ARL Flight - Arlington's  AAU Basketball Program!

ARL Flight is Arlington Basketball Club’s AAU program. Our mission with this new program is to provide Arlington families a local, affordable, and high-quality youth AAU basketball training program that fosters individual development while simultaneously developing a high level and competitive team-based cohort for boys and girls staring in grade 3 through high school.

 

This program is different and more competitive than the Arlington Travel Basketball program that plays in the winter (mid-November to early March). Each grade will have a 10-player roster plus 2-4 development practice players.  The goal of the Metrowest Winter travel basketball program is that every player gets placed on a team.  The ARL Flight AAU program is a competitive program where the top 10 rated players in a given grade (plus 2-4 practice players) make the team and compete against other AAU programs in the Fall and Spring.  Well coached and team-based Arlington ARL Flight teams have been and will continue to be competitive against the highly priced regional AAU clubs.

 

For the schedule there will be two practices per week, with one being an individual team practice and one being a skills focused practice.  For tournaments each team will play in at least 4 tournaments (which typically include 2 games on a Saturday and 1-2 on a Sunday). 

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We understand some players may participate in other Spring and Fall sports and there may be occasional conflicts but request the player attend as many of the practices as possible to ensure the team is ready to compete together at tournaments.

 

The Fall 2026 teams are set now, tryouts for the Spring 2027 season will be in January 2027, date/time TBA

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Any questions please contact: arlflightbasketball@gmail.com​

 

Program Details:

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Price includes:

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• Initial Jersey and swag

• Team placement for the Fall and Spring.  Fall season typically runs from early September until early November, Spring season runs from late March until early June  

• One team practice per week 

• One skills practice per week for all players in the program

• Entry into 4-5 weekend tournaments in each season​

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What are the differences between ARL Flight and other AAU clubs? 

 

ARL Flight:                                  

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Cost: Affordable

 

Location: All practices are in Arlington (no long drives to/from practices in rush hour traffic)

 

Coaching: Experienced coaches that also strive to create positive player to player and coach to player dynamics. ARL Flight provides coach development training to ensure quality and consistency of our coaches

 

Community: Established to continue building the Arlington basketball community, and foster stronger player connectedness

 

Tournaments: The same tournaments (typically Zero Gravity)

 

Competitiveness: Our prior teams continue to be very competitive and grow more competitive each season with individual and team development​

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Typical AAU Club Teams by Comparison:

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Cost: Over-priced (ranges from $800-$1,150 + $125/jersey)

 

Location: All practices are in surrounding towns including Waltham, Burlington, Reading or further

 

Coaching: In our experience with 6+ different AAU clubs, the coaching quality is typically disappointing, and most coaches do not create positive player/coach connections

 

Community: N/A

 

Tournaments: The same tournaments (typically Zero Gravity)

 

Competitiveness: Each team varies season to season​​​​​​​

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