We are very excited to report the new Attack facility is now complete!

The new home for All Iowa Attack will be called West Towne Courts and is located at 1005 Dickinson, Ames, IA.

All Iowa Attack has posted information regarding the summer camps they will be hosting on our website.  Please look for information regarding these summer camps under the Training section of this website.  If you have additional questions, please email Dickson Jensen at ddjensen2010@gmail.com or by phone at 515-291-5011.

All Iowa Attack will be hosting tryouts/initial practice for 9th, 10th & 11th grade boys on Saturday, March 20th from 10:00 pm – 11:30 am.  Tryouts will be located at our new facility located at 1005 Dickinson Ave., Ames, IA 50014.  Please visit our website and carefully view our calendar to see our summer practice and tournament schedules and the fee structure and payment schedule.  If you are considering trying out with All Iowa Attack on March 20th or would like to have a try out before that date, please email Dickson Jensen at ddjensen2010@gmail.com or call him at 515-291-5011.

All Iowa Attack would like wish all players, past and present, best of luck on their upcoming 2009-2010 basketball season.  AIA has high school players all across the state of Iowa, 1A to 4A, boys and girls alike, competing and leading their local high school teams this coming season.  We hope that all of you thoroughly enjoy your high school experience and work as hard for your local coaches as you do for us here with the Attack.  At the collegiate level, AIA has players throughout the United States, and many playing at local universities within a 5 hour radius of Ames (see Alumni list).  We wish you all the best as you take it to the next level, competing against the best players in the country on a nightly basis.  Many of our players will be playing in front of great crowds at various arenas and on television networks such as ESPN, FoxSports, BTN, ABC, and CBS as well as local media channels.  If you are part of the Attack family, please support or high school Attack players and collegiate  by attending one of their games or watching them on television.  Good luck this basketball season to all!

Harrison Barnes, the nations #1 recruit in the Class of 2009 by multiple rating services, has announced his decision to further his basketball career at the University of North Carolina.  In a press conference at the Ames High Gymnasium, where nearly 2,000 supporters and fans of Harrison were in attendance, Harrison announced his decision to go to North Carolina over Kansas, Oklahoma, UCLA, Iowa State, and Duke.  It was also covered live by ESPNU.  We are proud of Harrison and his accomplishments, and it has been a joy to see him grow as a young man and basketball player since he began with All Iowa Attack in the 5th grade.  Harrison has developed into an outstanding basketball player and even more importantly as an outstanding individual of character, honesty, and hard work.  Harrison will always be important to All Iowa Attack and we wish him and his teammates the best in his upcoming Ames High season and his future at North Carolina.  Congratulations Harrison!!! Go Tar Heels!

I am sure most, if not all of you, received an email from Dickson’s email that stated he was in the UK and was in desperate need of money.  This was a SCAM!!!  His email was hacked into and that email was sent out as a scam!  Dickson is in the US, Ames, specifically.  Unfortunately Dickson has had to create a new email, ddjensen2010@gmail.com,  so he is asking for your assistance  in retrieving ALL email addresses that he has now lost!  Please send him an email to ddjensen2010@gmail.com with your email(s) you would like him to have and phone numbers!  I apologize for any inconvenience this situation may have caused you.

 All Iowa Attack teammates, Sam Abens and Hannah Beeler signed letters of  intent to play at Southwest Minnesota State.  Sam, a senior at Knoxville High School and Hannah, a senior at Indianola High School, have both been vital players for All Iowa Attack and their respective high schools.  Hannah helped lead Indianola High School to the 4A State Tournament last year.    All of us at All Iowa Attack want to congratulate Sam and Hannah on their accomplishments and wish them good luck in their senior years at Knoxville High School and Indianola High School and their upcoming college careers.

