Basketball Ireland U14 Academy Selections 2025/26

The players who will take part in the 2025/26 Basketball Ireland U14 Academy have been selected, and can be viewed at the bottom of this page. Basketball Ireland wishes to thank all players that attended the Talent Identification Sessions, especially for the effort made by each and every player in the sessions.

What Next?

If your child has been selected and you wish to accept the place, please read the information below.

Academy place confirmation and registration

This year we will continue to use the system across the entire academy and international teams called XPS. This system can be downloaded to any mobile phone, tablet or computer. It will allow parents, players and coaches to communicate on a much quicker and safer platform. XPS will allow communication between Coaches and parents/players, it will allow training plans to be shared from academy coaches, all session information will appear on XPS, session plans and video analysis can also be shared on XPS. On top of this all players will have access to huge a library of basketball drills to cover anything in the game and a similar library of strength and conditioning exercises. For new users to the XPS it will take a little while to get used to all the functions that it offers but the basics of getting registered and using the calendar are all very simple. For those that want to learn more there are tutorial links  on the home page of the app or you can google XPS for a full list of tutorials. Please turn of automatic updates for this app to insure you get information and allow notifications.

How to get XPS?

By Tuesday September 30th all selected players will receive an email from Sideline Sports to the parents email address used to register them for the talent ID session. This email may go to your junk email so please check all inboxes. If for any reason you have not received the email by close of business Tuesday, please email Matt on mhall@ireland.basketball and include the players name, region and parents’ email. We will be prioritizing these emails for this period so please include the correct information.

Once you receive the email, please download the application and login with the details contained in the email. You will then be taken to a registration page within the app. Please complete all information requested carefully as this will be used for your child’s profile. Once this form is completed you don’t have to do anything further for the time being. If you start this form and then go out of the app it may disappear, but you will always be able to find this form on the calendar for the date it was sent. This is the same for any future form.

Deadline for accepting the academy place?

We ask that all parents register their child no later than the close of business on Thursday 2nd October via the information form that will be appear on your agenda on XPS when you log in. It can also be found on your XPS calendar by clicking on Tuesday 30^th September. After this time, we will mark the player as not accepting a place on the academy.

With 400 players at this age group across the country we rely on information being correct on the database 

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First session date?

Please note that the first academy session for u14 and u15 age groups will take place on the weekend of 4^th and 5^th of October.

The dates for each session will appear on the academy page of the website as well as on your XPS calendar. We try our best to keep the website up to date with correct session times and dates in advance, but all parents should use the XPS calendar details as confirmed details. Coaches will keep this information up to date themselves on XPS so it will be correct.

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Not taking your place?

If you do not wish to take up this place in the academy, please let us know by completing this quick form.

To confirm your child does not wish to attend the academy:

 PLEASE CLICK HERE

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To focus fully on running the academy, we need to cut down on email traffic so for this coming season all information will be sent out via XPS and published on the Basketball Ireland website via the Academy page which can be found below.

Please bookmark this link on your browser and check at regular intervals. 

 Basketball Ireland Academy Page

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All information on the coaching staff, session calendar, gyms and times will still appear on the academy page of the website should anyone need it but all communications for players who register for the academy should now go through the XPS network app.

Once again, we have an excellent group of coaches with a lot of experience, enthusiasm and knowledge to raise the standard of coaching and playing.

We are also delighted to welcome our senior men's national team coach Michael Bree, as he takes on the role of Head of Player Pathway Coaching and Content. The regional head coaches and their staff will be coaching from a syllabus put together to improve the standard of the players and give them the knowledge they will need to play basketball at an elite level.

Cost of the Academy?

The cost of the Academy is €260 for the year up to the middle of June which includes the players academy vest, 8 academy sessions plus the Inter regional tournament at Christmas.

• The payment system will be sent out by message on XPS Network in coming weeks once we get registrations completed.

As previous years we do intend to hold a two-day, one night camp which will be optional but will carry an extra charge, The Girls camp will take place at the university of Limerick on the weekend of May 30^th/31^st of May and the boys camp in the same venue on 6^th/7^th of June. For a full list of dates for academy weekends please check the academy page on the Basketball Ireland website.   

Communications?

To make sure all issues are covered, and we are able to answer any questions quickly, please check messages and calendars on XPS network as well as checking the academy pages on the website for all information first before sending emails.

• If the answer is not there and it is about a training session or confirming you cannot make something, please communicate with the head coach of your regional academy via XPS network.

You will have a direct link to the academy Head coach and administrative staff for each region via the XPS app.

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Basketball Ireland U14 Academy 2025/26 Player Selections: