16U AAU Teams (Nova Cavs, Nova94, VA Playmakers, PW Elite)

[Anonymous]

I understand there are a significant amount of dated threads on this, but AAU tryouts are starting soon. Does anyone have an idea about the teams above for a 16 year old? He plays JV at his FCPS high school and gets a lot of playing time, and has decided to move on from other sports and focus on basketball. I will take any help I can get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand there are a significant amount of dated threads on this, but AAU tryouts are starting soon. Does anyone have an idea about the teams above for a 16 year old? He plays JV at his FCPS high school and gets a lot of playing time, and has decided to move on from other sports and focus on basketball. I will take any help I can get.

Play for the team playing the most games locally and where he plays. No one is going to Texas for some dumb money grab tourney. Why would a kid focus on one sport in high school unless this kid is aa and 6'8"+? If a private hasn't approached him about transferring, keep playing multiple sports.

[Anonymous]

So he's a sophomore?

Try out for a bunch of teams and see what he gets offered. Some of them will have very inconvenient practice locations so keep that in mind. Where do you live? Also, some teams are associated with some high schools/programs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I understand there are a significant amount of dated threads on this, but AAU tryouts are starting soon. Does anyone have an idea about the teams above for a 16 year old? He plays JV at his FCPS high school and gets a lot of playing time, and has decided to move on from other sports and focus on basketball. I will take any help I can get.

Play for the team playing the most games locally and where he plays. No one is going to Texas for some dumb money grab tourney. Why would a kid focus on one sport in high school unless this kid is aa and 6'8"+? If a private hasn't approached him about transferring, keep playing multiple sports.

Disagree. If a kid wants to play at a large public HS, to make and keep his spot on the team, he has to play that sport year-round or he will get cut or get no play time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So he's a sophomore?

Try out for a bunch of teams and see what he gets offered. Some of them will have very inconvenient practice locations so keep that in mind. Where do you live? Also, some teams are associated with some high schools/programs.

Correct, we are in the Vienna/Falls Church area, which is why I asked about the Nova Cavs and Nova94 first. Those are the ones that a lot of people talk about here. And for the above, there are definitely other colleges that aren't only taking 6'8" private school players, so bad advice.

[Anonymous]

I've had good interactions with both Nova 94 and Nova Cavs, though my son wound up playing for a different team. They both have a pretty good reputation in the community, as far as I've heard. Nova 94 seems to be a bit more ambitious as they have teams on one of the Adidas circuits. You might have your son try out for both of them, see if he gets an offer, and (if he makes both teams) decide based on what you think of the coaches.

[Anonymous]

Its going to be hard to break into those teams at this age. Try out for as many as he can and see if he gets any offers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its going to be hard to break into those teams at this age. Try out for as many as he can and see if he gets any offers.

I have a 13yo who is playing select basketball. He also played other sports and wants to focus more on basketball. I don’t know how reliable his sources but two of his friends are on teams and he was told the teams were full. I assume this means that there will not be a try out?

Nova94 had an open gym a few months ago. I wonder if the open gym is the tryout.

Again, I have heard that some of these teams are full and are only seeking superstars or trying to poach really good players. My kid is not that level so I don’t know. Like the OP, I am looking for tryout information and see nothing on their websites. Some websites seem dated, like 5+ years old. Other instagrams have videos of kids playing but no tryout information.

[Anonymous]

Teams are full for the winter season, but I don't think any teams have had their tryouts for the spring season yet. Nova 94's webpage says that they're accepting registrations for spring tryouts, with times and places TBD.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Its going to be hard to break into those teams at this age. Try out for as many as he can and see if he gets any offers.

I have a 13yo who is playing select basketball. He also played other sports and wants to focus more on basketball. I don’t know how reliable his sources but two of his friends are on teams and he was told the teams were full. I assume this means that there will not be a try out?

Nova94 had an open gym a few months ago. I wonder if the open gym is the tryout.

