Ontario Basketball
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Founded 📆 | 1977 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , |
Area served 🗺️ | Ontario |
Key people | Jason Jansson, Executive Director |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 19 |
| 🌐 Website | basketball.on.ca |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Ontario Basketball (OBA) is the provincial sport organization that governs amateur basketball in Ontario.[1] A member of Canada Basketball, the national governing body for basketball, OBA serves approximately 185 member clubs and minor basketball associations. The organization was incorporated in 1977.[2] The Ontario Basketball office is located within the Abilities Centre in Whitby, Ontario.
OBA oversees basketball development in the province through the provision of programs and services aimed at meeting the needs of the evolving provincial, national and global basketball landscape. OBA promotes basketball development in accordance with Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) and Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L) principles, and aims to support participants in all stages of development, from building physical literacy to developing high performance athletes to facilitating lifelong participation as athletes, coaches, officials and administrators.[3] Ontario Basketball maintains partnerships with the Toronto Raptors[4] and Recharge with Milk.[5]
In 2018, Ontario Basketball was one of the first sport organizations to commit to dropping the term 'midget' as the age category classification for the U15 and U16 levels in youth sports.[6][7]
Ontario Basketball League
The Ontario Basketball League (OBL) is an inclusive, age- and ability-appropriate, province-wide league structure run by Ontario Basketball designed to provide meaningful competition for male and female athletes in all age categories (U10 to U19) and all levels of play (OBLX, AAA, AA and A) to promote safe and stage-appropriate athlete development according to Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) principles. The Ontario Basketball League culminates in end-of-year Provincial Championships and the Ontario Cup. The winners of the OBLX U14 Division automatically qualify for the Jr. NBA Global Championship - Canada Regional Finals, where they compete with the best teams from other provinces in Canada for the chance to represent Canada at the Jr. NBA Global Championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando each August.[8][9]
Team Ontario
Team Ontario brings together the top U15 and U17 male and female players in the province. There are two competitive divisions for both male and female teams. The U15 and U17 teams compete in the annual Canada Basketball National Championships, and in the quadrennial Canada Summer Games. Between Nationals and Canada Summer Games, Ontario has earned gold at over 70% of the competitions since 2002.[10]
Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association
Launched in 2015, Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association is a league of high schools and prep schools that supports and develops athletes for national and international competition. The league also serves to raise the amount and quality of Ontario players competing at the Train to Compete stage of the Long-Term Athlete Development model.[11] The OSBA stresses the importance of maintaining academics alongside athletics and ensures each institution can provide the appropriate education to prepare the student-athletes for college and university basketball careers in Canada and the United States.
Notable OBA Alumni
- ↑ Ontario, Government of. "Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport". www.mtc.gov.on.ca. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ↑ "About Us". Ontario Basketball. Ontario Basketball.
- ↑ "About Us". Ontario Basketball. Ontario Basketball.
- ↑ "Community Partnerships". Toronto Raptors. Toronto Raptors. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ↑ "Partners". Recharge with Milk. Dairy Farmers of Ontario. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ↑ Strong, Gregory. "Ontario Basketball to drop term 'midget' from age category classifications". Toronto Star. Toronto Star. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ↑ "Ontario Basketball plans to drop 'midget' as age category classification". TSN. TSN. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ↑ "About OBL". Ontario Basketball. Ontario Basketball.
- ↑ "Jr. NBA Global Championship". Jr. NBA. Jr. NBA. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ↑ "National Championships". Canada Basketball. Canada Basketball. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ↑ Friesen, Joe. "Ontario program aims to keep Canada's basketball talent at home". The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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