Central West Region U15 Midget Boys Development Program

TRYOUTS FOR THE CENTRAL WEST MIDGET BOYS (U15-GR 8 AND 9) TEAM WILL BEGIN THE WEEK AFTER PROVINCIALS IN LATE MAY.

WE WILL PLAY IN A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN THE UNITED STATES (AMERICAN YOUTH BASKETBALL TOUR) AND ATTEND MDP CAMP.

HEAD COACH: WARREN WILLIAMS; ASSISTANT COACH: MIKE BORLONGAN

ANY QUETIONS, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME AT WARREN.WILLIAMS@PEELSB.COM

I HAVE INCLUDED SOME INFORMATION BELOW

Ontario Basketball Elite Development

The Elite Development Program is an "athlete-centred" model designed to provide young, developing athletes with the opportunity to develop personal, social and athletic skills through involvement in programs which stress teamwork, leadership and learning.

Mission
"To create a seamless delivery system that provides athletes with the opportunity to develop through skill introduction, programs that develop team concepts, advanced training and elite competition, all the while providing athletes with the opportunity for National team exposure, identification and integration

Central West (Brampton, Oakville, Halton Hills, Mississauga, Burlington)
East of Highway 6 to 410; South of 7 to 401; Lake north to 407; East of 25 to 403 to 407; West of 427 to 25 & 407

U15 Midget (MDP) boys – July 12, 2009 to July 16, 2009

The Midget Development Program (MDP) is designed to develop athletes in preparation for the next level of competition including the provincial and national team programs.

Tryouts for MDP begin in late May early June with athletes being selected to teams from within their own regions with the objective of participating at the upcoming camp. MDP is usually held in early July and takes place over a five-day period. During this camp, athletes receive skill development as part of their regional teams and then compete in a tournament against other regional teams in the province for the Midget Development Camp Championships. In addition to both individual and team skill development within the tournament format, athletes participate in guest sessions performed by keynote speakers from the basketball community. Guest sessions range from National team coaches to strength and conditioning specialists.

Couple questions,
How many players are picked? Where are the try outs being held? Is there a cost once you've made the program?

how much are the tryouts and if I make the team how much will that cost as well??? just askin

do you go to only 1 tournament in the states?

Last year i Believe that it costed 20 bucks to try out....

So grade 8 and 9 Play on the same team? Or are the teams separated?

where is it being held
and is it featuring the best grade 9's in the province?

Ah, some questions...

12 players are selected for the team...we also select 3 alternates in case one of ours or someone on another team cannot attend camp.

We have not selected a tryout site yet.

I believe the cost was $500 last year to cover accommodations and meals at camp.

I would love to go to more tournaments in the US, but honestly this depends on the parents. The last two years I have run a team in the Elite Program, we have attended two tournaments in the US each summer--one in the Detroit, Michigan area and a National tournament in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I would anticipate this being the same. I should have put 1-2 tournaments in the US.

I believe the tryout did cost around 25$ last year which included a T-shirt and covered the facility cost.

Grade 8 and 9 players do play on the same team.

The program does feature the best Grade 8 and 9's in the province and is seen as the gateway to the Provincial Team...

nobody should be paying

agreed..not my call...

tho i think you would be hard pressed to find a free program out there...

i would not turn anybody away who could not pay for the program...this would be discussed on an individual basis...