Instructional League registration is now available.

Please click here to register.

The Instructional program is designed for boys and girls, ages five (5) and six (6) years old (or grades K-1). 

We organize players into 5 groups to help manage the size of each session. 

Generally, the groups will be formed with players from the same schools or with friends by special request through your registration. We do our best to accommodate special requests. 

Each participant receives a custom Burke Basketball Instructional league t-shirt and a basketball, plus another other fun prizes our budget can afford!. 

During the first 3-4 weeks, we will emphasize individual skills like dribbling, passing, and shooting. During the last 2-3 weeks, we will incorporate those basketball skills into live-game situations, starting with 1v1 and progressing to actual 5v5 games. That way, the players will get introduced to other skills and concepts, like playing defense, and when to pass to teammates.

Our program focuses on providing a positive introduction to basketball. We are focused on creating a great sports learning experience as this is often the player's first experience with organized basketball or sports in general!

Our objective is to teach beginning players the basic skills of basketball, to have fun, enjoy and respect the game, and hopefully enable them to practice and progress to higher levels.

Please contact the Instructional League Director, Jake Partonen at jake@burkesports.com if you have any questions.

Our first session will be held on Saturday, January 11th, 2025.

Below is our full schedule.

Our sessions are held at Fairview Elementary School in Burke. The session times range from 9:00-3:00pm. Each session lasts 1 hour.

We rotate session times every week, so one week you may start at 9:00am, another week may be 11:30am. Our latest session starts at 2:00pm and is complete by 3:00pm.

Please contact Jake Partonen (jake@burkesports.com) with any questions!

Session #1 - Saturday, January 11th, 2025

Session #2 - Saturday, January 18th, 2025

Session #3 - Saturday, January 25th, 2025

Session #4 - Saturday, February 1st, 2025

Session #5 - Saturday, February 8th, 2025

Session #6 - Saturday, February 15th, 2025

weather make-up date, if needed: Saturday, February 22nd, 2025