Basketball Coaching | Youth Alive Trust

Join us in our Gym for quality coaching, drills and game time in one of NZ's most played sports!

For: Years 1 - 8

Each: Tuesdays

From: 3:15pm, 4:15pm & 5:15pm

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Latest Updates

24 Dec 2024

Kia ora!

Our office is closed for a summer break now, after 3 sweet days of holiday programmes last week.

We do hope your child enjoyed Basketball Club this year. You can view the Term 3 & 4 Basketball Club Photos on our Facebook Album by CLICKING HERE.

NEWS: Sadly, Esther is a very clever lady, and now has a part time role as a lawyer while finishing her study, so will no longer be our Basketball Coach. BUT we send her with our blessings, and thank her for the many hours to enthusiasm, kindness, wisdom, and fun she’s brought to our programmes and team! What a role model you are Esther! CLICK HERE to view her facebook send off and leave an encouragement for her. This means we’ll have new coaches in 2025, and we’re excited about their new energy and ideas!

MORE NEWS: We are moving Basketball Clubs to TUESDAYs from Term 1 in 2025. This is to avoid other local popular sporting events, and other clashes. We will also be moving Kitchen Klub to TUESDAYs too! They will both be running at the same times which may help with siblings in both. Our apologies if the new day doesn’t work for you, we do hope at least one of our programmes does! Bookings will be going LIVE in mid January.

If you need Summer Holiday Programmes, we are running them from 13^th – 24^th January 2025 and spaces are currently still available every day in every age range.

Kea (School Years 1-3) – including a trip to Inflatable World, Dudley Pool and lots of games!!
Pukeko (School Years 4-6) – including a trip to Aqualand, 10 Pin Bowling and Ninja Valley!!
Piwakawaka (School Years 6-9) – including a trip to an Escape Room, Ninja Valley and Jelly Park!!

2025 OSCAR

If your child needs after-school care, have you considered using the YAT Senior OSCAR programme?? Attached is our 2025 Oscar Flyer. Enrolment automatically gets you into the clubs that are running that day as well as a school pick up. There are also WINZ subsidies, the same as Holiday Programmes, and most are eligible if you’re wiling to jump through a few hoops. We can help: oscar@yat.org.nz
Finally, you are invited the Grace Vineyard Community Christmas Carols on Christmas Eve at 5pm at New Brighton Pier! It’s a great way to bring in the special day for all the family!

Wishing you and your whanau a special Christmas and refreshing summer break.

4 Oct 2024

Term 4 Registrations are now LIVE. We have a sweet term planned with coach Esther and coach Jake, and spaces are available in all age groups. Full info by clicking ‘Download our latest brochure’.

A reminder that the times are:

3:15pm – 4:05pm: School Years 1-3

4:15pm – 5:05pm: School Years 3-6

5:15pm – 6:05pm: School Years 6-9

There are limited spaces, and we will close registrations once full, so please register early if keen using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

1 Jul 2024

We hope your child has enjoyed Basketball this term with the amazing Esther and Finlay.

We’ve just uploaded some photos from Term 1 & 2 onto our facebook for you to check out: CLICK HERE

A reminder that you can Book Term 3 online now. You can actually book Term 4 too if keen, as can anyone else. Our system will only stop taking bookings once it’s full, so we encourage you to sign up to avoid missing out if keen: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

There is NO Basketball Clubs in Week 1 of Term 3, nor are there any other weekly youth clubs at YAT, as we take a mid-year break for leader training and meetings.

If your child is in Year 3 or Year 5/6 and is keen to move up to the next level, you’re welcome to just book in that time. We have some flexibility if their skill level is ready to move up.

A reminder that the times are:

3:15pm – 4:05pm: School Years 1-3

4:15pm – 5:05pm: School Years 3-6

5:15pm – 6:05pm: School Years 6-9

Reminder Basketball Club is just $50 a term, and payments can be made directly into the Youth Alive Trust bank account:

Bank: ANZ
Account: 117892-0066444-00

If money is an issue that would stop you coming, please chat to us, or flick us an email at: accounts@yat.org.nz and we’ll find a way to make it work.

