Basketball AAU Forum

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes - would like to know about Boys AAU programs for an 8th grader going to tryout for high school programs next year.
What are the best programs? What are the next level down from best? We have some ideas for other parents and coaches of course but would to get other feedback.

What area do you live in

NOVA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes - would like to know about Boys AAU programs for an 8th grader going to tryout for high school programs next year.
What are the best programs? What are the next level down from best? We have some ideas for other parents and coaches of course but would to get other feedback.

What area do you live in

NOVA

Nova is a big area. I wouldn't recommend a kid living in Lorton play for Nova 94 even though it's a great club.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes - would like to know about Boys AAU programs for an 8th grader going to tryout for high school programs next year.
What are the best programs? What are the next level down from best? We have some ideas for other parents and coaches of course but would to get other feedback.

We live in Arlington and would like to know. Durant, Takeover etc. and mid level teams.

[Anonymous]

OP here again - the lacrosse world is quite small but yet it somehow has its own section! At any rate I am curious if like lacrosse....quality on clubs is very much grade based. Meaning 6th grade team is great but they will all be gone by high school etc. Does that make sense? ANy insight into that? Or is Takeover, Durant and Fairfax Stars legit regardless of age group. Also where does GLP and PVT stack compared to those?

[Anonymous]

Quality of club is always Coach dependent regardless of sport. All that being said, certain clubs make names for themselves because they have excellent coaching which in turn attracts good players through the years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quality of club is always Coach dependent regardless of sport. All that being said, certain clubs make names for themselves because they have excellent coaching which in turn attracts good players through the years.

Aau is similar to soccer in that league affiliation makes a club. The same way that a club with an ecnl or mlsnext membership will attract more talent than a club without, a club with a Nike or adidas sponsorship will attract better talent than one without

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here again - the lacrosse world is quite small but yet it somehow has its own section! At any rate I am curious if like lacrosse....quality on clubs is very much grade based. Meaning 6th grade team is great but they will all be gone by high school etc. Does that make sense? ANy insight into that? Or is Takeover, Durant and Fairfax Stars legit regardless of age group. Also where does GLP and PVT stack compared to those?

Stars (girls side), takeover and Durant are all Nike sponsored so they get better as you get to high school. I can’t speak to boys, but on the girls side, pvt and glp are what I call the bottom of the decent clubs. I’d put hurricanes and elevate elite between the two tiers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here again - the lacrosse world is quite small but yet it somehow has its own section! At any rate I am curious if like lacrosse....quality on clubs is very much grade based. Meaning 6th grade team is great but they will all be gone by high school etc. Does that make sense? ANy insight into that? Or is Takeover, Durant and Fairfax Stars legit regardless of age group. Also where does GLP and PVT stack compared to those?

Stars (girls side), takeover and Durant are all Nike sponsored so they get better as you get to high school. I can’t speak to boys, but on the girls side, pvt and glp are what I call the bottom of the decent clubs. I’d put hurricanes and elevate elite between the two tiers

How do you determine that ranking? DD plays for a different AAU team and all those teams above readily beat us. It was a couple of years ago. I felt the caliber of those clubs was impressive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here again - the lacrosse world is quite small but yet it somehow has its own section! At any rate I am curious if like lacrosse....quality on clubs is very much grade based. Meaning 6th grade team is great but they will all be gone by high school etc. Does that make sense? ANy insight into that? Or is Takeover, Durant and Fairfax Stars legit regardless of age group. Also where does GLP and PVT stack compared to those?

Stars (girls side), takeover and Durant are all Nike sponsored so they get better as you get to high school. I can’t speak to boys, but on the girls side, pvt and glp are what I call the bottom of the decent clubs. I’d put hurricanes and elevate elite between the two tiers

How do you determine that ranking? DD plays for a different AAU team and all those teams above readily beat us. It was a couple of years ago. I felt the caliber of those clubs was impressive.

I am curious about this as well. I have heard that during COVID many GLP girls moved to Fairfax Stars as they were holding more events in Virginia than in Maryland but am curious how this is still impacting the groups?

