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[quote=Anonymous]My son would be playing 12U. He really wants to play in an AAU team, but we have some questions/reservations:

*) He has one friend who plays with VA Elite who have traveled across the country (LasVegas, Nashville etc). The thing is, this friend doesn't seem that good when I see him in games so I wonder if some teams are more like glorified pay to play groups. Leaving money issue aside (we've got other kids) if my son does go into an AAU team, I'd want him to be challenged.

*) The money issue. The teams run from 200- 1,000 a season.  We're fine with something under 500, but anything else would not work for us.

*) My son plays well. He's on travel a year ahead of his grade (so he's about to turn twelve and plays with 13-14 year olds) but he's not physically what you'd think of a basketball player, except for his height (5'6 right now). He's heavier than most of his teammates and moves slower. He makes up for it in ball handling skills and defense. One of his coaches calls him Shaq and a lot of people urge him to play football- to give you a visual image. That's fine, but there's really only room for two guys like that on a team so he needs to probably be a smaller developmental team. Are there such things in AAU?

*) He's our last kid, so I find myself agreeing to do a lot more with him than I ever did with his brother and sisters (like taking him to tryouts all weekend and then to his game. and....looking for advice on dcum etc).

I've probably missed a few things. Any advice you all may have would be welcomed. Thanks!
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