Frequently Asked Questions

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If Pre-K-2nd grade, please start on our Camps page.  We believe in teaching fundamental basketball at the early ages to create an enjoyable experience for these young players as they learn the game we all love.

If 2nd-12th grade, please start on our Tryouts page (at the very top of our website).  Tryouts are held twice a year.  August tryouts are held for our Fall/Winter Supreme Basketball teams (2nd-8th grade) who compete during the months of October-February.  Also, our March tryouts are held for our Spring/Summer Supreme Basketball teams (3rd-17U) who compete during the months of April-July.  

Our Basketball teams practice twice per week during the season with games on the weekends.  Each Supreme Basketball team has about 8-10 players on it at a similar skill level to maximize development opportunities.

To learn more about our teams and which team is closer to your territory, please visit our Teams page.

*if in 2nd grade, you can choose to start either with Camps or with Tryouts.  This is an in-between age where some parents feel comfortable starting on teams in 2nd grade and some would rather just work on skills.  Either way we are ready to support you.

Please send us a message through our Contact page if you would like more information sent to you or want to talk with us over the phone about our leagues and tournaments.

If you are a program director/coach of a 2nd-8th grade team(s) looking to compete in our Fall/Winter CYBL league or tournaments, we suggest you visit our Leagues page and Tournaments page to review available options and register your program/team(s).  The best time to register for Fall/Winter events is during September/October each year.

If you are a program director or coach of a 3rd grade-17U team(s) looking to compete in the Spring/Summer, we suggest you visit our Tournaments page to review available options and register your program/teams(s).  The best time to register for Spring/Summer is during February/March each year. 

We are actively seeking more Referees to work as an independent contractor for Supreme Basketball leagues and/or tournaments.  This is a fun way to enjoy the game of basketball while getting paid.  You are making a great impact within the Lincoln & Omaha & Council Bluffs Communities when you referee youth sports.

If interested, please contact Montsho Wilson, Director of Officials at Supreme Basketball, at montsho@supremecourtbball.com .

Referee opportunities:

* Fall 3V3 League

* October-December each year for Session 1 of CYBL

* January-February each year for Session 2 of CYBL

* November-February each year for tournaments run by Supreme Basketball

* April-July each year for tournaments run by Supreme Basketball

* June each year on Friday’s only for 3V3 league 

* June High School team summer league

We are always interested in talking to someone willing to coach.  Including if that means you are looking to build your coaching resume for future coaching opportunties at the high school or college level.  We have a long track-record of success in developing coaches to reach their career goals at the high school, college and professional levels.  Coaching opportunities could range from head coach, to assistant coach, to practice only coach.  We'll help place you based on your interests and availability.  Contact Ryan Reeder, ryan@supremecourtbball.com, President at Supreme Basketball today to start that conversation.  

Also, every coach for Supreme Basketball gains access to the Thriving Coaches University system from Advisor Game Plan.  This system was developed by Doug Woodard, legendary basketball coach, who made the focus of Thriving Coaches University around how to develop players as a youth sports coach.  We can all learn from this material regardless of your experience level as a coach.

We are privileged to have our high school teams play on NXTPRO Hoops NXT the Official Puma circuit.  This is one of the best AAU basketball circuits in the industry with real college coach exposure for our players.  Sometimes those words are overused as there is a lot of confusion of what creates real exposure for a player.  We have researched our industry carefully to identify a circuit that truly delivers the opportunities that your player wants.  You can learn more about NXTPRO here https://nxtprohoops.com/  or ask our staff about it.  

We believe that having a coach that is experienced and has coaching resources available to help them grow as a coach is vital to your player's development.  This is why we have partnered with Advisor Game Plan and Doug Woodard, legendary Bellevue West basketball coach, to provide each Supreme Basketball coach with the following:

1. Monthly small group consulting calls to help each coach grow
2. Access to only coaching videos to help each coach improve their skills - hundreds of resources available
3. Practice assistance from Doug Woodard - at least once a season Doug will be on site giving pointers and observing to provide feedback to coaches so they can be the best coach possible
4. Podcasts - Doug hosts two podcasts interviewing coaches and diving deeper into coaching topics.  Each Iowa Impact coach will have access to learn ideas from some of the best high school and college and professional coaches in the region.