All Iowa Attack is pleased to announce we will be holding tryouts for highly skilled
high school boys who desire to improve their basketball skills and fundamentals
through practices that focus on skill development and playing in 7 – 8 midwest regional
tournaments (approximately 40 games) in the summer.  The high school boys will be coached
and trained by Keith “Lefty” Moore.  Keith Moore is highly regarded in the area for his
expertise in basketball training and coaching the game of basketball.  No registration is
required prior to tryouts.  There will be a $10.00 tryout fee collected on day of tryouts.

Tryouts will be held on Saturday, October 10th at the following times:

9th grade boys                               9:00 am – 10:00 am
10th & 11th grade boys                10:30 am – 11:30 am

Please find a map/directions to the tryout location on our calendar.

If you would like to request more information or have additional questions, please contact
Dickson Jensen at 515-291-5011 or email ddjensen2010@gmail.com.

AIA hosts some of the best tournaments in the midwest located in the best facilities with great organization and quality teams, all at an affordable price. Our tournaments have been some of the best tournaments for years.  We have AIA Shootouts 1 & 2, Cyclone Boys and Girls Showdown, AIA Shootouts 3 & 4, Midwest Festival of Teams, Midwest Girls Classic, and Super 16.  These tournaments have proven to be successful, that is why so many of you have attended them over the years. Please check out this years dates and information under the Hosted Events section and sign up today to ensure your spot in our events.

All Iowa Attack held team tryouts Saturday, August 29 and had an excellent turnout.  Our teams for the upcoming season have been formulated and listed under our teams section.  All Iowa Attack is still looking for a few quality players that would like to receive very specific basketball training.  If you think you would like to be a part of our club,  please email us at ddjensen2010@gmail.com  or  call him at 515-291-5011.

AIA Wheeler has Great Summer Showing

Coach Roger Wheeler’s girls had a fantastic summer. They started their great run back in April, going 5-0 at the USJN tournament in Chicago, leaving as their bracket champions. In June, they were the runner-up finishers in the top division at the AIA tournament in Ankeny and the consolation champions at the North Tartan tournament in Minneapolis. They started July off going an undefeated 7-0 at the USJN tournament in Cincinnati. From there they went 2-3 in the top division at Lexington, 3-1 (exhibition champions) at the USJN tournament in Kansas City, and 3-2 (Consolation Runner-up) at the AIA tournament in Ankney. Great summer girls!

Great Summer for 16U/17U Morton

The 16U/17U Morton girls basketball team had a great summer of basketball and fellowship.  The highlight of the summer had to be their outstanding showing at the Run for the Roses tournament in Lexington, KY.  The girls won several close games, one of them in 2OT as they went 6 – 1 and finished 2nd for the tournament.  These girls are bound to have great success in their upcoming high school basketball seasons!  Good luck ladies!!

Morton 15U Summer Overview

The Morton 15U Red & Black girls basketball teams had 3 great tournaments to end the spring/summer season going a combined 18 – 15.  The Red & Black teams combined for three 2nd place finishes for the last 3 tournaments, but more importantly, proved to themselves that they are very capable of competing at a very high level of basketball.  Coach Morton is looking forward to an outstanding season of Attack basketball with these girls in 2010.  Best of luck ladies with your high school basketball seasons!

5th Place Finish at AAU 15U Nationals for 15U Jensen

The 15U Jensen girls basketball team traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas to compete in the 15U AAU Nationals. They played very well playing against the top teams in the nation ending up 6-2. Congratulations 15U Jensen!

This team also compiled a spring/summer record of 48-7 competing against many of the nations’ best 15u, 16u, and 17u teams. They won the Iowa state AAU 15u and 16u championships, placed 2nd in Chicago’s Windy City Tournament in April, won the June All Iowa Attack tournament, won the June North Tartan tournament, placed 3rd at the USJN championship in Cincinnati, 2nd in the Run for the Roses in Lexington, and won the 15u division in the Nike Showcase in Chicago. They finished the season 5th at 15u Nationals and 3rd at the Super 16 tournament in Ankeny. WOW, what a great year! Good job girls!

