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[quote=Anonymous]Every kid likes to shoot.

The thing I hate the most is watching kids take ugly looking three pointers that miss badly when they should be working on their form and accuracy from closer in first.

And also taking the shot is kind of an easy way out vs trying to take someone and driving to the basket.  Keep in mind, I am not a fan of the modern game, which emphasizes three point shots more.

To get good and far, your kid will need to work on fundamentals.  They need to be comfortable handling the ball and finishing close to the basket, where they may be traffic and people guarding them specifically.

Just running up and down the court and playing in scrimmages is probably just playground basketball.  And that doesn't work in higher level basketball.

There are different levels of AAU teams and you just have to find the right fit.  There are some really bad low level AAU teams where the kids don't even know how to play.  I don't know if their parents realize how much of a better value and experience they would be getting by putting their kids in a rec league.  But there are some really high level AAU teams where parents pay like 2 or 3 grand a season and the level of play kind of shows too.

From the leagues and teams my kids played on, I say anything from grade 3 and earlier doesn't really count and is just baby ball.  Fourth and Fifth grade is where you want to see the development.  By middle school, every good player has the same skillsets and it's really the drive and mentality that sets them apart.

So your kid is still at a good point to start basketball.[/quote]

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