Again, I have heard that some of these teams are full and are only seeking superstars or trying to poach really good players. My kid is not that level so I don’t know. Like the OP, I am looking for tryout information and see nothing on their websites. Some websites seem dated, like 5+ years old. Other instagrams have videos of kids playing but no tryout information.

The tryouts for the spring/summer teams will all be in Feb/March time frame. Follow all the orgs you are interested in on instagram.

People are VERY secretive about their kids AAU teams b/c there are so few roster spots and playing time is hard to come by for a lot of kids. They don't want more competition for their kids spot or their kids playing time.

There is an AAU team out there willing to take your kid for a price, you just have to figure out what his correct level is. Don't waste your time at the Team Takeover tryouts if he's on a Division 3 select team, for instance. What select team/level is he on now?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Its going to be hard to break into those teams at this age. Try out for as many as he can and see if he gets any offers.

I have a 13yo who is playing select basketball. He also played other sports and wants to focus more on basketball. I don’t know how reliable his sources but two of his friends are on teams and he was told the teams were full. I assume this means that there will not be a try out?

Nova94 had an open gym a few months ago. I wonder if the open gym is the tryout.

Again, I have heard that some of these teams are full and are only seeking superstars or trying to poach really good players. My kid is not that level so I don’t know. Like the OP, I am looking for tryout information and see nothing on their websites. Some websites seem dated, like 5+ years old. Other instagrams have videos of kids playing but no tryout information.

The tryouts for the spring/summer teams will all be in Feb/March time frame. Follow all the orgs you are interested in on instagram.

People are VERY secretive about their kids AAU teams b/c there are so few roster spots and playing time is hard to come by for a lot of kids. They don't want more competition for their kids spot or their kids playing time.

There is an AAU team out there willing to take your kid for a price, you just have to figure out what his correct level is. Don't waste your time at the Team Takeover tryouts if he's on a Division 3 select team, for instance. What select team/level is he on now?

DS is on a Fairfax county B team. He will probably be borderline making his fcps freshman team next year. Hoping he can get on an AAU team so he can play all spring and summer and he has a better shot at his HS team next school year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Its going to be hard to break into those teams at this age. Try out for as many as he can and see if he gets any offers.

I have a 13yo who is playing select basketball. He also played other sports and wants to focus more on basketball. I don’t know how reliable his sources but two of his friends are on teams and he was told the teams were full. I assume this means that there will not be a try out?

Nova94 had an open gym a few months ago. I wonder if the open gym is the tryout.

Again, I have heard that some of these teams are full and are only seeking superstars or trying to poach really good players. My kid is not that level so I don’t know. Like the OP, I am looking for tryout information and see nothing on their websites. Some websites seem dated, like 5+ years old. Other instagrams have videos of kids playing but no tryout information.

The tryouts for the spring/summer teams will all be in Feb/March time frame. Follow all the orgs you are interested in on instagram.

People are VERY secretive about their kids AAU teams b/c there are so few roster spots and playing time is hard to come by for a lot of kids. They don't want more competition for their kids spot or their kids playing time.

There is an AAU team out there willing to take your kid for a price, you just have to figure out what his correct level is. Don't waste your time at the Team Takeover tryouts if he's on a Division 3 select team, for instance. What select team/level is he on now?

DS is on a Fairfax county B team. He will probably be borderline making his fcps freshman team next year. Hoping he can get on an AAU team so he can play all spring and summer and he has a better shot at his HS team next school year.

Game experience is important, but in terms of development, AAU was a negative for my son as a HS player. He tended to work out at least 2 hours 7 days a week, so he wound up doing stuff like shooting drills on dark courts at the end of AAU tournaments, ball handling in the hallways, or finding a local park and doing workouts between games. He’d travel 4-12 hours in a bus to play at most 20 minutes of 3-5 games in a weekend, so he needed to get shots up and do drills outside of the games.

