Darien YMCA Basketball: Travel Basketball

“The Darien YMCA Travel basketball program is for the highly skilled players in grades 5th through 8th who have long-term interest in competitive basketball and a willingness to make a time commitment to their training and team schedule. The travel teams compete in the Fairfield County Basketball League which is traditionally one of the toughest leagues in the state and contains some the best basketball talent around. Teams practice two nights a week and have one instructional clinic per week. Games are played on Fridays, Saturdays, and/or Sundays.

Players must attend grade appropriate tryouts. You must be a Darien resident to be considered for a team.”

Tryouts happen in October for the season that runs from November-March. In general, for boys, you can expect two teams of ten players to be selected for each grade. While girls typically have one team of 10 players per grade.