NOVA AAU TEAMS (Nova94, Fairfax Stars, NovaCavaliers
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Anonymous
And “AAU” is not the end all/be all. High school and college basketball play in the winter. Basketball is traditionally a winter sport. |
Anonymous
| Most AAU teams play all year… |
Anonymous
Yes the better younger teams (usually from Maryland) and older teams play year round, but that doesn’t work well for multi sport kids. We turned down a team offer once we determined the coach would end team by summer to coach other fall sports. Our DC makes time to play rec soccer too but basketball is number one. Kids that don’t consistently practice and play year round are first to be benched or cut once they rejoin a team. |
Anonymous
But when kids have school teams they usually leave AAU for winter season and sometimes their school teams play together as AAU teams in the offseason. |
Anonymous
It depends on the player and the team. A top AAU team is higher level than a good high school team, a top high school team is probably as high as a top AAU team. |
Anonymous
It is really hard on their bodies to play the same sport year round. |
Anonymous
Right, which supports the concept of the main season for basketball being winter. |
Anonymous
I actually had a conversation with a college coach about what they value. My kid was in a great situation on his AAU. Team, but playing behind 5 kids who ended up on power 5 D1 teams for his high school team, so he didn’t get playing time. The college coach said he wouldn’t look at a kid who didn’t play for his high school team. Basketball is not like other sports in this way. |
Anonymous
Yes, but it’s not AAU season which is more competitive. Winter/school season is more mainstream, just not more competitive. |
Anonymous
Your kid played behind D1 recruits, so obviously the high school program was very good. DeMatha is going to me more heavily recruited compared to just about any club team. On the other hand, a kid playing Nike or Under Armour sponsored team competing in national showcase tournaments will get a lot more exposure from that than playing for a run of the mill FCPS high school. |
Anonymous
| Can younger kids play a spring sport like baseball and also AAU basketball or does it turn out to be too much? |
Anonymous
I know several fourth graders doing travel soccer and little league along with AAU |
Anonymous
No. AAU has weekend long tournaments making playing other games that weekend nearly impossible. |
Anonymous
| Many AAU kids play several sports. We had to drop out of soccer due to conflict in schedules. |
Anonymous
DS did track and AAU basketball in middle school, and it was too much physically. Ended up getting injured. |