[Anonymous]

What HS? If you are not already in AAU, it may be difficult to make many of the DMV teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here again - the lacrosse world is quite small but yet it somehow has its own section! At any rate I am curious if like lacrosse....quality on clubs is very much grade based. Meaning 6th grade team is great but they will all be gone by high school etc. Does that make sense? ANy insight into that? Or is Takeover, Durant and Fairfax Stars legit regardless of age group. Also where does GLP and PVT stack compared to those?

Stars (girls side), takeover and Durant are all Nike sponsored so they get better as you get to high school. I can’t speak to boys, but on the girls side, pvt and glp are what I call the bottom of the decent clubs. I’d put hurricanes and elevate elite between the two tiers

How do you determine that ranking? DD plays for a different AAU team and all those teams above readily beat us. It was a couple of years ago. I felt the caliber of those clubs was impressive.

First hand experience with two daughters who went through it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here again - the lacrosse world is quite small but yet it somehow has its own section! At any rate I am curious if like lacrosse....quality on clubs is very much grade based. Meaning 6th grade team is great but they will all be gone by high school etc. Does that make sense? ANy insight into that? Or is Takeover, Durant and Fairfax Stars legit regardless of age group. Also where does GLP and PVT stack compared to those?

Stars (girls side), takeover and Durant are all Nike sponsored so they get better as you get to high school. I can’t speak to boys, but on the girls side, pvt and glp are what I call the bottom of the decent clubs. I’d put hurricanes and elevate elite between the two tiers

How do you determine that ranking? DD plays for a different AAU team and all those teams above readily beat us. It was a couple of years ago. I felt the caliber of those clubs was impressive.

First hand experience with two daughters who went through it

To be clear... in your experience....

Fairfax Stars, Durant, Takeover are a step above even GLP?

[Anonymous]

A friend of mine has a daughter on both GLP and GTS Fusion and she says they are apples and oranges with GLP practices coaching etc being head and shoulders above GTS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here again - the lacrosse world is quite small but yet it somehow has its own section! At any rate I am curious if like lacrosse....quality on clubs is very much grade based. Meaning 6th grade team is great but they will all be gone by high school etc. Does that make sense? ANy insight into that? Or is Takeover, Durant and Fairfax Stars legit regardless of age group. Also where does GLP and PVT stack compared to those?

Stars (girls side), takeover and Durant are all Nike sponsored so they get better as you get to high school. I can’t speak to boys, but on the girls side, pvt and glp are what I call the bottom of the decent clubs. I’d put hurricanes and elevate elite between the two tiers

How do you determine that ranking? DD plays for a different AAU team and all those teams above readily beat us. It was a couple of years ago. I felt the caliber of those clubs was impressive.

First hand experience with two daughters who went through it

To be clear... in your experience....

Fairfax Stars, Durant, Takeover are a step above even GLP?

Yes. Nike is the top circuit followed by Adidas and Under Armor is third.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here again - the lacrosse world is quite small but yet it somehow has its own section! At any rate I am curious if like lacrosse....quality on clubs is very much grade based. Meaning 6th grade team is great but they will all be gone by high school etc. Does that make sense? ANy insight into that? Or is Takeover, Durant and Fairfax Stars legit regardless of age group. Also where does GLP and PVT stack compared to those?

Stars (girls side), takeover and Durant are all Nike sponsored so they get better as you get to high school. I can’t speak to boys, but on the girls side, pvt and glp are what I call the bottom of the decent clubs. I’d put hurricanes and elevate elite between the two tiers

How do you determine that ranking? DD plays for a different AAU team and all those teams above readily beat us. It was a couple of years ago. I felt the caliber of those clubs was impressive.

First hand experience with two daughters who went through it

To be clear... in your experience....

Fairfax Stars, Durant, Takeover are a step above even GLP?

Yes. Nike is the top circuit followed by Adidas and Under Armor is third.

This is good info thanks. I did not know that Elevate Elite was part of the Adidas circuit and became such a prominent program in high school.