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Blueprint Basketball Club


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Mission:
Blueprint Basketball is an AAU program to help develop players’ basketball skills and IQ. We will build 10-person teams for boys and girls in grades 3-11. Our program will compete in local tournaments as well as travel around the New England area. We want to make Vermont basketball strong across the state and, in doing so, we will be offering practices and training from March through November to develop stronger players throughout Essex and neighboring communities.
Program Overview:
Blueprint Basketball teams will be coached by BJ Robertson and his staff of coaches. Each team will be capped at 10 players, and each player must be invited to join the team each year. Teams will practice twice a week from March through mid-November (with exceptions in August and school breaks) at either the Bellcate School's new facility, Essex High School, or Albert D. Lawton Middle School. Each team will attend 5-7 two-day tournaments over those months of practice. The tournaments we select to compete in will be chosen based on their distance from VT, level of competition, and amount/timing of recruiting exposure for our older teams. Tryout Registration Available Here

Try Out Registration Available Here
Try Out Information:
Tryouts are available for boys and girls currently in grades 3-11. Each interested player needs register for one tryout date. There is a $10 tryout fee.  All tryouts will be at the Bellcate School's new gym, located on Corporate Drive in Essex.

Unable to make one of the available try out times?  Let us know and we'll work to schedule something for you!
Questions? Click Here to Email us!
Boys:
Sunday, March 10th
Grades 3/4- 10-10:45am
Grades 5/6- 10:45-11:30am
Grades 7/8- 11:30am-12:15pm
Grades 9/10/11- 12:15-1pm

Wednesday, March 13th
Grades 3/4- 5:30-6:15pm
Grades 5/6- 6:15-7pm
Grades 7/8- 7-7:45pm
Grades 9/10/11- 7:45-8:30pm
Girls:
Tuesday, March 12th
​Grades 3/4- 5:30-6:15pm
Grades 5/6- 6:15-7pm
Grades 7/8- 7-7:45pm
Grades 9/10/11- 7:45-8:30pm

Sunday, March 17th
Grades 3/4- 10-10:45am
Grades 5/6- 10:45-11:30am
Grades 7/8- 11:30am-12:15pm
Grades 9/10/11- 12:15-1pm
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Cost of the Program: 
The Blueprint basketball program will cost $950/year, which covers everything (practices, coaches’ salaries, tournament fees, AAU registration, uniforms, shooting shirts, etc.) except for travel costs incurred for tournaments. For those who are invited to join the team following tryouts, you can pay if full, or make a $500 deposit with three $150 installments on June 15, July 15, and September 15. Our goal is to make Blueprint Basketball the best AAU program in the state. If the cost of the program is detrimental to a player’s ability to participate, please reach out. Limited, need-based scholarships may be available.

Contact Us

Give us a call at 878-1375
Email us at recreation@ejrp.org