Lake Erie Defenders Basketball
do work!!!
The goal of our program is to help develop players for their respective school teams. We work on fundamentals, how to gain 1 step & 1/2 second advantages, value every possession, be disciplined, "TEAM PLAY" do not take plays off "DO WORK!!!". We have a proven track record with 44 players who have earned All-Ohio honors, many multiple years, 27 players score over 1,000 points in their high school careers and 1 player score over 1,000 points in college. We also have had conference and county MVP's, not to mention all of the conference, district awards Defender players have earned. We also have 27 players who have played basketball at the next level. We have players in our program from as far as Erie, Pa, Youngstown area, Solon, Twinsburg, Lakewood and everywhere in between.
Lake Erie Defenders Class of 2024 Winners of Pitt Jam Fest & ranked 22nd in Country
Our Programs
AAU - Basketball
Spring - March - May
Our Spring program is for Boys and Girls in grades 4th - Varsity. We begin in March and go through May. We practice 2 times per week and play in tournaments on the weekends.
Fall Basketball
September - October
This is a Fall basketball league that is played on Sunday's beginning the Sunday after Labor Day. This is a competitive league players used to get ready for their season. This league is for boys and girls 4th - 12th Grade.
Camps & Clinics
Summer & Fall
Our camps & clinics are designed to help your child develop and improve their game by focusing on fundamentals. Our camps & clinics are limited in the number of kids. This allows your child to get more one on one teaching instead of just being a number.
Community
- My son joined the Defenders in 6th grade and developed skills that helped him become a conference MVP and an All-Ohio player in high school. He played for the Defenders through 12th grade and I can say, without a doubt, that this level of coaching, competition and continous skill development enabled him to play college basketball at a DII
Tracy Burdyshaw
2016 Defender Parent - level. An added bonus for our family is that we have made life-long friends from our Defenders team
Tracy Burdyshaw
2016 Defender Parent
Upcoming Events - 2023
Feb
5
Registration for Lake Erie Defenders
Registration to become part of the Lake Erie Defenders program.
FEB
27
Practice Begins
Practices will begin the week of March 8th.
Mar
10
Tournaments begin
Tournaments begiin for teams.
July
11
Registration for Fall League Begins
Registration for Fall league begins.