Frequently Asked Questions

Let's get you added to our Newsletter where all reminders and important information is shared with our families. Please email ask@gretnahoops.com to be added to the newsletter list.

If interested in joining a team, please sign up for our next tryouts, or email our Director, Dirk Chatelain, at director@gretnahoops.com to learn more.

Yes, GBA fundamentals is actively looking for volunteer Officials for their K-4th weekends in both the fall league and winter league. This is a great way to gain some experience as an Official and give back to our Gretna community. If interested, please contact ask@gretnahoops.com.

Also, our GBA teams attend many Supreme Basketball and OSA events (both leagues and tournaments) in the area - specifically at UBT Sports Complex, Kinetic Sports Complex, and Iowa West Field House in Council Bluffs, IA. They are actively seeking more Officials for their paid position for Basketball leagues and/or tournaments. This is a fun way to enjoy the game of basketball while getting paid as an official. They also offer a training program for those that have limited referee experience. You are making a great impact within the Community when you referee youth sports games.

If interested, please contact montsho@supremecourtbasketball.com.

Referee opportunities include:

* Fall 3V3 Leagues

* October-December each year for Session 1 Leagues

* January-February each year for Session 2 Leagues

* November-February each year for tournament events

* April-July each year for tournament events

* June each year on Friday’s only for 3V3 leagues

* June High School team summer leagues

We believe that having a coach that is experienced, and also has the resources to develop their coaching skills is vital to your player's development. This is why we have partnered with Advisor Game Plan and Doug Woodard, legendary basketball coach in Nebraska, to provide each Gretna coach with the following:

1. Monthly small group consulting calls to help each coach grow.
2. Access to coaching videos to help each coach improve their skills - hundreds of resources available.
3. Practice assistance from Doug Woodard - at least once a season Doug will be on site giving pointers and observing to provide feedback to coaches so they can be the best coach possible.
4. Podcasts - Doug hosts two podcasts interviewing coaches and diving deeper into coaching topics.  Each Gretna coach will have exclusive access to learn ideas from some of the best high school and college and professional coaches in the region.

We understand that most parents want good competition at the right level for their player so that they can develop, but would prefer to play locally as much as possible - minimize travel. We also want to minimize travel for you especially in the winter months. We have the connections and access to get our GBA teams into local events with good competition to minimize travel. We will travel when there is an opportunity that can't be matched locally, however we want you to know that we are aware and focused at minimizing travel. Contact our staff today to learn more about our fall/winter event plans. We are very focused on minimizing travel while not sacrificing on finding good competition to play in well organized events.

We use technology to efficiently communicate proactively with parents/guardians. You can expect constant proactive communication of upcoming events, upcoming practice schedules, upcoming opportunities, etc. from us and from your coach.  

For one example, we have invested in using The Play App as a messaging app that all our coaches use to communicate with the parents on the team to help us all stay organized (avoiding anyone getting left off an important message to that team). It's free to all coaches and parents to use when they play for an GBA team.

We also recognize that communication mistakes do happen.  If you see a repeat pattern of poor communication somewhere within our organization, please contact ask@gretnabasketball.com and let us know how we can improve. We promise to take those requests seriously and improve any of our areas that are lacking.

GBA teams are THE local Gretna community based teams. We exist to serve Gretna School students and Gretna residence. If you are part of the Gretna community then you will find your basketball home at GBA.   

NXTSTAT is a sports science program that will contribute to each athlete's overall athletic development and return from injury readiness.  We believe it is a competitive advantage for our players long term to have access to the sports science data that NXTSTAT will provide our athletes.  Force plates will be used to collect objective data and unique software to deliver the results.

As young athletes participate in more and more competitive programs, sports and seasons, their bodies are put under more and more demand. NXTSTAT helps ensure “doing more” is done as safely and efficiently as possible for each athlete’s individual body and career goals.

Sports Science + Player Profiles with progress reports that are shareable with College Recruiters or Professional Scouts are services that NXTSTAT will provide athletes.

Check out www.nxtstat.com for more information.

"The profiling and benchmarking of athletes is a critical part of the process for informing training and programming. It also allows a complete picture of the athlete to be developed, including physiocial, psychological, technical, and tactical aspects. This has implications for athlete performance and injury prevention. Therefore, using data to inform short- and long-term decisions to support athlete development is also necessary.” 

— Essentials of Sports Science, National Strength and Conditioning Association.

NXTSTAT is available to all Gretna Basketball players by parents choice. There is a separate fee at this time for NXTSTAT. You can learn more or sign up for a testing session by contacting NXTSTAT at https://www.nxtstat.com/contact.

Select Program only - Our goal for tryouts is to place all players of all skill levels on the appropriate team for them to continue to develop their skills in the best environment.

When you accept an invitation to join a GBA team, each team will practice weekly from early October to late February and play in multiple tournaments.  

Tryouts are held in March of each year. Also, please register for our Newsletter by emailing ask@gretnahoops.com, so you are up-to-date on all announcements.

Spring/Summer:

9U-13U = 28.5 basketball and 10ft hoops

14U-17U = 29.5 basketball and 10ft hoops

Fall/Winter:

2nd-3rd grade = 27.5 basketball and 9ft hoops

4th-8th grade = 28.5 basketball and 10ft hoops