The Mahtomedi Basketball Association offers an introduction to basketball for 1st and 2nd graders -- the Youth Program. This program helps young children learn and develop the skills of basketball, while emphasizing good sportsmanship, team play, and fun. Participants meet one night a week for approximately eight weeks.

The In-house Program has multiple girls' and boys' teams at three levels: 3rd/4th grade, 5th/6th grade, and 7th/8th grade. Teams are established in an effort to make the teams as even as possible within the program. All players who sign up will make a team. These teams compete in the Maplewood Park and Recreation Basketball League -- playing against teams from Maplewood, Oakdale, Little Canada, Stillwater and Cottage Grove. These teams practice one night a week and play one game on Saturdays. There is also an end-of-season tournament.

The Traveling Program is the most competitive program with the Mahtomedi Basketball Association. There are girls' and boys' teams at five levels: 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade. Players are selected competitively based upon performances at tryouts. Teams are composed of 10 players. There are two levels of traveling available. The Blue Level (highest level of competition) teams practice two nights a week and compete in ten highly-competitive weekend tournaments around the Twin-Cities Metropolitan area (and sometimes beyond). There is also an end-of-season state tournament.

In the event that a sufficient number of interested players have signed up and a Blue level team has been established, a Gold Level team may be established. Participants at the Gold level will have two weekday practices and participate in a couple of weekend long tournaments, but primarily participate in 5 - 7 one day tournaments or a traveling league. Players must participate in the evaluations and meet basic skill reqirements. There may be more than one Gold team at a particular level.