NXTSTAT is a sports science program that will contribute to each athlete's overall sports experience that is a separate business/leadership from Supreme Basketball. We, as in Supreme Basketball, believe it is a competitive advantage for our players long term to have access to the data that NXTSTAT will provide our athletes.  Force plates will be used to collect objective data and unique software to deliver the results. 

As young athletes participate in more and more competitive programs, sports and seasons, their bodies are put under more and more demand. NXTSTAT helps ensure “doing more” is done as safely and efficiently as possible for each athlete’s individual body and career goals.

Sports Science + Player Profiles with progress reports that are shareable with College Recruiters or Professional Scouts are services that NXTSTAT will provide athletes.

Check out www.nxtstat.com for more information.

"The profiling and benchmarking of athletes is a critical part of the process for informing training and programming. It also allows a complete picture of the athlete to be developed, including physiocial, psychological, technical, and tactical aspects. This has implications for athlete performance and injury prevention. Therefore, using data to inform short- and long-term decisions to support athlete development is also necessary.” 
— Essentials of Sports Science, National Strength and Conditioning Association.
 

We believe in holistically helping our athletes.  This would include the importance of working with a trusted athletic trainer.  Kratos is a leader in the athletic training industry in Lincoln, NE.  You can learn more about them here https://kratospf.com/ .  David Swartz does a great job developing athletic talent and can help your player improve.

Who receives Kratos included in their Supreme Basketball player registration fees?

• Spring/Summer Lincoln Supreme players 5th grade and older have 8 workouts included each season.
• Fall/Winter East Supreme and Silver Hawk Supreme and Thunder Supreme teams 5th grade and older have 8 workouts included each season.

We purchase a Hudl subscription for our National High School level teams to make sure your games are posted in front of hundreds of college coaches.  Supreme Basketball records your games, posts them on Hudl, and puts you in the position to be seen by college coaches.  This is another layer of how we promote Nebraska based players to get national interest.

Yes, this takes us extra effort and coordination, but that extra work that we put in for your best interest is worth it!

We understand that most parents want good competition at the right level for their player so that they can develop, and would prefer to play locally as much as possible - minimize travel cost and time.  We also want to minimize travel for you especially in the winter weather months.  We have the connections and access to get our Supreme Basketball teams into local events with excellent competition to minimize travel.  Here is how we are able to accomplish this:

1. We host many Supreme Basketball leagues and tournaments right here in Lincoln, but also in Kearney, Grand Island, Columbus and other Nebraska communities.  These are very organized tournaments that pay attention to all the details with our proprietary bracketing system.
2. We have common ownership with Omaha Sports Academy through Willet & Cumro Innovations LLC, so we can attend similar organized events just down the road with new teams as competition.
3. We can attract out of state talented teams to come to play in our events in Nebraska through our relationships with out of state clubs who will travel their teams to our events.  
4. We invested in AI (artificial intelligence) bracketing technology to increase the accuracy of competitive bracketed games into the future.

Our teams will travel when there are great opportunities that can't be matched locally for your team, however we want you to know that we are aware and focused at minimizing travel costs for you.  Contact our staff today to learn more about our event plans.  We are focused on minimizing travel while not sacrificing on finding great competition to play against in well organized events.

We use technology to efficiently communicate proactively with our players parents/guardians.  You can expect constant proactive communication of upcoming events, upcoming practice schedules, upcoming opportunities, etc. from us and your coach.  

For one example, we have invested in using The Play App as a messaging app that all our coaches use to communicate with the parents on the team.  It's free to all coaches and parents to use when they play for a Supreme Basketball team.

We also recognize that communciation mistakes do happen.  If you see a repeat pattern of poor communication somewhere within our organization, please contact ask@supremecourtbball.com and let us know how we can improve.

We are thankful to have best-in-class facilities for practices and games.  In Lincoln, this is a unique opportunity for you as parents to have consistent locations to drop of multiple players, and it is an opportunity for players to practice in the best environment for their development.  We also probably underestimate about the camaraderie that happens between all of our coaches and so many parents by all being in these large, eight court facilities.  

