AAU type teams to focus on in middle school (boys)

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Anonymous wrote:New World Basketball is the best hands down. I saw on Instagram how all of their kids got into local privates as Freshman- boys side anyways

All of them? I don’t think all of them got into private. Maybe a few of them and they are one of the top teams in country so it’s not hard to believe that kids from their program are getting into private schools looking to bring in talented basketball players

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Anonymous wrote:New World Basketball is the best hands down. I saw on Instagram how all of their kids got into local privates as Freshman- boys side anyways

All of them? I don’t think all of them got into private. Maybe a few of them and they are one of the top teams in country so it’s not hard to believe that kids from their program are getting into private schools looking to bring in talented basketball players

ALL of them! I saw on their 2025 Instagram last year, they did videos showing where they were going (probably aging myself lol). It was impressive. I heard their 2026 team was too. I think they have an Instagram too.

I know most of the 2025 guys played on varsity, some started. My nephew’s best friend plays on the team.

[Anonymous]

I think outside of AAU training is just as if not more important at middle school level to prepare for high school. I know that some of my son's friends have been looking at this now to get ready for trying out for Freshman Basketball. Some signed up for this camp in a few weeks at Gillion Basketball Academy in Falls Church area. i think it is gil-lionbasketballacademy.com Coach is a former D1 coach but trains highschool and 8th graders and that skill development is more important because a lot of AAU is just games but no individual skill development.

I would say look for individual skill training in a camp or one on one setting to work on ball control and speed and that will do more than a high level AAU team where they sit. Definitely look for AAU but if parents will not see individual training just being on a team. You need something outside of that and 13-14 is the right age.

[Anonymous]

Team Takeover was started by and is still run by legitimate convicted criminals. Your child will be treated like an expendable asset and not valued as a person. Don't get involved with or support this organization.

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Anonymous wrote:Team Takeover was started by and is still run by legitimate convicted criminals. Your child will be treated like an expendable asset and not valued as a person. Don't get involved with or support this organization.

Criminals? Okay well have your kid play elsewhere, but Takeover is one of the best in the country

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Team Takeover was started by and is still run by legitimate convicted criminals. Your child will be treated like an expendable asset and not valued as a person. Don't get involved with or support this organization.

If they were that crooked, they wouldn’t receive sponsorship from the big corporations like Nike

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Team Takeover was started by and is still run by legitimate convicted criminals. Your child will be treated like an expendable asset and not valued as a person. Don't get involved with or support this organization.

Criminals? Okay well have your kid play elsewhere, but Takeover is one of the best in the country

Their coaching is also very, very good. Ironically, the strongest programs — those that everyone thinks kids need a huge amount of innate talent to play for — are, in my experience, the most aware that basketball is a skill sport and that kids need to accumulate skills (moves, counters, counter counters, the ability to read defense, etc.) over a period of years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Team Takeover was started by and is still run by legitimate convicted criminals. Your child will be treated like an expendable asset and not valued as a person. Don't get involved with or support this organization.

Really? Criminals? Link?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Team Takeover was started by and is still run by legitimate convicted criminals. Your child will be treated like an expendable asset and not valued as a person. Don't get involved with or support this organization.

Really? Criminals? Link?

AAU rules prevent felons from coaching. This person is probably talking about the now defunct, DC Assault program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Team Takeover was started by and is still run by legitimate convicted criminals. Your child will be treated like an expendable asset and not valued as a person. Don't get involved with or support this organization.

Really? Criminals? Link?

AAU rules prevent felons from coaching. This person is probably talking about the now defunct, DC Assault program.

My kid played 5 years of grassroots basketball and never had anything to do with AAU. AAU rules are also age based, right? And the whole culture of youth basketball is all about reclassing. I don’t thing AAU rules are relevant.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Team Takeover was started by and is still run by legitimate convicted criminals. Your child will be treated like an expendable asset and not valued as a person. Don't get involved with or support this organization.

Really? Criminals? Link?

AAU rules prevent felons from coaching. This person is probably talking about the now defunct, DC Assault program.

My kid played 5 years of grassroots basketball and never had anything to do with AAU. AAU rules are also age based, right? And the whole culture of youth basketball is all about reclassing. I don’t thing AAU rules are relevant.

They can be aged based or grade based. Now most teams are grade based and probably because of all the reclassing going on. The spring summer season used to be all about getting ready for the big national AAU tournament. Nationals aren’t as big as they used to be. The best teams are now doing other tournaments. Year round travel basketball has evolved from what it used to be.