Junior Development is an important aspect of the Perry Lakes Hawks Basketball Association (PLHBA). The PLHBA offers a range of options designed to improve and develop fundamental skills in our players. The Hawks also work to prepare players for State Representative Programs and higher level programs that are offered by BWA.
To see our Hawks Junior Development Pathway click here.
U8 Skills Sessions
These sessions are open to players who are 7 years of age and not turning 8 until after 30th June 2024(year 2)and are held each Tuesday between 4.15pm and 6.15pm (2 time slots). They comprise a 50 minute time slot made up of skills & drills , supervised by our NBL1 players and coaches from the Junior Clubs, concluding with a short game. Any player interested needs to register with a Junior Club and the Junior Club will place the player in a team. For more information click here.
Junior Competition
Our junior competition takes place from late-March through to mid-September for U10 to U18’s.
To play in this competition you must first REGISTER with one of our 6 Junior Clubs . Their details can be found by clicking here. You will need to contact the relevant Junior Club to register and the Club will then place you in a team. All Junior Clubs will be opening their player registrations up the last week January/first week of February to returning members and once these players have registered, registration is open to new members. Please check the individual club websites for more information regarding registration. This competition is very popular and any spare places in teams are filled quickly.
Please check our calendar for playing dates for the 2024 season.
School Competition
The PLHBA runs a special schools competition for 5-6 weeks in Term 4 each year.
Hawks Camps
We have partnered with Redhage Basketball and all of our Hawks camps are run by Shawn Redhage and the Redhage Team. All dates can be found at: https://www.redhagebasketball.com/holiday-camps
WABL
The Western Australian Basketball League is a state-wide premier junior competition which develops players, coaches and officials. The Western Australian Basketball League (WABL) is WA’s premier junior basketball competition catering for players in the following age groups: U12, U14, U16, U18, U20 and Open Age (Division 1). The Hawks hold trials for these representative teams in October each year, as phase 1 and the final selection late January each year. For more information click here.
Hawks Junior Development Sessions
Under our partnership with Redhage Basketball, we hold WABL skills sessions Mon, Tues & Wed for U12-U16 Hawks WABL players. The link to register can be found at https://www.redhagebasketball.com/small-group-training
Basketball WA
Basketball WA (BWA) run a series of special clinics over each school holiday period. In addition to this BWA run development and high performance programs including Hot Shots, Future Development Program, the State Performance Program, U14/15 Southern Cross Challenge Tours and the U16, U18 and U20 State Teams program. BWA regularly updates their website with all the information regarding this and The Hawks will notify members through our website and facebook. For more information on BWA Development please click here.