Though there is no perfect location no matter where we hold practices, the goal is to provide a simple alternative for practices in our best-in-class facilities.  

Our goal for tryouts is to place all players of all skill levels on the appropriate team for them to continue to develop their skills in the best environment. We have four different programs under our Supreme brand in Lincoln for Fall and Winter. Players are able to try out for the program of their choice, but are only allowed to try out for one and not multiple ones. (Please click on each to register)

*Silver Hawks Supreme

*East Supreme 

*Thunder Supreme

*Lincoln Supreme Girls

When you accept an invitation to join a team, each team will practice two times per week from early October to late February and play in multiple tournaments and our CYBL leagues, session 1 and 2. Tournaments will be chosen once between coaches and parents of each team that works for all parties.  

Tryouts are held in middle to late August of each year. Registration links for all the above teams open up in January each year on our “Tryouts” page on our website. Also, please register for our Newsletter so you are up-to-date on all announcements.

Our goal for tryouts is to place all players of all skill levels on the appropriate team for them to continue to develop their skills in the best environment.  We have three team programs within Supreme Basketball for the Spring/Summer AAU season.  They are: 

*Lincoln Supreme Basketball - practices will be held in Lincoln, NE at the Kinetic Sports Complex.  

*CNBA Supreme Basketball - practices will be held in Aurora, NE.

*Tri-City Supreme Basketball - practices will be held in Grand Island, NE and Kearney, NE and Hastings, NE.  

When you accept an invitation to join a team, each team will practice two times per week from late March-July and play in multiple tournaments to be determined in combination with Supreme Basketball and your coach and parent interactions after teams are set.

Tryouts are held in March each year.  Registration links for all the above teams open up in January each year on our “Tryouts” page on our website.  Also, please register for our Newsletter so you are up-to-date on all announcements.

Spring/Summer Supreme Basketball Player Registration costs:

includes:  1) tournament registration fees, and 2) organized practices in elite facilities 3) experienced coaches 4) Sports Science results 5) athletic training sessions for 5th+ grade

Lincoln Supreme Boys

• 2nd - $385 + jersey cost
• 3rd-4th - $585 +jersey cost
• 5th-7th - $885 +jersey cost
• 8th - $985 +jersey cost
• 15U-17U
  - National - $1,235 +jersey cost 
  - Regional - $1,135 +jersey cost

Lincoln Supreme Girls

• 3rd-4th - $585 +jersey cost
• 5th-8th - $710 +jersey cost
• 15U-17U - National - $1,085 +jersey cost 

CNBA Supreme Boys and Girls

• 3rd-4th - $435 +jersey cost 
• 5th-8th - $560 +jersey cost 
• 15U-17U - $585 +jersey cost

*we are moving to Puma sublimated jerseys that can last your player for multiple spring/summer seasons.  Please consider this when choosing your size order.

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Fall/Winter Supreme Basketball Player Registration costs:

includes: 1) all CYBL league registration costs, 2) all tournament registration costs, and 3) organized practices in elite facilities, and 4) experienced coaches 5) NXTSTAT Sports Science testing 6) athletic training sessions for 5th+ grade

2nd-3rd Grade: 
Note:  This covers both sessions of CYBL league and the three (3) tournaments that Supreme Hoops hosts individually in Lincoln and two, one hour practices a week.

• One Time Online Payment - $coming soon + jersey cost
• One Time Offline Payment - $coming soon
• Online Payment Plan - $coming soon ($coming soon upon registration / remainder coming out on November 1st)

4th Grade: 
Note: Prices rise as five (5) tournaments are now included, as well as two (2) 90 minute practices per week (an additional hour per week of practice time), also still includes both session of CYBL League

• One Time Online Payment - $coming soon
• One Time Offline Payment - $coming soon
• Online Payment Plan - $coming soon ($coming soon upon registration / remainder coming out on November 1st)

5th-8th Grade: 
Note: Prices rise as unlimited tournaments are now included (along with both sessions of CYBL league) and all 5th-8th grade players get 8 sessions (included in the price) at our speed/strength/agility facility at the Kinetic Sports Complex, as well as testing with NXTSTAT.

