Tryouts are in October
Kingfishers Girls Basketball is open to every girl in grades 6 through 12. All experience levels are welcome to try out!
2026–2027 ICI GIRLS BASKETBALL
TRYOUT REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Middle School & Varsity Girls Basketball
All students planning to try out must complete the official registration form as soon as possible. All required physical paperwork must be turned in before the first tryout date.
Three things to do before tryouts
1
Get your physical
If you plan on playing any sports at IC Imagine, you must have an up-to-date physical on file. Might as well schedule that today to get it out of the way.
2
Open gym & pick-up games
Open gyms and pick-up games are not tryouts! They’re great opportunities to come play with other girls interested in basketball, meet coaches, learn drills, and walk into October already knowing what to expect.
3
Build a base
Running and ball handling are the two things you can improve on your own between now and tryouts. Twenty minutes a day is plenty, and it shows up fast in tryout conditioning.
Get added to our email list
Stay connected with ICI Girls Basketball! Sign up for our email list to receive important updates about tryouts, open gyms, pickup games, team schedules, and other basketball opportunities throughout the year. Whether you’re planning to try out or just want to stay involved, we’d love to keep you in the loop!
Signing up is not a commitment to play or try out, and it does not affect team selection. It simply ensures you receive the latest news and announcements directly from our coaches.
Questions in the meantime? Feel free to reach out to our coaching staff. We’re happy to help!
What tryouts look like
Nope. Every year girls try out having never played on a team, and coaches are looking at effort, attitude, and how quickly you pick things up as much as at what you can already do.
Court shoes with a clean sole, athletic clothes you can move in, a full water bottle. Hair tied back, no jewelry and a good attitude ready to play!
Warm up and conditioning, then skill stations for ball handling, shooting, and defense, then small-sided games so coaches can see you play rather than just drill. Plan on an hour and a half.
Email the coaches before tryouts rather than after. Conflicts with another school activity, an illness, or a family commitment can usually be worked around if we know ahead of time.
Tryouts are free! If you make the middle school or upper school team, there is a $50 athletic fee that will be added to your account on Infinite Campus. If you have any issue with payment, don’t let it stop you from trying out. Come talk to the coaches about how ICI can help.
Work to do this month
Get your legs ready
Tryout conditioning is the part girls wish they had prepared for. Run three times a week, mix in sprints, and you will not spend the first session gassed.
Ten minutes with the ball
Pound dribbles, crossovers, and one weak-hand drill, every day, eyes up. Ten minutes daily beats an hour on Sunday and it is the fastest thing to improve before October.
Shoot close, not far
Start a step from the rim and only move out after five makes in a row. Coaches would rather see clean form from ten feet than heaves from the arc.
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Still deciding whether to try out?
Email a coach and ask whatever you want to ask. No questions is a stupid question. We all started somewhere!
