The Club History section of this website shows that Shropshire Warriors Basketball Club has made great strides forwards to the current time when it is one of the largest Clubs in the United Kingdom, and caters for players of both sexes across the whole age range.
However, though we now have 5 senior teams, our Committee has never lost sight of the fact that our major responsibility is to ensure the safety and positive development of all the young people under the age of 18 who are in our care at any one time.

We recognise that the extent of the positive development of our Junior members as not only players, but as individuals in the broadest sense, will be dependent upon the effectiveness of the partnership which we as a Club establish between them and the most significant people in their basketball lives - their coaches and their parents or their guardians.
Because of our desire to ensure that our players represent the Club in the right spirit, that our parents and family members support them in the right way, and that our coaches carry out their respective duties as we would wish, the Club has formulated the following Club Philosophy document.

Shropshire Warriors Basketball Club endeavours to

• provide basketball activities to all members, regardless of gender, ability, race, religion, sexual orientation or socio/economic status.

• ensure that basketball stays fun for all
• create conditions whereby all members have the opportunity to reach their full potential as players, coaches, officials and as people.
• emphasise the importance of the development of youngsters in their formative years, using the sport of basketball as a vehicle to give them good principles, values and disciplines, which will serve them well throughout their lives.
• ensure that all members maintain the highest standards of sportsmanship and fair play at all times.
• further the ideals of teamwork, friendship and self-discipline.
• create a sporting environment which will benefit the individual, whilst always being aware that we are involved in a team sport and that all efforts should be directed towards the team.
• recognise the partnership between players / parents and the Club. Both sides have their responsibilities to make the partnership mutually beneficial.
• emphasise to coaches that leadership by example will always be superior to leadership by fear.  A positive approach by coaches will always be superior to a negative approach. Ultimately, the team will be a reflection of the coach. Intimidation or bullying by coaches, players, parents, staff or volunteers is wholly unacceptable.  
• emphasise the philosophy for all players and coaches that giving of their best is a victory, regardless of the score, and giving less than their best is a failure, even if a victory is attained.
• emphasise the concept of loyalty throughout the Club, which will be much easier to attain by creating a caring attitude amongst all people connected with it.
• emphasise the importance of education to go alongside any ambitions as a basketball player. 
• emphasise to players, coaches and parents that for our Club to be successful at all levels, we need and expect our players, coaches and parents to conduct themselves in a courteous and polite manner at all times.