Travel Program

In order to participate in Belmont Travel Basketball a player must reside in or attend school in the Town of Belmont during the school year.

The fee for Travel Program participation 2026-26 will be $700 per player (increased due to new rental fees). 

• Registration opens Aug 30th and runs through Sept 20th.
• Late registration starts Sept 21st and includes a late fee of $50. 

Players register for the BYBA Travel Program HERE

Coaches register for the BYBA Travel Program HERE

Players who register after Sept 21st (during the late registration period) will be required to pay the full registration fee plus a $50 late fee and will be placed on a waitlist (the waitlist does not guarantee your child will be placed on a team)

Registration is not considered complete until the balance due is paid in full (the registration process allows the option of full payment or 3 installment payments).

BYBA has limited scholarship funds available to support families who require financial assistance. Please only request financial assistance if your child truly could not participate in BYBA Travel basketball without support. BYBA will require reasonable verification of need in order to provide assistance. If you are in need of financial assistance, please contact info@belmontyouthbasketball.com​

Please keep in mind that there is a possibility that your child will not be placed on a Travel team. If your child does not make a Travel team your child will still be able to play in our In-town program. You will receive a refund of your payment minus the In-town fee (and any uniform fees, if applicable)

No refunds will be issued after October 15th.

If you withdraw your child after Travel team placements you will be assessed a $200 Late Withdrawal Fee that will be due the next time anyone in your family registers for a BYBA program.

A standard uniform (reversible jersey and shorts) is required for all Travel players. All new Travel players must purchase a reversible jersey and shorts. Travel jerseys are also worn for In-town games (5th-8th grade).

During the season, you may purchase a Travel uniform at Champions Sporting Goods in Belmont Center. Please note that BYBA uniforms tend to run large, so you may consider ordering true to size or a size down compared to what your child typically wears. 

Over the past several years our Travel Program has seen tremendous growth. Belmont has one of the largest Travel programs among the 70+ Metrowest League member towns (in 2024-25 we supported 26 Travel teams). We are thrilled that our town has so many children who desire to play Travel Basketball. At the same time, we face many challenges including limited gym space, finding competitive games for our lower level teams, inadequate numbers of players in a particular grade leading to teams of less than 10 players or a combined-grade team, the availability of qualified coaches, and as of this year new rental fees that will further limit our ability to rent gym space (as a tradeoff for keeping registration costs down).

As we assess Travel registration numbers, please know that we will work to establish team structures that allow us to run an effective Travel program. Please be aware that there is a possibility your child may not make a Travel team. If your child does not make a Travel team, s/he can still play In-town league.

Belmont Travel Basketball requires all players be registered and fully paid (or have paid the first of 3 installments) to attend tryouts.

Tryouts for each grade level are expected to be held the last week in September and the first week of October.

All players must attend Travel tryouts for their respective grade. To properly assess each player, we may conduct two (2) nights (3 focused hours in total) of tryouts, which will include skills and game situations. For 4th grade or grades with limited enrollment, the BYBA may determine that only one tryout night is necessary. BYBA evaluators will be objective and independent, and will not have a child in the grade they are evaluating. All evaluators have been involved in youth basketball for many years either playing, coaching and/or officiating at multiple levels including AAU, high school or college.

In cases where a player cannot try out because of a documented injury, but is expected back in time for the season, BYBA will use its sole discretion in placing that player on a team and may use any information it deems suitable including prior year placement information or other information from coaches, etc. However, a non-injured player who fully participated in placements will have priority over a player who was unable to participate in placements in those cases when the players are deemed “equal” in the placement process.

Prospective players are encouraged to attend all tryout sessions. In the event a player cannot attend tryouts due to a family or other special circumstance and upon reasonable prior notice, BYBA will use its best efforts to find an alternative placement session (likely at the next higher grade level) in order to obtain the most reasonable an complete assessment as possible.

If for some reason you do not want your child to be placed on the first team please contact us at info@belmontyouthbasketball.com. Please be aware that if your child is assessed highly at placements we may not be able to honor these types of requests.

NOTE: TRYOUTS WILL BE CLOSED TO PARENTS.

Travel teams will practice up to twice a week beginning in early November. Practices may be held on any night of the week, including Saturday in the event there are no games scheduled. If your child can not make two practices per week and they are placed on a team that is practicing twice a week, they may be moved down to another team. For most teams, one practice will be a shared or half-court practice due to limits on gym availability imposed by new rental fees. 

Metrowest league games are generally held on Sundays, with non-league games held on some Saturdays as well. Games run from the first week of December through early March. Games will be scheduled on both weekends of February vacation and over December break. Again, please consider the increased time commitment for practice and games when deciding whether your child will participate on a Travel team.

Most teams will participate in the Metrowest League which consists of a twelve game schedule, with playoffs following the regular season. Teams will play additional "non-league games", which may vary on a team-by-team and grade-by-grade basis.

All Travel teams playing in the Metrowest League will qualify for the Metrowest's post-season playoffs that begin in early March. Additional tournaments and games may be scheduled during the season (i.e. during December or February vacation) on a team-by-team basis, largely at the discretion of the coaching staff. Travel teams that play in optional tournaments will be responsible for tournament costs. 

As Travel basketball is a competitive program, the minimum playing time in grades 6 through 8 is 25%; in grades 4 & 5 the minimum playing time is 40%. It is very important that parents and players alike are ready to accept that they may only play 25% of the time (40% for 4th & 5th graders). EXACT PLAYING TIME MAY VARY GAME TO GAME.

NOTE: THESE TIMES ARE MINIMUM GUIDELINES, AND WE ENCOURAGE (and expect) COACHES TO PROVIDE AS MUCH BALANCED PLAYING TIME AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. IF A PLAYER MISSES PRACTICES/GAMES, THAT MAY NEGATIVELY IMPACT PLAYING TIME. WE ASK COACHES TO KEEP TRACK OF ATTENDANCE.

Twins/siblings in the same grade will be evaluated and placed independently. Prior to the evaluations, parents may request twins/siblings to be placed on the same team. In the event that there is a request for siblings to be on the same team both players will be placed on the lower of the teams the players were evaluated for.

BYBA annually registers over 20+ teams into the Metrowest Travel Basketball League. With such a high number of teams, our biggest challenge is finding enough volunteers to coach at each level.  If we do not have a coach for a specific team, we will be unable to register that team for the upcoming season.  Please register to coach if you have an interest in coaching.  

NOTE: Coaches will not be selected for a specific team until after placements are finalized. We will not move a player down to a lower team just to fill a coaching vacancy.  If we do not have enough coaches to run the program, we will have less teams.

After the teams have been created through the evaluation process, BYBA will identify and select the coaching candidates among that team. Coach selections are then based on the candidate's expertise and experience in basketball, coaching, and other youth related leadership activities, as well as overall credentials, approach, and if applicable, prior year parent feedback. We recognize that having consistency in coaches year to year is valuable, but not necessary, and it can also be very positive for the children to experience different coaches as part of their basketball careers and development. For this reason BYBA's coaching staffs will consist of one head coach and one assistant coach, unless circumstances warrant an additional coach. Coaching candidates will be asked to submit an online registration through the Registration page. All coaches will be required to complete a CORI check prior to participating in the program.

To register as a Travel coach for 2025-26 click HERE.