All Levels Welcomed
WE’VE GOT GAME!
Calling all daughters, aunts, mothers, grandmothers and even great-grandmothers! The SWBA wants you! Our players range in age from 50 to 96, with just as broad of a range of skills/abilities – from absolute beginners to highly-skilled.
All Levels Welcomed
MEMBERSHIP
Calling all daughters, aunts, mothers, grandmothers and even great-grandmothers! The SWBA wants you! Our players range in age from 50 to 96, with just as broad of a range of skills/abilities – from absolute beginners to highly-skilled.
2025 ROOKIE TRAINING
Sundays, 9:30-10:45am | Mission Valley YMCA, 5505 Friars Road, San Diego
Wednesdays, 6-8pm, Pine Avenue Community Center, Carlsbad
Thank you for your interest in playing basketball with the Senior Women’s Basketball Association, the largest volunteer-led organization of its kind in the nation! We’d love to have you come play basketball with us – all women ages 50+ and all skill levels are welcome – so don’t worry if you haven’t played in awhile!
The Good News – we have two locations available for interested players: We have our current league on both Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings at Mission Valley YMCA with nearly 20 teams. We recently expanded to the North County and have our Carlsbad Classics league at The Pine Ave Community Center in Carlsbad on Wednesday evenings, 6-8pm and have expanded to 6 teams! It’s growing.
The next step would be to have you come play at one of our Rookie sessions. This is where we learn the 3on3, half-court game, SWBA rules and just have some fun! In Mission Valley, we provide our training on Sunday mornings at 9:30am; in Carlsbad, we will be offering new players an opportunity to get the rust off Wednesday nights. You could certainly come to observe or play if you’d like.
Which location is best suited for you and your basketball journey?
In Mission Valley, we’ve started our Summer Session and provide rookie training/intros on Sundays at 9:30am, at the YMCA, 5505 Friars Rd. Ideally, we’d love to have you join our complimentary 8-week training program from the start, but you are always welcome to come check it out on any given Sunday. Our 2025 schedules are listed under the More tab.
In Carlsbad, let us know if you plan to come on any Wednesday night at 6-8pm. We play at The Pine Avenue Community Center, 3209 Harding St. Our Rookie training is not as formalized as Mission Valley, but you will learn the basics of the game at your own pace and level. You can find our 2025 schedule by scrolling down on our SWBA page: https://swba.info/carlsbad-league/
Attire: Come dressed to play. T-shirt, shorts, gym shoes or basketball shoes, water bottle, and small towel. We have basketballs, but if you have one, bring it. We will be using a size 6 or 28.5 women’s basketball. If you wear a sports watch, please plan to cover it with a wristband.
MOST IMPORTANT! This is a recreational league! While some of our players compete on a state and national level, we have fun, we laugh and we encourage one another on this basketball journey together. There are no first-place prizes or medals, just some good ol’ fun on the court playing a game we all love.
Let us know if you have any questions by contacting our Volunteer Membership Coordinator at swba.updates@gmail.com
Basketball for Life!
PS: You might enjoy seeing one our more inspirational YouTube videos from ESPN about our Splash Team:
https://youtu.be/QqE-kNIh3YQ?si=9rP5HyaMAzk2AHff
You can find the latest videos on our Facebook Page:
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Member Pick-Up Games
As SWBA Members, Open Play Pick-up Games are held on Wednesdays and Fridays, 1:00 p.m.-2.30 p.m. at the Mission Valley YMCA. A $1 fee is collected from each player to support SWBA programs.
League Play Times
Sundays (11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) and Thursday evenings (6:00 p.m. – 8 :00 p.m.)
YMCA Mission Valley League Fees are payable to the YMCA. The fees for the 8-week 2025 Summer session is $70 for each night of league play. Once acclimated to 3on3 league rules, Rookies are invited to participate on the Caterpillars Rookie Team in the League. If you already have a 3on3 team, we welcome you onto our schedule.
SWBA Annual Membership Fees begin on January 1.
SWBA Membership Fees for the 2025 Season are $40 if paid by February 1, 2025, or within 30 days of filling out the SWBA Application and Waiver (downloadable below). We also honor a reduction in league fees starting July 1.
Annual Membership Fees are otherwise $65, with a portion of the monies designated for our Youth Scholarship Fund to be used for young girls hoping to attend basketball camps.
Still have questions?
Please feel free to email Karen Blair, our volunteer membership chair, at our email: swba.updates@gmail.com
We look forward to hearing from you!
MEMBERSHIP 2025
To get started, fill out the SWBA Waiver and Membership Form below and email it to swba.updates@gmail.com OR you can bring it with you to a Rookie Training session.
NOTE: The YMCA allows us to play without becoming a member, but we do need to register with them and sign their waiver. The first time you come to the Y let them know at the desk that you are a new SWBA basketball player. They will have you sign their waiver and you’ll be all set. It’s that easy!
MEMBERSHIP 2023
To get started, fill out the SWBA Waiver and Membership Form below and email it to info@swba.info (Attn: Karen Blair) OR you can bring it with you to a Rookie Training session.
NOTE: The YMCA allows us to play without joining the Y, but we do need to register with them and sign their waiver. The first time you come to the Y let them know at the desk that you are a new SWBA player. They will have you sign their waiver and you’ll be all set. It’s that easy!