Parent Feedback

We’re always keen to hear feedback, ideas and encouragements from Parents of young people who attend our programmes. Here’s the short survey link if you have a few minutes spare: https://forms.office.com/r/BShryLi0ty

Any questions or comments, just reply to this email, or email Esther direct at: esther.walters@yat.org.nz

1 May 2024

Basketball Coaching is back for another awesome term! Esther & Finlay are here to help your skills and confidence around basketball grow! Come along and learn how basketball works!

Click on the ‘Latest Brochure’ link to see the term plan.

There is a maximum of 14 places per session. So, before spaces run out, sign up with your usual email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com or,

If you’ve not registered for YAT programmes before, click ‘New Parent’, then complete your profile before making a booking.

Any club registration questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz

23 Apr 2024

Term 2 Registrations are now LIVE. We have a sweet term planned with some awesome activities. Full info by clicking ‘Download our latest brochure’.

There are limited spaces, and we will close registrations once full, so please register early if keen using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

5 Feb 2024

Basketball Club is back in 2024 with Esther leading the team who are here to help your skills and confidence around Basketball grow!

Starting back on 19 February 2024!

This year we have increased the terms fees for Basketball Club to $50pp.

Below are the age ranges and the times:

School Years 1-3: 3:15pm – 4:05pm
School Years 3-6: 4:15pm – 5:05pm
School Years 6-8: 5:15pm – 6:05pm

There are currently spaces in all of the time slots and you can register using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

If you have not registered for YAT programmes before, click ‘New Parent’, then complete your profile before making a booking.

There is a maximum of 14 places per session.

Any club registration questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz

29 Sep 2023

Basketball Club will be continuing in term 4 from week 1! Anna, Esther and their team of teenage volunteers to help your skills and confidence around Basketball grow!
Below are the age ranges and the times:

School Years 1-3: 3:15pm – 4:05pm
School Years 3-6: 4:15pm – 5:05pm
School Years 6-8: 5:15pm – 6:05pm

There are currently spaces in all of the time slots and you can register using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

If you have not registered for YAT programmes before, click ‘New Parent’, then complete your profile before making a booking.

There is a maximum of 14 places per session.

Basketball Club will be continuing in term 3 from week 2! Anna and her team of teenage volunteers to help your skills and confidence around Basketball grow!
Below are the age ranges and the times:

School Years 1-3: 3:15pm – 4:05pm
School Years 3-6: 4:15pm – 5:05pm – Fully booked until the end of the year
School Years 6-8: 5:15pm – 6:05pm

You can register using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

If you’ve not registered for YAT programmes before, click ‘New Parent’, then complete your profile before making a booking.

There is a maximum of 14 places per session.

27 Apr 2023

Basketball Club is continuing in term 2! Anna is joined this year by Ethan, and her team of teenage volunteers to help your skills and confidence around Basketball grow!
Below are the age ranges and the times:

School Years 1-3: 3:15pm – 4:05pm
School Years 3-6: 4:15pm – 5:05pm
School Years 6-8: 5:15pm – 6:05pm

You can register using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

If you’ve not registered for YAT programmes before, click ‘New Parent’, then complete your profile before making a booking.

There is a maximum of 14 places per session.

16 Jan 2023

Welcome back to Basketball Club! Anna is joined this year by Ethan, and her team of teenage volunteers to help your skills and confidence around Basketball grow. Due to higher demand and both an increase and decrease in ages wanting to play, we’re adding a 3rd session to Basketball Club in 2023. We’ve changed the age ranges and the times, so we hope these new times will work for everyone:

School Years 1-3: 3:15pm – 4:05pm
School Years 3-6: 4:15pm – 5:05pm
School Years 6-8: 5:15pm – 6:05pm

You can register using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

If you’ve not registered for YAT programmes before, click ‘New Parent’, then complete your profile before making a booking.