• One Time Online Payment - $coming soon 
• One Time Offline Payment - $coming soon
• Online Payment Plan - $coming soon ($coming soon upon registration / remainder coming out on November 1st)

Girls Lincoln Supreme 2nd-8th Grade: 
Note: Prices rise as unlimited tournaments are now included (along with both sessions of CYBL league) and all 5th-8th grade players get 8 sessions (included in the price) at our speed/strength/agility facility at the Kinetic Sports Complex, as well as testing with NXTSTAT.

• $coming soon - 2nd & 3rd grade (includes NxtStat testing)
• $coming soon - 4th grade (includes NxtStat testing)
• $coming soon - 5th-8th grade (includes 8 sessions of Kratos & NxtStat testing)

*we are moving to Puma sublimated jerseys that can last your player for multiple fall/winter seasons.  Please consider this when choosing your size order.

Spring/Summer Teams:

9U-13U = 28.5 basketball and 10ft hoops

14U-17U = 29.5 basketball and 10ft hoops

Fall/Winter CYBL:

2nd-3rd grade = 27.5 basketball and 9ft hoops

4th-8th grade = 28.5 basketball and 10ft hoops

Supreme Basketball collaborates with Supreme Hoops (unaffiliated organization) who organizes a fall/winter league called CYBL (Championship Youth Basketball League), a September 3V3 league, and in the Summer they offer a 3V3 league in June each year and a High School team league in June each year.  Unaffiliated programs/teams are welcome to register through Supreme Hoops to have their teams play in these leagues.  Supreme Basketball is committed to bringing a majority of our teams to each of these events that we collaborate with Supreme Hoops, as well as our staff run the day of operations of the local events.

See Leagues page for more information or to register.

3-on-3 league is parent led for team creation.  What we mean by this is that parents should round up their own roster of players and register that roster all together at once.  Each team should consist of 3-5 players.  Each team needs to have one supervising adult at each game during the league in June and the league in September.  Teams will typically play two games each Friday in June (an example of the structure is game - break - game format), and each Monday evening in September.  

See Leagues page for more information or to register.

Gate Attendance fees are:

September 3V3:

• No Admission costs for any ages

Fall/Winter CYBL:

• Adults are $4
• Kids ages 5-18 are $4
• Kids 4 and under are free

**credit card only payments

June 3V3:

• No Admission costs for any ages

Summer High School League:

• No Admission costs for any ages

Please see league pricing and registration process at https://www.supremehoops.org/leagues

Fall/Winter CYBL:

2nd-3rd grade = 27.5 basketball and 9ft hoops

4th-8th grade = 28.5 basketball and 10ft hoops

League schedules are posted to Tourney Machine (please download the app on your phone).

Yes, there are gold medals for the champion of each bracket and silver medals for the runner-up of each bracket.  These will be at the scores table for you at the end of your game.  

*if you cannot find your medals after the game, please see our site director or gate workers.  

Tournament Gate Attendance fees are:

Fall/Winter:

• Adults are $9 daily or $22 weekend pass
• Kids ages 5-18 are $4 daily or $10 weekend pass
• Kids 4 and under are free

**credit card only payments

Spring/Summer:

• Adults are $11 per day or $26 weekend pass
• Kids ages 5-18 are $5 per day or $11 weekend pass
• Kids 4 and under are free

**credit card only payments

Please see tournaments pricing and registration process at https://www.supremehoops.org/tournaments or talk to Ryan Reeder at ryan@supremecourtbball.com 

Fall/Winter:

2nd-3rd grade = 27.5 basketball and 9ft hoops

4th-8th grade = 28.5 basketball and 10ft hoops

Spring/Summer:

9U-13U (3rd-8th grade) = 28.5 basketball and 10ft hoops

14U-17U (9th-12th grade) = 29.5 basketball and 10ft hoops

Tournament schedules will be posted to Tourney Machine (please download the app on your phone) on the Friday before the tournament (so usually 7 days before the start of the tournament).

Please visit our Camps page for more info.

• Basketball
• Water bottle
• Basketball shoes (ideally if these could be shoes your player carries in and switches to wearing instead the facility only, this will help us keep our basketball court flooring in good shape)
• Ready to learn attitude