More good news for Attack: They all return next year.

8th Grade Red Attack Girls Fantastic Finish

The 8th grade girls finished the summer season off in top fashion winning their final two tournaments. They went undefeated in Kansas City and Ankeny against very good teams. Good job to all Attack ladies who participated in the summer tournaments!!! Good luck in your high school seasons; make our program proud!

8th Grade Black Girls have Strong Summer

With the addition of many new players this team may have advanced skill level wise more than any other team in the program. With kids traveling three hours from Estherville, three hours from North Goose Lake, and two hours from Mt. Ayr with a core of kids from central Iowa, this group of girls became a real team; they all have a bright future ahead! They will be making an impact on their high school teams come winter season.

12u Leave Coach Ken Happy with their Summer Performance

12U Regional team finished with a 9-6 record. They were the champions for the Iowa Games, 2nd place at the MAYB in Pella and 3rd place at the MAYB in Des Moines. It was a great summer for this group. Alot of valuable playing time was had by all and will certainly help us for next year.

12U National team finished with a 23-4 record. They won championships in Ankeny,Minneaspolis and Kansas City. In all but the Ankeny tournament they played up in the 13-14 divisions. “They had some great exposure and I know that they had alot of fun this summer! It is a great core of young ladies and I am blessed to be able to coach them,” comments Coach Ken on a great group of young girls.

Congratulations Kiara and Jessie…

All Iowa Attack is excited to report that Kiara Bomben, graduate of Ankeny, has decided to play for the University of Florida Gulf Coast on scholarship this coming fall! Jessie Wheeler, senior at Ballard High, has accepted a scholarship to play for William Jewel College! Everyone at AIA is very proud of you ladies.

Boys Finish Summer in Wichita

Good luck to the 5th and 7th grade boys as they end the summer traveling with a final tournament in Wichita!

I want to keep you updated on the future of All Iowa Attack Basketball. I am working hard to get a building drawing completed and to get the city’s approval to build our new home in west Ames. I’m working towards a very nice two floor facility. Things appear to be going very well and I am very excited for it to keep progressing.

We have now established a good, maybe great, core of young men and women for our teams for next year. The girls will have teams in the grades 3-11, and the boys will have teams in the grades 3-11. A high school boys team is a possibility. I’ll be focusing more on that when the time comes. My coaches will continue to be a combination of parent coaches with some partially paid coaches. We will also be having some paid coaches that will be specializing in training the kids. The coaches along with the rosters will be announced in the upcoming weeks. I plan on using my gym until the new facility is finished. The estimated completion time is December 1. We will have Fall Skills beginning in September. I will be sending out more specific information as the time gets closer. The focus of Fall Skills is basic training/practices for our younger teams and a preparation for our high school girls for their upcoming season. I think you will like my plan and ideas that I will notify you when the time comes.

If you know any younger boys or girls that could potentially be All Iowa Attack players and families, please have them contact me directly (515-291-5011) so that I can talk to them about their chances of being on one of the All Iowa Attack teams.

People have asked me where our teams will play and what the fees will be. Let me attempt to answer those questions. The younger teams, grades 3-8, will play fairly locally. The boys will stay local even more than the girls, as there are more boys teams than girls teams locally. During the winter, October through March (6 months), we will probably play twice a month on average (10 tournaments). We may travel to Kansas City, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, or Omaha; but mostly we will play in Des Moines, Ankeny, and Ames. We will attend 2-4 regional events in the 10-11 tournaments, so we will be challenged by playing many good teams and some great teams. We will win some and lose some, but we will learn, get better, and have a lot of fun! The girls schedule fits the model above and similar to years before.