There is a maximum of 14 places per session.

3 Oct 2022

Bookings are LIVE for both Term 4 session.

Session 1 is aimed at School Years 4-7 and Session 2 is aimed at School Years 1-3.

Limited spaces, so once we’re full, we won’t be able to accept new bookings.

You can register using your normal email and password at https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

5 Aug 2022

Term 3 Bookings for both Basketball Clubs are now FULL! Sorry if you missed out this term.

11 Jul 2022

Bookings for Basketball Coaching in Term 3 2022 are now live! Anna and her team have some fun sessions planned for the term. The club brochure can be found by clicking on the ‘download our latest brochure’ link. Just $40 for the term. We will limit spaces if registrations become too high.

School Years 4-7: 3:30pm – 4:30pm

School Year 1-3: 4:45pm – 5:45pm

Register for the term or the whole of 2022 using your normal log-in and password and chose to Make a Booking at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

Or if you’ve never registered, click New Parent, complete the information it asks for, then make the booking. It will take a bit of time the first time you register, but after that, bookings are easy as! Any questions about the sign-up process or paying fees, contact: rego@yat.org.nz

1 May 2022

Clubs starting back this week. We have split the age groups of our programmes this term, so it’s more age & skills appropriate:

3:30-4:30pm: School Years 5-7

4:45-5:45pm: School Years 1-4

Register for the term or the whole of 2022 using your normal log-in and password and chose to Make a Booking at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

No vaccine passes are required anymore!

4 Feb 2022

We’re excited to be starting a new year at Basketball Clubs! Our coaches pumped to be teaching beginners as well as those who already have some skills. Depending on numbers, the group will be split into two different times, the first starting at 3:30pm and the second at 4:45pm. Just $40 for the term. We will limit spaces if registrations become too high.

Register for the term or the whole of 2022 using your normal log-in and password and chose to Make a Booking at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

*All young people aged over 12 (+3 months), plus volunteers and staff must have a vaccine pass to attend this programme.

Any questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz

18 Oct 2021

We’re back and starting Week 1 this term (we normally start Week 2 of Term, because of two weeks of holiday programmes, but Term 4 we start WEEK 1, as we all had a week’s break last week, plus Term 4 is a shorter term with a number of public holidays).

There are spaces in both the 3:30-4:30pm coaching slot and the 4:45-5:45pm slot.

Either register for the term via https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com OR pop along for the night to check it out first, and decide if you want to come back! Any registration issues, email: rego@yat.org.nz

26 Jul 2021

Here we go – Term 3! We had a cracking Term 2 with both the 3:30pm & 4:45pm coaching sessions pretty full! We have very limited new spaces, so if you’re unable to register, we may already be full.

Click ‘Register Online’ to go to the Aimyplus YAT CLUBS website, and log-in using your normal email and password, or click on New Parent, if you’ve not registered for any of our programmes before.

Any questions, email: rego@yat.org.nz

10 May 2021

Term 2 Basketball Clubs start again this week! Our coaching suits complete beginners and those wanting to improve, so give it a try! Aimed at school years 3-7.

There are two time slots:

3:30pm-4:30pm (currently full)
4:45pm-5:45pm (spaces available)

Just $30 for the term. We will limit spaces if registrations become too high.

Register for the term or the whole of 2021 using your normal log-in and password and chose to Make a Booking at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

5 Feb 2021

We’re excited to be starting a new year at Basketball Clubs! Anna, Michael and pumped to be teaching beginners as well as those who already have some skills. Depending on numbers, the group will be split into two different times according to ability. Just $30 for the term. We will limit spaces if registrations become too high.

Register for the term or the whole of 2021 using your normal log-in and password and chose to Make a Booking at: https://yatclubs.aimyplus.com

12 Oct 2020

Into Term 4 already and we have another awesome term of Basketball planned. Newbies welcome to join, just $30 for the whole term, or chat to us if money is an issue. We start Week 2 of Term so see you on Monday 19th October.