Dear Prospective Player and Parents:

If you are intrested in our travel team program, please review the information below.

Our mission is to build a organization that would allow our travel teams and participants to develop discipline, morals, and character as individuals while operating as a harmonious and successful unit. We also will blend individuals into a team with the opportunity to improve on fundamentals, position skill set, and increase knowledge of the game, while attempting to optimize both personal and team potential. A particular important part of our mission is to prepare each team member to use their talents to achieve scholarships so that they may attain a higher education. Our teams and players will participate in basketball tournaments that are sanctioned and non-sanctioned.

The Southern Basketball Academy Travel Team program has a mission to continue bring much-needed national recognition to our student-athletes. As a result we feel that major and minor colleges and universities will increase the number of full scholarships offered to young athletes from the southern part of the states.

Competition at this level demands skill, dedication, and commitment, from both the players and the parents. While this is important to say, “Only the committed need apply.” If you feel that you fit the parent and player guidelines found in this handbook, that you agree with our philosophy, then you fit the description of a SBA Select Player 

 Description of Costs and Fee $585.00 

Each player will receive a reversible uniform. Uniform will include jerseys and shorts. A ‘ONE TIME’ fee, as shown above is required to provide the player a uniform for this season, and all subsequent seasons with the club. This uniforms BELONGS TO THE CLUB, and will be returned at the end of each season.

Please be mindful that additional expenses will occur throughout the season due to out of town tournaments that require traveling expenses. ALTHOUGH THIS IS A TEAM SPORT THAT YOU AND YOUR CHILD COMMITTED TOO. Players will have to be accompanied by their parents or an adult within their family during out of town trips. It is up to the parent to make sure that their child is watched by their chaperoned person. The coaches are not responsible for the player being supervised within the hotel or other activities. The coaches are responsible for coaching and supervising during the games only. Transportation is up to the family. Players can typically ride with another individual or family member, but it is up to the parent to make those arrangements. Meals would be his/her responsibility. If a player travels with another parent, the parent will have to fill out a release form that states her child has permission to ride with the individual. Each tournament we will eat together as a family at least 1 time throughout the tournament. 

Payment Schedule

Selection of players for each SBA Select Lions teams will be completed by Feb. 20th of each year, although there can be additional players added if a team is short of players. The fees are due by the last Saturday of each Febuary of each year. If payment arrangements are needed to be made, please contact Program Dir. at dshott1974@gmail.com or sbabballacademy@yahoo.com 

Respectfully yours,

Coach Davis

Vision
To be a organization that have participants that gives 100% and play the game of basketball at the highest level possible while demonstrating a sense of appreciation for what GOD has not only allowed, but blessed me to be able to do.

Mission
To be a prepared and empowered student-athlete that is highly competitive, not only in basketball, but in life, so that it would allow me to be a successful individual in society.

Motto (3)

"Work Hard No Excuses"