Basketball and the starting 5

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of these coaches at AAU are not qualified to coach. They are just glorified parent coaches. So what’s best for your kid. Waiting it out only means you wasted a whole season. Think like a business. It’s sunk cost so if the season not going well leave and join another team or spend time training.

And, unlike some other sports, basketball really has no overarching governing body so there is nothing to prevent kids from jumping or duel rostering

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of these coaches at AAU are not qualified to coach. They are just glorified parent coaches. So what’s best for your kid. Waiting it out only means you wasted a whole season. Think like a business. It’s sunk cost so if the season not going well leave and join another team or spend time training.

And, unlike some other sports, basketball really has no overarching governing body so there is nothing to prevent kids from jumping or duel rostering

THIS! We just switched DS midseason for several reasons including too many players, also guards, suddenly added to a small team. We were planning to wait it out but this expensive team was practicing rather than playing tournaments, no scrimmages. (Fortunately we only paid half the season fees and didn't owe more.) Through word of mouth, we found out about openings on a much better AAU team. Trade-off is a long commute to practices (45-60+ minutes depending on traffic) but so worth it for quality coaching and very good experience for DS who now loves his team!

Several teammates play on other AAU teams but chose one as primary. Last year, DS "played up" for a second team where he actually got more playing time than on his primary "daddy ball times 2" team.

[Anonymous]

Do basketball teams ever rotate who starts? Wouldn't that be a fair approach?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do basketball teams ever rotate who starts? Wouldn't that be a fair approach?

DDs coach does it based on practice attendance and on how hard they work in practice. A couple of minutes in, he'll start subbing in the better players, but it is possible for anyone to start.