What’s up with winter versus spring AAU-type basketball?

[Anonymous]

Newbie family to AAU type basketball currently playing with one team.
Wondering if the tryouts in March result in a lot of turnover. We are thinking of having DD tryout for at least one team with practices closer to home, but wondering if there are likely to be openings that result from spring tryouts.
Also, how long does the spring season typically go?
Thank You!

[Anonymous]

Unless you are planning to sink into the snake pit that is AAU basketball then play for the high school team. AAU will have you on the road every weekend of the winter and spring and no high school coach will permit playing for both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless you are planning to sink into the snake pit that is AAU basketball then play for the high school team. AAU will have you on the road every weekend of the winter and spring and no high school coach will permit playing for both.

OP said nothing about high school ball. Is your daughter an impact player (or really tall with a lot of potential), then there is always space for one more. Every team is different, but, pre-covid, there was not tons of turnover. Post-covid it has been a mess.

[Anonymous]

AAU is the best type of league developmentally for your kid.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the AAU team you’re interested in. Some are very established and only take players if they have spots. Definitely attend the tryouts.

[Anonymous]

For basketball, it’s really hard for the small, fast kids who want to play point guard to make any team at any time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For basketball, it’s really hard for the small, fast kids who want to play point guard to make any team at any time.

Agree especially because those are usually the coach or assistant coaches kids.

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand the PG obsession. A good team utilizes all players. Everyone matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the PG obsession. A good team utilizes all players. Everyone matters.

There are more short athletic kids than tall athletic kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the PG obsession. A good team utilizes all players. Everyone matters.

There are more short athletic kids than tall athletic kids.

Yeah, but now days tall guys have point guard skills too. The best thing for a basketball player to do is perfect his shooting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the PG obsession. A good team utilizes all players. Everyone matters.

There are more short athletic kids than tall athletic kids.

Right, and the kids who are tall and athletic want to develop their skills and not just be told to stand under the basket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the PG obsession. A good team utilizes all players. Everyone matters.

There are more short athletic kids than tall athletic kids.

Right, and the kids who are tall and athletic want to develop their skills and not just be told to stand under the basket.

But why is standing under the basket a bad thing---those kids score and are a valuable asset to a team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the PG obsession. A good team utilizes all players. Everyone matters.

There are more short athletic kids than tall athletic kids.

Right, and the kids who are tall and athletic want to develop their skills and not just be told to stand under the basket.

But why is standing under the basket a bad thing---those kids score and are a valuable asset to a team.

They aren’t developing to their full potential. What happens is often times a kid may be the tallest, most athletic, best rebounding, best defensive player and he’s always been told to stay by the basket. He may get an easy basket every now and then, but his job is usually to rebound and pass to the coaches and assistant coaches kid who are the two guards. The two guards do all the ball handling offensive decision and playmaking.

The tallest kid may end up only being 6”1 and his skill set isn’t as effective once he gets to high school since he only knows how to stand by the basket and probably won’t even be able to play in college. In high school there are kids standing by the basketball 6’8- 7’+ and they get even bigger in college and these days the 7 footers are learning to handle the ball, make plays, and shoot from the outside.

Making the tall kids stand by the basket is a complicated form of Daddyball. A good coach should be helping even the big kids learn to play guard positions. Yes, some kids haven’t learned those type of skills and aren’t ready yet, but it should be the goal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the PG obsession. A good team utilizes all players. Everyone matters.

There are more short athletic kids than tall athletic kids.

Right, and the kids who are tall and athletic want to develop their skills and not just be told to stand under the basket.

But why is standing under the basket a bad thing---those kids score and are a valuable asset to a team.

For kids, the most important thing should be player to development and this isn’t a valuable asset to the individual players development. He’s valuable to the players on the team who have bigger roles and are building their basketball IQ. Every player should be trying to rebound and defend the basket.

[Anonymous]

Yep, a lot of coaches view the other players as just there to help their own kid (ALWAYS the point guard) get better, score baskets, etc. My dc's friend was tall but also a good ball handler/shooter--he went to play travel and the coach told him he wasn't allowed to shoot (unless it was right under the basket) or dribble the ball. His job was to get rebounds and pass them back to the coach's son. Then the coach would post on social media about how many points his kid scored every game.