AIR ATTACK BASKETBALL

“Where Champions Are Made”

(330)854-4170

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Every year there are lots of questions about AAU and travel basketball.  Below, we have tried to answer the most frequently asked questions—I hope this helps you.  If you still have questions, please e-mail or call us. 

WHAT IS THE VARSITY ATHLETIC CLUB & AAU/TRAVEL BASKETBALL?

The Varsity A.C. travel basketball teams were started in 1988!  Since then, thousands of boys and girls have played on our teams and many went on to play in college and the pros!  We are well known for our development of the fundamental skills of the game, and our coaches work hard on the individual development of the players.  We place great emphasis on the player’s improvement of their basketball skills — “we don’t just work on plays-we work on our player’s skills!”  We feel that the reason most families choose to play spring travel basketball is for their child to improve, that is why individual player’s skill development will always be our #1 priority—not just wins/losses!   We also have an additional FREE weekly skills workout, run by area college basketball players free for all our VAC Air Attack AAU players!  The remark we hear the most from parents when their son/daughter comes to play for us from another travel team-is how much more skill improvement their son/daughter got from playing with a VAC spring travel team compared to other AAU teams!

WHAT IS AAU/TRAVEL BASKETBALL?

Our travel basketball program is for boys (2nd-12th grades) and girls (4th-12th grades).  AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) is just one of many organizations that host spring basketball tournaments for these types of travel teams.  There are many other nationwide organizations that sponsor these kinds of tournaments also, but since AAU was basically the first to do this, many people just refer to spring basketball as AAU basketball.  The travel basketball season basically is March (mainly practices) with games in April & May.  Teams will practice once per week (practice sites are located all around the Canton area and after a team is formed we try to find the most centralized practice site for that team and their families, coaches) and play multiple (3-6) games, on weekends, within a 1/2 hour drive of Akron!  You can look on the spring tournaments page on this website to see what a schedule may look like (teams pick 8-10 weekends to play)!

2nd gr. boys/4th gr. girls are short season spring ball for us so they can still easily play other sports-click here for this info!

EACH PLAYER PLAYS IN 30-50 GAMES DURING THESE 2 MONTHS

(basically getting an extra school season or two of organized basketball)

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO PLAY ON OUR AAU/TRAVEL TEAM?

Our fees are THE LOWEST in NE OHIO AAU basketball at only $275 per person! 

If you are a new player for us you will also need to purchase a uniform for $75.  We try to keep the same style uniforms from year to year

so this should be a one-time only expense for you (not an annual expense)!  We will give you a lot more games to play in than any other AAU organization as your son/daughter will play in 8-10 events to give them the best chance at maximum playing time in game situations. 

You will get to improve your basketball skills and decision making at GAME SPEED when playing in a lot more games!

Please compare this to other organizations that charge $400-$800 for a lot less games and less practice time!

If you play for another AAU program that only plays in 6 tournaments this spring

it would mean that your son/daughter missed out on 15-20 games—which is almost

like sitting out a whole season of school basketball !!!

YOU ALSO PAID MORE MONEY TO MISS OUT ON THESE EXTRA GAMES & PRACTICES!)

We have had more 1,000 pt. scorers and all league players than any other N. Ohio AAU/travel program!!!

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE E-MAIL ME, BRIAN, AT VARSITYAC@SSSNET.COM

OR CALL ME AT   330-854-4170     (Office hours  MON-THUR  10am-3pm)

Click  here  for  the  TRYOUT  dates/times/locations!