The spring/summer season, April-July (4 months), will have a similar feel as above. However, there will be a bit more travel and a bit higher level of play. The girls schedule for next year will be similar for the older girls with a few national trips and quality local event against the country’s best club. The younger girls will play more locally than the high school girls. The younger girls will play in places like Wichita, Kansas, Minnesota, Des Moines, Ames, and probably AAU Nationals at their respective grade levels. They need to play where they can be successful and yet be challenged appropriately. In April-July, the 4-8 grade boys will play about 8 tournaments in Des Moines, Iowa City, Minnesota, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Kansas, Ames, etc. Their schedules will be dictated by team personnel and player/coaches availability.  I hope that makes sense and it will work out great.  The program is nearly year round and will have lots of training; skill development; great coaches; quality facilities; excellent communication and organization; and full of quality young men, women, and families. We will play plus or minus 16 tournaments for grades under 8th (plus or minus 80 games) and plus or minus 8 tournaments for high school kids (plus or minus 45 games).

The fee structure is hard to know until I figure out all my expenses. My goal is to do this all for the kids, but with today’s economy I need to try to get all my expenses covered. I am trying to figure out how to run the program with the least amount of expenses but maintain the high level of quality. The goal is to have coaches who want to do this for the kids and will put time into accomplishing the task. I will have to pay the mortgage, taxes, utilities, cleaning, etc on the building so we will have a facility fee.  That fee will depend on how many players I have and what the above bills come out to be. I am hoping the facility fee will be around $75/month for players living outside of the Ames area (30 miles or more). The fee for the players living in the Ames area will be around $100/month so that they can use the facility anytime they want. The tournament fees will be an obvious reimbursable expense. I hope you understand this is preliminary and I will have scholarship dollars for those who need it. Money should not be a reason not to play and should be reasonable which I think you will see that it is.

Thanks for reading all this and let me know any questions you have.

Dickson

The All Iowa Attack Basketball Program is dedicated to serving the youth in Iowa by supporting their academic and athletic goals. The following guide our program:

1. To use basketball as a platform to teach life lessons and character development such as how to be a leader, handle adversity, and work in a team setting. We believe that these disciplines can be used on and off the court and we take every opportunity to instill them into our athletes.
2. To develop a basketball program that is accessible to athletes who desire to become excellent. If this desire is present, then we believe that nothing should stand in the way of the player achieving this goal. We aim to break down the barriers created by financial situations, abilities, and demographics in order to give every opportunity of excellence.
3. To provide opportunities for our athletes to share quality time with family and friends in practice and on road trips. Our desire is to give our athletes and their families something positive and constructive to do with their time.
4. To improve basketball skills. We want our athletes to be the best basketball players they can be. This requires a lot of practice, training, and working on weaknesses. This is the tough part, it means working hard, and we will push them to work harder than they want to.
5. To develop quality individuals who value integrity, fairness, responsibility, and maturity. We expect our athletes to approach every game with the mindset of upholding All Iowa Attack as a classy program. This means demonstrating good sportsmanship and proper basketball etiquette by respecting the opposing players, coaches, and officials.
6. To provide opportunities for the players’ future. Most of these athletes will have very successful basketball experiences. Some may play varsity their freshmen or sophomore year of high school. Many will get the opportunity to play at some level of college basketball, thus many getting their college education paid for. Whatever their length of experience, we want to give them the opportunity to play at the highest level possible, and we believe that means working hard at it right now.

Player and Parent Expectations

We as an organization understand there are other things in life besides basketball. We ask that you make you best effort to keep you commitment to the organization, coach, and most important, you fellow teammates.

We expect each player to:

1. Come to practice ready to practice, ready to learn something new, or to enhance the skills that they already possess.
2. Be on time for practice and attend all practice sessions.
3. Notify the coach in advance if they can’t attend.
4. Attend all tournaments, display good sportsmanship and team spirit.
5. Come to every game and expect to come out a winner if you have given your all.
6. Maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA (“C”)

We expect each parent to:

1. Get their athletes to practice and tournaments on time.
2. Stay updated through emails and the website.
3. Make all payments on time.
4. Help during home tournaments.

Overall expectation:

“Let the coaches coach, players play, officials officiate, and parents cheer!”