[Anonymous]

In a bus? I have not heard of local teams using a bus. The parents usually just drive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Its going to be hard to break into those teams at this age. Try out for as many as he can and see if he gets any offers.

I have a 13yo who is playing select basketball. He also played other sports and wants to focus more on basketball. I don’t know how reliable his sources but two of his friends are on teams and he was told the teams were full. I assume this means that there will not be a try out?

Nova94 had an open gym a few months ago. I wonder if the open gym is the tryout.

Again, I have heard that some of these teams are full and are only seeking superstars or trying to poach really good players. My kid is not that level so I don’t know. Like the OP, I am looking for tryout information and see nothing on their websites. Some websites seem dated, like 5+ years old. Other instagrams have videos of kids playing but no tryout information.

The tryouts for the spring/summer teams will all be in Feb/March time frame. Follow all the orgs you are interested in on instagram.

People are VERY secretive about their kids AAU teams b/c there are so few roster spots and playing time is hard to come by for a lot of kids. They don't want more competition for their kids spot or their kids playing time.

There is an AAU team out there willing to take your kid for a price, you just have to figure out what his correct level is. Don't waste your time at the Team Takeover tryouts if he's on a Division 3 select team, for instance. What select team/level is he on now?

DS is on a Fairfax county B team. He will probably be borderline making his fcps freshman team next year. Hoping he can get on an AAU team so he can play all spring and summer and he has a better shot at his HS team next school year.

Game experience is important, but in terms of development, AAU was a negative for my son as a HS player. He tended to work out at least 2 hours 7 days a week, so he wound up doing stuff like shooting drills on dark courts at the end of AAU tournaments, ball handling in the hallways, or finding a local park and doing workouts between games. He’d travel 4-12 hours in a bus to play at most 20 minutes of 3-5 games in a weekend, so he needed to get shots up and do drills outside of the games.

If your son is on a FCYBL B team, he will 100% make his FCPS freshman team.

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Anonymous wrote:Its going to be hard to break into those teams at this age. Try out for as many as he can and see if he gets any offers.

I have a 13yo who is playing select basketball. He also played other sports and wants to focus more on basketball. I don’t know how reliable his sources but two of his friends are on teams and he was told the teams were full. I assume this means that there will not be a try out?

Nova94 had an open gym a few months ago. I wonder if the open gym is the tryout.

Again, I have heard that some of these teams are full and are only seeking superstars or trying to poach really good players. My kid is not that level so I don’t know. Like the OP, I am looking for tryout information and see nothing on their websites. Some websites seem dated, like 5+ years old. Other instagrams have videos of kids playing but no tryout information.

The tryouts for the spring/summer teams will all be in Feb/March time frame. Follow all the orgs you are interested in on instagram.

People are VERY secretive about their kids AAU teams b/c there are so few roster spots and playing time is hard to come by for a lot of kids. They don't want more competition for their kids spot or their kids playing time.

There is an AAU team out there willing to take your kid for a price, you just have to figure out what his correct level is. Don't waste your time at the Team Takeover tryouts if he's on a Division 3 select team, for instance. What select team/level is he on now?

DS is on a Fairfax county B team. He will probably be borderline making his fcps freshman team next year. Hoping he can get on an AAU team so he can play all spring and summer and he has a better shot at his HS team next school year.

Game experience is important, but in terms of development, AAU was a negative for my son as a HS player. He tended to work out at least 2 hours 7 days a week, so he wound up doing stuff like shooting drills on dark courts at the end of AAU tournaments, ball handling in the hallways, or finding a local park and doing workouts between games. He’d travel 4-12 hours in a bus to play at most 20 minutes of 3-5 games in a weekend, so he needed to get shots up and do drills outside of the games.

If your son is on a FCYBL B team, he will 100% make his FCPS freshman team.

That is 100% wrong. Our org had two teams last year for 8th grade boys. Most of the B team players did NOT make the freshman team at two different large FCPS high schools.