The objective of the Aspire Programme is to provide quality coaching to age-appropriate players, reinforcing Basketball England’s Player Development Framework and the Aspire curriculum.
The Aspire Programme for talented 11-15-year-olds underwent a reset following the COVID-19 pandemic. The new model utilises the new super-region model and will be delivered primarily through camp-based activity throughout the year:
STAGE 1 - ASPIRE SKILLS CAMPS - All Aspire participants will be involved in camp activity within their region.
STAGE 2 - ASPIRE SUPER REGION CAMPS - Selected players from the Aspire Skills Camps will move on to one of four super region camps.
STAGE 3 – ASPIRE ALL-STAR NATIONAL TOURNAMENT - An Aspire All-Star National Tournament will then take place in Summer as the final stage of the programme.
The calendar of activity for 2024/25 has been provisionally confirmed for:
The nomination process for clubs to highlight age-appropriate players for the Aspire programme can be found below.
*11 contact days of Skills Camps and six contact days of Super Region Camps to be delivered. The windows are offered as a means of providing flexibility to the programme and final dates will be confirmed in the coming months.
For 2024/25, there will be one main nomination window of four weeks, starting today, 15 August 2024 until 12 September 2024.
Nominations will be made via the button below and these nominations will be sent to Regional Talent Managers (RTMs) and Camp Directors across all 11 regions.
Camp Directors will then be tasked with forwarding registration forms to nominees. Nominees will then attend trials, which will commence on 15 September 2024 across a five week window.
At the end of this window, players will be transferred back to their clubs or retained for the commencement of the Aspire Programme from 27 October 2024 onwards.
Player eligibility for 2024/25 is for players born between 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2013:
One further nomination window will come in December 2024, where coaches can nominate additional talented players. In order to do this, each coach will have to discuss these nominations with their RTM prior to making the nomination formally.
This auxiliary window will open for four weeks, commencing 2 December 2024, and more information will be released on this window nearer the time.
