New Roosevelt Island Competitive Youth Basketball Program Being Formed For 13-17 Year Olds By Long Time Resident, Importance Of Basketball Fundamentals And Education Stressed - Tri State Travel To Play Other AAU Teams

Roosevelt Island is getting a new competitive basketball program for youth 13- 17 years of age. The basketball program, Greatest Of All Time (GOAT), is being organized by long time Roosevelt Island resident John McNeil. According to Mr. McNeil:

I’ve been living on Roosevelt island for twenty-five years.

Roosevelt island never had an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball team, until now. What’s special about an AAU Tournament is that college scouts are present at these tournaments. They give athletic scholarships to players, who they’re interested in recruiting.

Our practices are every Saturday from 1-4pm at PS/IS 217 on Roosevelt island.

Basketball players I’m am seeking are ages from 13-17 years old. We do have tryouts, which means there will be cuts. The players will play other AAU teams around the Tri-State area.

It’s heavily competitive and the exposure is like no other. We train our players with the fundamentals of basketball and stress the importance of education – giving the youth in our community a better chance to achieve their goals.

Goat Basketball is a non-profit organization and it has a 501C3, which is the same tax exemption a church will pursue.

Our website is Goat Basketball

For more info about players or volunteer coaches, please contact John McNeil of GOAT.