2025 Sabres Tryouts – New Players

Sabres Tryout Calendar (October/November 2024)

To help with families planning around school holidays, Sabres tryouts for the 2025 VJBL season will commence the final weekend of the Term 3 school holidays.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS:

• 2024 Sabres Players will receive a separate registration link via TEAMAPP
• Parents are not permitted to watch/be present at any of the tryouts.
• Sabres teams will be entered in the Southern Peninsula tournament across the weekend of Friday 8th, Saturday 9th and Sunday 11th of November.
• Sabres Preliminary teams can and will be changed subject to player fit/ability throughout the pre-season practice matches and up until the end of VJBL Grading Phase #1.
• Please refrain from approaching the coaches involved in tryouts to find out how your son or daughter went during a tryout session. Coaches are also asked not to disclose information about the tryouts to parents.
• Games are played on Friday Night all across Melbourne including Geelong and other regional centres like Traralgon, Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong
• Training for Under 12s, Under 14s and Under 16s is conducted on Sunday mornings and mid-week
• Both training sessions for Under 18s are conducted mid-week

FINANCIAL COMMITMENT:

• Season fees for Sandringham Sabres are $695, which cover coaches, court hire and practice matches. There is a small discount for early payment.
• Weekly scoresheet fees which are at the discretion of the VJBL and its venues
• New on court uniforms will be available for purchase if you child is selected in a Sabres team for 2025.

TEAM SELECTION:

• We anticipate being in a position to announce Preliminary Sabres Squads on the SBA website by Sunday the 13th of October.
• Selectors will be nominated and selected by SBA Coaching Directors Simon Giovannoni and Rachael Vanderwal with input from Assistant DoCs.
• There will be between six and eight selectors on court during any one tryout, including SBA Coaching Directors; no other Sabres coaches are permitted at the sessions.
• To maintain the integrity of the tryout process and in line with our policy, no parent of a child playing in the age group will be permitted to be at the tryout process.
• All players who are trying out for the Sabres program must be playing domestic in the SBA junior domestic competitions in their own age group in either A Grade or B Grade commencing Autumn season commencing January 2025

2024 On-Court Selection Criteria Includes:

• SAMS feedback from previous seasons;
• Performance at tryouts;
• Level of skill in dribbling, passing, shooting, finishing and defensive ability;
• Demonstrated understanding of Sabres Style of Play;
• Decision making and athletic potential;
• Team balance (1,2,3,4 & 5);
• Discipline and engagement in practices;
• Knowledge of game plays;
• Coachability;

SABRES TRAINING:

• Sabres Training will begin on Monday the 14th of October.

VJBL GRADING:

• VJBL Grading for the 2024 season commences on Friday the 15th of November.
• Final VJBL Cross-over games before the Christmas break will be played on Friday the 6th of December.

• Friday 25th October versus Dandenong Rangers ( Girls at Sandringham / Boys at Dandenong)
• Sunday 27th October versus Casey Cavaliers (Boys at Sandringham/Girls at Casey)

Financial Commitment

Any questions can be directed to: Tryouts2025@southernbasketball.com.au