The Club has an inclusive culture and does its best to accommodate athletes with disabilities and special needs. This could range from common issues like asthma and allergies through to athletes who have ADHD or Asperger syndrome to name just a few. Experience has shown that success comes when the parents make the Club aware as early as possible of any issues so that coaches can be made aware and adjust, as necessary, their training programs.
Please advise the Coach, Director of Coaching and Junior Tigers Manager of your child’s needs. It goes without saying that we will respect confidences shared, the information shared is purely to work collaboratively for the best outcome for the player.

Players who miss training sessions without legitimate reasons may have restricted court time at the next game. We also encourage athletes who are injured to continue to attend Sunday trainings at MSAC to ensure they keep up the plans, plays and strategies that coaches continue to introduce to the team.
The Club is not against athletes concurrently competing in other sports but knows how difficult it is to juggle time commitments. We expect a Tiger athlete to always preference representative basketball over other sports they may be involved with. If this is not clearly demonstrated, court time in games will most likely be reduced.

The commitment to play Representative Basketball is a large one and a place in any Tigers’ team is highly valued. The club expect players to play every game, but does understand that illness, injury or critical school or family commitments may sometimes prohibit this.
We know that some schools run residential camps during terms that take their students to regional Victoria or even overseas.
The Club needs to know of these commitments at the earliest opportunity. So, if you know that your player will be unavailable for two weeks or more during any school term in the coming year, please advise the Association ASAP.

The Melbourne Tigers has compulsory participation in 2 tournaments throughout the season that form an integral part of the program.

• Eltham/Dandenong – Australia Day weekend, January
• King’s Birthday Weekend – National Junior Classic, Nunawading Tournament or Ballarat Tournament

These are mandatory events for team bonding and accelerating development.
If Melbourne Tigers Victorian Championship (VC) teams qualify for the Junior Classic on the Queen’s Birthday weekend in June it is expected that teams will compete at that prestigious event.

Any other tournaments during the season are at the discretion of the individual team (noting that each team will liaise with the Director of Coaching to ensure a reasonable and not excessive calendar of events during the year in relation to age and development status).

It should be noted that no Tigers player will be disadvantaged in any way in respect to their regular league participation should they be unavailable to attend any of these other tournaments.

For the different age groups, the first team may qualify for the Australian Club Championships, the Championships are generally held during the September school holidays and the host venue is rotated throughout the states. Details are subject to Basketball Australia scheduling. The club championships are the highest club representation in Australian Basketball and qualification is by a select few. Teams qualify by being seeded 1 & 2 in their respective pools at the end of round 9. Tournament costs are additional and may be approximately $3,000 – $5,000 depending on location of tournament. Fundraising is essential for teams selected in Australian Championships.

Please review all the information on our website including specific tryout information under the tryout page.

Should you have further questions please e-mail:

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Please note that all information relating to tryouts will be updated continuously on our website and e-mails directly relating to tryout information will be referred to our website for details.