ARL Flight - Arlington's new 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 of players in each year group that are prepared for entering the Arlington High School basketball program after 8th grade.

 

This program is different and more competitive than the Arlington Travel Basketball program that plays in the winter (mid-November to early March).  The ARL Flight AAU program will hold open tryouts for the 2025-26 school year the program plays in the Fall and Spring. Please see below for grades and schedule. Each grade will select 10 players for the team based on the tryout results.  The goal of the travel basketball program is that every player gets placed on a team and the teams are leveled, A, B, C and so on.  The ARL Flight AAU program is a competitive program where the top 10 rated players make the team and compete in AAU programs in the Fall and Spring.  This program does NOT play in the winter during the travel basketball season, so there is no conflict.  This program is for players that are looking to play more often at a higher level.

 

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.

 

This program is for Arlington residents only.  The program is starting this Fall with boys teams in grades 4, 5 and 6.  We plan adding girls teams in Spring 2026 in addition to potentially adding boys 3rd, 7th and 8th grade teams.  

Tryouts for the Fall season are in June (see below), offers to join the team will be sent out by the end of June, the season begins the week of September 8th. Tryouts for the Spring 26 season will be held in January.   

 

How to Register: Fill your player’s info on this google form. There is no cost to attend tryouts. Interested players must attend one tryout to be considered for the team, attending both tryouts is preferable.

 

Any questions please contact: arlingtonbasketballclub@gmail.com.

 

Tryout Dates/Locations: Monday 6/16 at Dallin Elementary School (185 Florence Ave) & Wednesday 6/18 at Brackett Elementary School (66 Eastern Ave)

 

Schedule:

 

4th Grade Boys - Monday June 16th & Wednesday June 18th (6:00 PM - 7:00 PM)

5th Grade Boys - Monday June 16th & Wednesday June 18th (7:00 PM - 8:00 PM)

6th Grade Boys - Monday June 16th & Wednesday June 18th (8:00 PM - 9:00 PM)

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Program Details

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Price: $550/season for players, which 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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Virtual Info Meeting (optional): Wednesday 6/11 @ 8:00 PM via this zoom link. In this optional virtual meeting, we will walk through what an ARL Flight season looks like and answer any questions. This is for any families who want to learn more about AAU basketball in general and ABC's new ARL Flight program. 

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

 

ARL Flight:                                  

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Cost: Affordable ($550)

 

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 for the Spring 2025 season)

 

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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