YOUTH

The most successful youth program in Southern Michigan — building fundamentals, confidence, and a love of the game for grades 4 through 6.

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The Michigan Premier youth program is the most successful youth program in Southern Michigan. We take great pride in the development of our players. The program is designed specifically to empower young women to thrive beyond the court by developing strength of character, leadership skills, strong work ethic, and self-confidence through the love of basketball and athletic excellence.

Our priority is to optimize individual player and overall team performance through hands-on leadership focusing on individual fundamental skill training/development, game situations, and team dynamics/unity. We coach our players to compete at their highest level of ability. Coaches mentor athletes while instilling life skills such as teamwork, leadership, self-discipline, responsibility, work ethic, and sportsmanship — equipping them to be highly successful adults and the leaders of tomorrow.

SEASON STRUCTURE

New for the 2026 season: Player development is our #1 priority. Skill development only happens through consistent hours in the gym. To support and simplify this process, the entire Michigan Premier program will run year-round (September 2026-August 2027).

The youth tournament season runs Nov-April. The off-tournament months (Sept-Oct and June-Aug), will now include 2 Sunday Skill Trainings per month (total of 10). These training days are included in the season's monthly fee and will only include Premier athletes. Training will consist of individual skill development through competitive drill work and be conducted by our club's professional trainers.

Tournament Season

We're committed to building a competitive schedule for each team that balances

challenging games with building player confidence through wins.

Team-specific schedules are posted on team pages once available.

SELECT TEAMS

REGIONAL TEAMS

Typically play 10–13 tournaments per season. Most are within a 2-hour radius, though teams may travel within the Midwest for a more challenging schedule.

Typically play 10-13 tournaments per season, local or occasionally within a 2-hour radius.

Practice

All youth teams practice twice per week in the greater Jackson area.

Uniforms

Uniforms are a one-time purchase and stay the same each year (4th–8th grade) — wear it for multiple seasons or until you grow out of it. Available for purchase after tryouts.

2026 Team Coaches

Michigan Premier coaches are passionate and committed to girls' basketball. Coach development matters as much as player development — every coach has the opportunity to be USA Basketball certified and attend the BCAM Coach's Clinic, Michigan's most reputable coaching clinic. Most of our coaches have played collegiately and bring high school coaching experience.

4th Select

Coach: Marshawn Selby, Chris Kent