The American Youth Basketball TOUR is a summer, grade-based, youth basketball organization.  The TOUR hosts 5 on 5 basketball events throughout the Midwest and East Coast called District Series Events.  These DSE’s, which guarantee each team five games in a round robin format, are held on weekends starting in May and finishing in mid-July.

The culmination of our summer events is one of our three National Tournaments.  Our National Tournaments guarantee seven games and are held over a four day period one of the last two weeks of July.  All teams have the opportunity to attend a National Tournament of their choice.  Please note some National Tournament sites fill quickly and are filled on first come, first served basis.  Our National Tournaments are set-up to give teams six round robin games with the seventh game starting a single elimination tournament.



First, you form your own team.  Teams sign up in their respective grade division and then are rated by their coach and district director.  Our rating system is used to schedule teams against each other of similar ability, thus maximizing each teams’ benefit.  Teams select what DSE’s and National that they would like to participate during the summer.  We also require two alternative selections, as we cannot guarantee your DSE selections.  We encourage teams to choose events within their home district, over an hour away and over two hours away.  This will allow your team to see a variety of teams.  Your DSE and National selection must be turned into your Director April 5^th, 2008.  We do accept teams after this date, but teams may not get the events they want because many events will already be filled.  Around May 5th, you will receive confirmation of the DSE’s that you have been assigned.  Final placement priority goes to teams going to Nationals and playing the most DSE events.  Division balance and skill level is also taken into consideration during placement of teams.