Recreation Basketball is open to players of varying experience and ability levels and focuses on development, balanced teams, meaningful participation, and competitive play.

Travel Basketball is tryout-based, roster spots are limited, and teams compete at a higher level against programs throughout the Lehigh Valley. Travel also requires a greater commitment to practices, games, and travel throughout the season.

Both programs emphasize player development, teamwork, sportsmanship, and a positive basketball experience.

All players interested in Travel Basketball must participate in tryouts. Players are evaluated on basketball skills, athletic ability, game awareness, effort, coachability, and overall readiness for competitive play.

Roster spots are not guaranteed, including for players who participated on a travel team in a previous season. Team selections are based on the overall evaluation of each player and the needs of the team.

Travel teams are generally offered at the 3rd through 6th grade levels for both boys and girls given there is enough talent to field travel teams.

No, that is a separate registration offered by Saucon Valley Middle School.

No. We will best fit you to a team based on evaluations and are not accepting special requests. Unfortunately, making accommodations for numerous special requests adds in a significant layer of difficulty to a process where a lot of thought and consideration is already placed by balancing skill level, team dynamics, and overall fairness. We aim to place players where they are most likely to succeed and enjoy the game.

We appreciate as much help and involvement as we can get! Check out our Coaching and Volunteer page!

Our registration usually runs from early September to mid October.   Our try-outs are usually scheduled for the mid to end of October.  Practices start in November. Games run from early December through February.  Our season events typically wrap up by end of February.

We use the money collected through registration to pay for referees, insurance, storage facilities, equipment, uniforms, league entry fees and the end of the season banquet.  We do our best to keep our costs as low as possible and comparable to other leagues and youth sports organizations in our area. We are a non-profit organization and all money collected for registration is for the items mentioned above. Any items we would like to purchase for the program would be purchased through fundraising efforts.

Each team usually practices 2x/week Monday - Friday anywhere from 6-9pm in the Middle School Gym or Elementary School Gym. Practices may begin early to mid November depending if a Travel, Rec, or Minors (1st&2nd grade) team. 

Recreational (3-6 grades) and Minors (1-2 grades) play almost exclusively on  Saturdays.  Travel teams can play anytime during the week or weekend, primilary the weekend. 

Our coaches are flexible and understand that the majority of kids have other interests.  If your child is committed to another activity that will not allow him/her to attend practices or games regularly, travel teams might not be the best option.   Each situation is usually worked out between the coach and the parent easily.

At the Minors (1st/2nd grade), we will do our best. Beyond that level, these type of requests are not usually able to be accommodated.  While we try to keep practice nights consistent during season, although some changes are unavoidable.

This is the perfect time to start!  We offer recreational levels for grades 1-6 boys and girls, which are a perfect way to learn the game.

We offer financial assistance to families in need.  We also offer payment plans as part of registration. We take each request on a case-by-case basis.  If you would like to request assistance, please contact kelly2svyb@gmail.com