AAU Basketball questions

[Anonymous]

My son is 11 years old and I would like to try out for an AAU basketball team. Did we miss the tryouts? How does one go about finding a team?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is 11 years old and I would like to try out for an AAU basketball team. Did we miss the tryouts? How does one go about finding a team?

How tall is he? What position does he play? Where do you live?

[Anonymous]

Team Durant Grassroots Boys tryouts just announced on March 10 and 12, 7-9 PM at St James in Springfield. I would definitely send your DS to the highly-selective Team Durant tryouts, at least for a good workout and learning experience.

Fairfax Stars and NoVA 94 Feet already finished tryouts and selected teams. My DS earned a spot on a NoVA 94 Orange team (hooray)!

Go to the other basketball threads to look for AAU teams in your area and check their twitter feeds. Some teams host tryouts in late spring or Fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Team Durant Grassroots Boys tryouts just announced on March 10 and 12, 7-9 PM at St James in Springfield. I would definitely send your DS to the highly-selective Team Durant tryouts, at least for a good workout and learning experience.

Fairfax Stars and NoVA 94 Feet already finished tryouts and selected teams. My DS earned a spot on a NoVA 94 Orange team (hooray)!

Go to the other basketball threads to look for AAU teams in your area and check their twitter feeds. Some teams host tryouts in late spring or Fall.

Sure, but keep in mind the highly selective part. My kid went to tryouts for a similarly competitive team in the spring of his 7th grade year and felt like he was the only kid there who couldn't dunk (of course he wasn't, but some kids could, which kinda shocked me for 7th graders). If your kid makes a Team Durant team, awesome. If not, be aware that there are many levels of basketball below that level and kids can find a team at their level.

Also, there may be some shuffling of teams as kids who made teams don't commit, so it might be worth reaching out to coaches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Team Durant Grassroots Boys tryouts just announced on March 10 and 12, 7-9 PM at St James in Springfield. I would definitely send your DS to the highly-selective Team Durant tryouts, at least for a good workout and learning experience.

Fairfax Stars and NoVA 94 Feet already finished tryouts and selected teams. My DS earned a spot on a NoVA 94 Orange team (hooray)!

Go to the other basketball threads to look for AAU teams in your area and check their twitter feeds. Some teams host tryouts in late spring or Fall.

Team Durant 11 and 12U tryouts are in Largo, not The St James.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Team Durant Grassroots Boys tryouts just announced on March 10 and 12, 7-9 PM at St James in Springfield. I would definitely send your DS to the highly-selective Team Durant tryouts, at least for a good workout and learning experience.

Fairfax Stars and NoVA 94 Feet already finished tryouts and selected teams. My DS earned a spot on a NoVA 94 Orange team (hooray)!

Go to the other basketball threads to look for AAU teams in your area and check their twitter feeds. Some teams host tryouts in late spring or Fall.

Sure, but keep in mind the highly selective part. My kid went to tryouts for a similarly competitive team in the spring of his 7th grade year and felt like he was the only kid there who couldn't dunk (of course he wasn't, but some kids could, which kinda shocked me for 7th graders). If your kid makes a Team Durant team, awesome. If not, be aware that there are many levels of basketball below that level and kids can find a team at their level.

Also, there may be some shuffling of teams as kids who made teams don't commit, so it might be worth reaching out to coaches.

Yes, so much this. Middle school basketball has such a wide variety of skill levels and so much of it is based on where a kid is in his growth progression. Also at the highest levels you will see reclassed 8th graders.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know how long after tryouts it takes for coaches to reach out and offer a spot on the team?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how long after tryouts it takes for coaches to reach out and offer a spot on the team?

My DD tried out this weekend and was offered a spot this morning.

[Anonymous]

My daughter tried out for a club last weekend (2/7). I think she's on the cusp of B team or no offer. My guess is they're making offers to the A team, then B team on a rolling basis. What's a reasonable amount of time before reaching out to the coach to see result? Don't want to be obnoxious, but also trying to plan sleepaway camp, family vacation, etc. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter tried out for a club last weekend (2/7). I think she's on the cusp of B team or no offer. My guess is they're making offers to the A team, then B team on a rolling basis. What's a reasonable amount of time before reaching out to the coach to see result? Don't want to be obnoxious, but also trying to plan sleepaway camp, family vacation, etc. Thanks!

