Season Details

• The basketball season runs from the last week of September to early March. 
• Practices are held in a Southeast Edmonton school gym on week nights between 6pm and 10pm.
• All teams will be assigned one 1-1.5 hour practice per week.
• Practices are assigned once teams are made and coaches are assigned in mid September. We will NOT know any earlier what day of the week your child practices.
• Extra gym time may be assigned to teams playing in the competitive divisions depending on availability.
• Please note that occasionally practices will be cancelled due to school events, such as holiday concerts or custodian illness.  If we are notified of the cancellation early enough and extra gym time is available, we can try and assign a replacement gym.
• If a player is unable to attend a game or practice, please remember to let your coach know as soon as possible to help them plan accordingly. 
• Please be aware of our gym etiquette rules and our fair play code.

7U & 9U Division

• 7U & 9U program runs for 18 sessions starting the last week of September and runs through to March depending on the availability of the school gym used for the program.
• Sessions are held on Saturday mornings for 1 hour, starting at 9 am - 10 am for 7U’s, 10 am to 11 am or 11 am to 12 noon for 9U’s at the Westboro Elementary School in Sherwood Park.  You can request which time slot you prefer in your registration and we will do our best to accommodate, however, all requests can not be guaranteed. 
• There are no regular games at this level - the focus is on skill development and fun.
• The first half of the program will be spent on skill development, and then progress to game type experience in the second half of the program in preparation for the year end tournament.
• There is a tournament at the end of the season in the middle of March that is run by Edmonton Youth Basketball Association (“EYBA”).

Community Division: 11U - 18U

• All players are eligible to play in the community program and will be placed on a team after attending the MANDATORY Pre-Season Evaluations that take place in September.
• Teams typically play 1 game per week and they typically start the first week of October and finish up with playoff games at the end of February / early March.  For teams that qualify for Provincials, they take place in the middle of March.
• Games are played at the Saville Center, Legacy Athletics Centre, the EYBA Center, and school gyms in Edmonton and the surrounding area.
• Community division games are generally played on Saturdays (occasionally Friday evenings or Sunday morning). 
• Teams will be re-seeded by EYBA at the end of each round during the seasons league play.

18U Program

18U Boys Division is broken up into 2 seasons (Fall and Winter), as players may not play for a community league team during winter season, and their high school senior basketball team at the same time.

When registering you will be asked to pay for the full season (Fall & Winter).  If you make your high school’s senior team, please email ed@southeastbasketball.com to let us know and we will refund $150 of the registration fee to the credit card used at registration.  The deadline to request this refund is December 15, 2025.

18U Girls Division are also ineligible to play on both a community team and their high school senior team at the same time so their season only runs for the Fall Season and ends before Christmas. 

Competitive Division (Tier 1, 2 & 3): 13U and 15U only

• Mandatory Player Evaluations are held the first week of September to create our competitive teams. All players will attend the regular evaluation time for their age division.  They will receive an email / phone call or text if they are asked to attend the second evaluation for the Tier 1, 2 & 3 teams. 
• Teams are created based on player ability. The competitive team will only be created if there are enough players registered in the program and showcase the appropriate skill level during evaluations. 
• Teams can be moved from competitive level to community level, or vice versa based on their performance (during EYBA re-seeding).
• Games are scheduled at the Saville Center, Legacy Athletics, the EYBA Center, and school gyms in Edmonton and the surrounding area.
• Competitive division games are played on Wednesday nights (Girls program) and Tuesday nights (Boys program).
• Regular season games will be followed by play-offs in March.
• All Tier 1, 2 & 3 teams will participate in the Seeding Tournament that takes place the first weekend in September.

SEBA Swarm is operated primarily by volunteers. They perform many and much-needed activities that advance the basketball program and help save funds. To keep fees as low as possible, the SEBA Board decided that parents will be asked to volunteer in some capacity. A list of positions or possible tasks can be found by clicking here.

SEBA charges a $100 Volunteer deposit for each player as all families are required to volunteer in some capacity throughout the season.  You will be charged $0.01 upon registration.  If your volunteer commitment is not completed and your volunteer completion form has not been completed by April 1, 2026, you will be charged the remaining $99.99. 

The volunteer completion form is on our website under the Coaches / Volunteer tab at the top of the page or you can view the form by clicking HERE.  

Refunds may be granted on cancelled registrations for each season as follows:

• $50 per athlete is non-refundable (a “full refund” will be less a $50 non-refundable administration fee), regardless of the reason for cancellation. 
• Refunds requested before teams are formed will be subject to the $50 administration fee.
• Refunds requested after teams are formed are subject to a $75 administration fee.  
• Registration fees are NON-REFUNDABLE after the first game weekend of the EYBA Season.

REGISTRATION FOR THE 2025-2026 WILL OPEN ON JUNE 15, 2025!

