year?

Playing on our best AAU teams will definitely assit you in getting a scholarship i am not going to question that going to Eastern Commerece will also assit because of the competition at the school, open gyms and exposure to us tournaments. Are these the only two ways NO! If they were could somebody explain how the following players got scholarships to the states.

None of these following players played AAU.

Paul Campbell - Nothview - Hawaii
Jared Mintz - CHAT / Vaughan Road (last year only) - Lafayette
Adam Folker - Markham - UC Irvine
Chris Johnson - Eastern Prep - Kilgore College
Shamus Ferguson - Liberman - Mineral Area College

The truth of basketball in Toronto is that it is controlled by a few people who have a word in the states we all know about Ro R. (Grassroots) and Roy R. (Mission and Basketball Ontario) but Mike G. and Tony M. (CIA Bounce) are quickly making a name for themselfs. Those are the power brokers then their are a couple of other players like myself who do not have the same power as those people but have managed to be very success in finding kids scholarships.

yoyo to answer your question the only aau tournaments left worth going to this year are in September and no we are not scheduled to go to them. We will participate in the aau circuit starting in March of the coming year. Also what will it do for you is prepare you for the next level so when you get there, there is mininal transition.

can you give us some bus direction please, coming from scarbough

The recipe for a scholarship is desire (to improve all the time), playin for a top notch high school program (education, development of basketball talent and IQ, discipline and competition) and for a top notch AAU program (exposure, development). The most complete high school programs (Eastern, Carr, Mother Teresa, Pickering) are also closely associated with the most complete AAU programs (CIA/Bounce, Grassroots, Mission). With that combo, if you have the smarts and ability, you can get a scholarship.

The directions are fairly simple take the subway to Bathurst subway station go street level to the streetcars and hop on. Get off at Dundas and the Community Center is attached to the Library on the southeast corner.

My question still holds Mr Bean, then how did the above 5 players get scholarships none played AAU, Only Chris J. attended Eastern Prep. which was associated with Eatern Commerce but still different.