I can’t speak for this but with Va Elite, kids heard when tryouts were done. It seemed like the coaches had done most of the recruiting before tryouts. Do others find this to be true? If that’s the case, my guess it is hard to break into teams. I’m not sure if that’s when they start fielding B teams. The whole process is very unclear.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter tried out for a club last weekend (2/7). I think she's on the cusp of B team or no offer. My guess is they're making offers to the A team, then B team on a rolling basis. What's a reasonable amount of time before reaching out to the coach to see result? Don't want to be obnoxious, but also trying to plan sleepaway camp, family vacation, etc. Thanks!

I can’t speak for this but with Va Elite, kids heard when tryouts were done. It seemed like the coaches had done most of the recruiting before tryouts. Do others find this to be true? If that’s the case, my guess it is hard to break into teams. I’m not sure if that’s when they start fielding B teams. The whole process is very unclear.

We only have experience with two teams and it wasn’t this year but from one, it seemed like the team was decided before tryouts. DD got an offer from the B team about 2-3 days after tryouts ended.

Our other experience was with a different team and there were two tryouts. That offer came at the end of the 1st tryout. She was asked to attend the 2nd tryout anyway but was assured she had a spot on the team. It made us wonder if they usually are decided prior or really at the first tryouts.

Follow up if it’s been that long and you want to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter tried out for a club last weekend (2/7). I think she's on the cusp of B team or no offer. My guess is they're making offers to the A team, then B team on a rolling basis. What's a reasonable amount of time before reaching out to the coach to see result? Don't want to be obnoxious, but also trying to plan sleepaway camp, family vacation, etc. Thanks!

I can’t speak for this but with Va Elite, kids heard when tryouts were done. It seemed like the coaches had done most of the recruiting before tryouts. Do others find this to be true? If that’s the case, my guess it is hard to break into teams. I’m not sure if that’s when they start fielding B teams. The whole process is very unclear.

We only have experience with two teams and it wasn’t this year but from one, it seemed like the team was decided before tryouts. DD got an offer from the B team about 2-3 days after tryouts ended.

Our other experience was with a different team and there were two tryouts. That offer came at the end of the 1st tryout. She was asked to attend the 2nd tryout anyway but was assured she had a spot on the team. It made us wonder if they usually are decided prior or really at the first tryouts.

Follow up if it’s been that long and you want to know.

I'm the poster wondering whether to reach out to the coach. My kids' experience with soccer tryouts has always been an offer during tryouts or within a few days, so this does seem long. Also agree that I think most of the recruiting seems to have been done in advance. Basketball really feels like you need an in or to know certain people to find out about tryouts, open gyms, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter tried out for a club last weekend (2/7). I think she's on the cusp of B team or no offer. My guess is they're making offers to the A team, then B team on a rolling basis. What's a reasonable amount of time before reaching out to the coach to see result? Don't want to be obnoxious, but also trying to plan sleepaway camp, family vacation, etc. Thanks!

I can’t speak for this but with Va Elite, kids heard when tryouts were done. It seemed like the coaches had done most of the recruiting before tryouts. Do others find this to be true? If that’s the case, my guess it is hard to break into teams. I’m not sure if that’s when they start fielding B teams. The whole process is very unclear.

We only have experience with two teams and it wasn’t this year but from one, it seemed like the team was decided before tryouts. DD got an offer from the B team about 2-3 days after tryouts ended.

Our other experience was with a different team and there were two tryouts. That offer came at the end of the 1st tryout. She was asked to attend the 2nd tryout anyway but was assured she had a spot on the team. It made us wonder if they usually are decided prior or really at the first tryouts.

Follow up if it’s been that long and you want to know.

I'm the poster wondering whether to reach out to the coach. My kids' experience with soccer tryouts has always been an offer during tryouts or within a few days, so this does seem long. Also agree that I think most of the recruiting seems to have been done in advance. Basketball really feels like you need an in or to know certain people to find out about tryouts, open gyms, etc.

This was our experience. If you’re serious, it’s good to have your kid do a variety of camps and clinics and take your kid to different gyms. Sooner or later you will start to know people and get plugged in to opportunities.