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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][google][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Talking with other Arlington parents we know, it appears as if some grades added a few new players--very few. Team rosters are set to private now, but when they open up I will try to report back on team movement from grade to grade, fyi.

Two of my son's friends who had never played for ATB but AAU teams made a B team so that's good news. But I agree with prior posts assuming the baseball players have a significant advantage to make an ATB team. I doubt many of the baseball players have time to play for AAU teams during spring/summer season so not sure how they would gain so much basketball experience to make a division 1 travel team or even keep up their skills in off seasons.
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Your 2nd paragraph is absolutely true. Dont be confused many (but not all) are good to great athletes but most don't play basketball all year around. As they age up, the lack of year around becomes apparent. ATB is fine with those results

The girls side is a different matter because it is intertwined with an AAU basketball program (though just an okay one) it provides some additional development.[/quote]

A kid doesn’t necessarily have to play basketball year round to be, for lack of a better word, better at basketball than many of the kids who DO play all year.  Often playing basketball in season, combined with being a great athlete, combined with size is enough.  It’s sad for the kids who are super dedicated but sometimes that’s just how the cookie crumbles.[/quote]

Ah. Thanks for clearing rhat up, Arlington Storm mom. Sure, there are one offs. There is also many low end AAU programs out there. You also don't watch enough youth basketball.to understand the importance of playing basketball for guards (those tend to be your shorter player)

The higher end AAU kids, you know the ones that should be filing out your local select town team roster are better and just as big as the kids your are talking about. Historical, ATB, on the boys side, tends to struggle as kids age up and guard play and development start to become more important. The ATB Storm players not playing a ton of basketball becomes fairly evident in the guard play.

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