FAQ
WHY SHOULD MY KID PLAY IN POSTERBOY SKILL ACADEMY’S CLUB BASKETBALL PROGRAM?
Posterboy Skills Academy Club Basketball team offers your child the opportunity to play against top talented kids is Southern California. This type of exposure is essential to the maturation, and improvement of your child’s growth. We travel and play in 1-2 tournaments per month. Also include will be days of practice per week, which will build chemistry with all fellow teammates, As well as compete against top talent that is unique to Posterboy Skills Academy. We also would like to ensure that those kids who can play at the club level have that opportunity, we have options available to help you if you may be having any financial difficulties!.
HOW DOES POSTERBOY SKILLS ACADEMY CLUB TEAM WORK?
Posterboy Skills Academy club basketball teams have 3 team practices with their head coach per week. Team Practices will include Skillwerk development and team practices(learning our offensive and defensive system) This system is designed to help your child improve as a person and basketball player. This system will also develop chemistry with teammates. With this schedule it will allow for the player time for other obligations they may have.
HOW LONG IS THE CLUB SEASON?
The club season runs from September-beginning of August but we break it up into 3 seasons: Fall, Winter, and the Spring/Summer. Each season last about 3-5 months. During each season each team will play in between 7-8 tournaments
HOW MANY COACHES PER TEAM
Each team will have one Head Coach.
DO YOU OFFER ANY FINANCIAL AID?
Posterboy Skills Academy works hard to help families manage expenses and get their players on the court. It is a goal of Posterboy Skills Academy that financial need not stand in the way of a player playing basketball at the level appropriate for their development.
Posterboy Skills Academy offers financial assistance equal to the amount of the registration fee to families who meet the criteria and are receiving state aid(documents will need to be verified). This covers the registration fee and part of the tournament cost, which is only about 1⁄4-1/2 of the ‘formal cost’ of our travel programs.
We also offer an 11% sibling discount for those families who have more than one child they would like to sign up.
Families who need further financial aid can discuss their situation with the travel director, who will consider granting additional financial aid on a case by case basis.
SO WHY DOES TRAVEL BASKETBALL COST SO MUCH?
The travel basketball season is long, lasting almost 4 months at a time. We are On a cost-per-time basis, which means Posterboy Skills Academy must pay for gym time.
The only other sport that has similar space needs is the other long-season, winter sport, hockey. And travel basketball is a bargain by comparison.
HOW SOON IN ADVANCE WILL YOU KNOW TOURNAMENT SCHEDULES?
As coaches who have families as well we realize that every family has schedules outside of basketball and like to plan their weekend in advance. However, tournament schedules in Club basketball are typically not set until the Thursday night before a tournament. Schedules are set by the tournament organizers and not by us. We send out schedules as soon as we get them to give your families as much notice as we can. Please know that some scheduled dates can/will change due to changes set by the tournament host which are out of our control.
CAN WE DROP OUT IF THIS IS NOT FOR US?
We ask that every player make a commitment and honor that commitment for the duration of that season. Dropping out of the program mid-season is disruptive to the program and the team process. After each season each player will be asked to recommit to the next upcoming season, at this time, this would be the opportunity where players who would like to pursue other interest he or she may have can do so.
WHAT IS AAU BASKETBALL? WHY DO I NEED AN AAU MEMBERSHIP?
AAU basketball is the largest governing body of club basketball in the country. While not all tournaments are AAU sanctioned events, we will be participating in several throughout the year. We require that all coaches and players purchase the extended AB membership which not only allows us to play in AAU events, but also gives everyone insurance in any of our events. The membership is valid until September 1st of the calendar year regardless of purchase date.
IS UNIFORM COST AND OTHER POSTERBOY SKILLS ACADEMY GEAR INCLUDED IN COST?
Uniforms and uniform packages are separate and not included in the Travel Team fee as most players are returning. We only require players to purchase a new uniform if they do not have a current Posterboy Skills Academy uniform.