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Impact Basketball offers basketball travel teams, developmental basketball teams, and elite basketball teams, along with basketball tryouts for boys and girls. The program includes drill based basketball camps such as a Summer Basketball Camp, Winter Basketball Camp, High School Back to School Mini Camp, and a 4 month Basketball Academy Skill Camp. Participants can also take part in a shooting camp, Impact Shooting Instructions/Machine Classes, small group basketball lessons, individual private basketball lessons, and youth basketball classes.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: Seasonal travel and developmental teams in Spring/Summer and Fall, with additional camps and a 4 month Basketball Academy Skill Camp; 2026 tryouts offered on specific February and March dates for boys and girls in grades 2–12
• Price: Designer Shorts $29.50; Impact Basketball Shooter Shirt $25.00; Flex Embroidery Cap $28.50; Girls Uniform: Orange Reversible to White $55.00–$105.00; Boys Uniform: Navy Reversible to White $55.00–$105.00; Impact Basketball Backpack $75.00
Impact Basketball was founded in 1999 through the vision of James Foster and Don Soucek and the determination of a group of young ladies to bring change to Oak Park, River Forest and other surrounding communities in the west suburbs of Chicago, IL. James Foster serves as Executive Director. The program states that Impact Basketball is Oak Park's and West Chicago's most inclusive basketball development program and that it has become one of the largest basketball programs in the western Chicago suburbs, including both boys and girls basketball teams from second to twelfth grade.
The program offers developmental and elite travel teams for girls and boys during Spring/Summer and Fall and competes at different levels in local tournaments, including AAU basketball tournaments, across the Chicagoland, IL area. Each player is trained, monitored and evaluated in the four pillars of the IMPACT Training System, and the program describes itself as a true grassroots basketball program with developmental basketball and elite basketball teams. Impact Basketball states that its system proves that elite players make elite teams, that it builds players through hard work and committed parents, and that it trains players from the ground up to be complete players.
Impact Basketball conducts quality, high-intensity, drill based basketball camps that focus on the fundamentals of basketball while also developing the skills necessary to advance player performance on the court. The program offers girls and boys basketball camps for beginner through advanced players ranging from 2nd grade into high school. In Impact Shooting Instructions/Machine Classes, players work on shooting form and take 300 to 500 shots an hour, and machine work is not for beginners. Players need to have completed the Impact Shooting/Movement or Blaze The Rim Shooting Camp before machine work starts and must be good at following instructions with regards to using corrected form.
The program’s mission statement says that Impact is a family with people caring about people joining forces to facilitate change in youth and help develop future leaders. The staff notes that its coaches have developed some of Illinois' and the US's top basketball players.
Last updated January 14, 2026.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: Seasonal travel and developmental teams in Spring/Summer and Fall, with additional camps and a 4 month Basketball Academy Skill Camp; 2026 tryouts offered on specific February and March dates for boys and girls in grades 2–12
• Price: Designer Shorts $29.50; Impact Basketball Shooter Shirt $25.00; Flex Embroidery Cap $28.50; Girls Uniform: Orange Reversible to White $55.00–$105.00; Boys Uniform: Navy Reversible to White $55.00–$105.00; Impact Basketball Backpack $75.00
Impact Basketball was founded in 1999 through the vision of James Foster and Don Soucek and the determination of a group of young ladies to bring change to Oak Park, River Forest and other surrounding communities in the west suburbs of Chicago, IL. James Foster serves as Executive Director. The program states that Impact Basketball is Oak Park's and West Chicago's most inclusive basketball development program and that it has become one of the largest basketball programs in the western Chicago suburbs, including both boys and girls basketball teams from second to twelfth grade.
The program offers developmental and elite travel teams for girls and boys during Spring/Summer and Fall and competes at different levels in local tournaments, including AAU basketball tournaments, across the Chicagoland, IL area. Each player is trained, monitored and evaluated in the four pillars of the IMPACT Training System, and the program describes itself as a true grassroots basketball program with developmental basketball and elite basketball teams. Impact Basketball states that its system proves that elite players make elite teams, that it builds players through hard work and committed parents, and that it trains players from the ground up to be complete players.
Impact Basketball conducts quality, high-intensity, drill based basketball camps that focus on the fundamentals of basketball while also developing the skills necessary to advance player performance on the court. The program offers girls and boys basketball camps for beginner through advanced players ranging from 2nd grade into high school. In Impact Shooting Instructions/Machine Classes, players work on shooting form and take 300 to 500 shots an hour, and machine work is not for beginners. Players need to have completed the Impact Shooting/Movement or Blaze The Rim Shooting Camp before machine work starts and must be good at following instructions with regards to using corrected form.
The program’s mission statement says that Impact is a family with people caring about people joining forces to facilitate change in youth and help develop future leaders. The staff notes that its coaches have developed some of Illinois' and the US's top basketball players.
Last updated January 14, 2026.
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