AFTER AUGUST 1st THERE WILL BE A LATE REGISTRATION FEE OF $50 ADDED TO EACH REGISTRATION!

REGISTER EARLY TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT - SPACES ARE LIMITED!

NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER

AUGUST 15, 2025!!

PLEASE READ THROUGH ALL INFORMATION PRIOR TO REGISTERING!

***IF THE DIVISION YOU ARE LOOKING FOR DOES NOT SHOW UP IN RAMP THAT MEANS THAT DIVISION IS FULL.  TO BE PUT ON THE WAITLIST, PLEASE CLICK HERE AND COMPLETE THE FORM.  ***

NOTE: SEBA Swarm uses the RAMP sports registration system to handle our zone’s registration process. In order to register a parent or guardian must first have/create a RAMP account.

Athlete registrations can be added once this step is complete. If you have registered in previous years, your account and athlete profiles should remain.

Please note:  Alberta Basketball now requires you to upload a picture of THE PLAYER in their RAMP account as well as a copy of their birth certificate or Alberta Health Care Care to confirm their age. DO NOT upload a photo of the parent and parent's ID.

IMPORTANT:

• Players registering with SEBA Swarm MUST reside or attend school South of the North Saskatchewan River, and East of Calgary Trail, to the City limits.  
• Please choose “2025-26 ABA Membership Year (Canada Basketball)” when you register in RAMP.

• Alberta Basketball Association (ABA) is the governing body for the sport of basketball in the Province of Alberta and is in partnership with and endorsed by Canada Basketball (CB).  All of our athletes and coaches are insured through ABA and a mandatory fee is due and payable at the time of registration to ABA as well as CB, as shown below:

  Category	ABA Fee	CB Fee	Total
  Youth: 4-9 years	$13.00	$9.00	$22.00
  Youth: 10 - 17 years	$18.00	$9.00	$27.00
  Coaches	$18.00	$9.00	$27.00

• A jersey deposit of $100 will be charged to the credit card on file in RAMP if the jersey is not returned at the end of the season.
• We have a mandatory volunteer requirement as our program is operated primarily by volunteers. If your volunteer requirement is not fulfilled you will be charged $100 to the credit card used for registration at the end of the season.  Please click here to view our Volunteer Policy and a list of our Volunteer jobs here.

2025-2026 Age Category / Registration Fees:

7U & 9U:     2017-2020  (5-8 years old)       $325.00 - $375.00 after August 1, 2024

11U:            2015-2016 (9-10 years old)      $375.00 - $425.00 after August 1, 2024

13U:            2013-2014 (11-12 years old)    $400.00 - $450.00 after August 1, 2024

15U:            2011-2012 (13-14 years old)    $400.00 - $450.00 after August 1, 2024

18U Girls:    2008-2010 (15-17 years old)    $300.00 - $350.00 after August 1, 2024 (Fall Season Only)

18U Boys:   2008-2010 (15-17 years old)     $475.00 Full Season** - $525.00 after August 1, 2024

18U Boys:   2008-2010 (15-17 year old)       $300.00 Winter Season only

PLEASE NOTE:

• Registration is by birth year.  NO OVERAGE PLAYERS are allowed in any division, regardless of how close a player may be to a lower division. (Exemption would be for players with severe medical/physical disabilities). 
• Requests to play in a higher age division are considered on a case by case basis.  Requests must be made to ed@southeastbasketball.com prior to registering.  If a request is made, the player MUST attend the player evaluation the week of September 3-6, 2024 - NO EXCEPTIONS.  

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

COACHES REGISTRATION opens JUNE 15, 2025.

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TO REGISTER AS A COACH OR ASSISTANT COACH, PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW.

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COACH REQUIREMENTS:

1. CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECKS:

• SEBA Swarm requires a Criminal Record Check from all coaches, assistant coaches & team managers or any volunteers who are in regular contact with our players.

• SEBA conducts these record checks at no cost to our volunteers. Please complete your criminal record check through RAMP when registering BY CHECKING THE BOX TO COMPLETE THE CRC.

• These are valid for two years so please send your previous record check to ed@southeastbasketball.com if it is still valid until March 31, 2026 or later.

2.  REGISTER AS A COACH THROUGH RAMP:

•      PLEASE USE THE CODE, _________ AND YOU WILL AVOID THE CANADA BASKETBALL FEE; AND

•      PLEASE USE THE CODE, __________  AND YOU WILL AVOID THE ALBERTA BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FEE.

       SEBA WILL COVER THESE FEES FOR YOU!!

3.  NEW THIS YEAR - ALL coaches are now required to take the Safe Sport Training course:  follow the instructions HERE.  Safe Sport Training is a yearly coaching requirement.

DEADLINE TO COMPLETE ALL OF THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS IS SEPTEMBER 15, 2025.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AS A COACH