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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Following. My DS wants to focus on basketball but he is a great soccer player too. But a kid cannot do 2 travel/select sports in the same season without having to skip games or practices, and yes travel coaches expect your loyalty to that sport, mandatory practices. And many sports are becoming almost year round (certainly basketball).[/quote]

Can you recommend a year round basketball program in NOVA please? preferably close to 22043.  Thank you.[/quote]

There are a few pay-to-play type AAU/travel training programs in NoVA (i.e. sign annual contract, pay monthly, train with paid coaches, etc.) but I'm not familiar with them and they can be scams (your kid may end up as a bench or practice player). Best to get your DC onto a Fairfax (FCYBL) travel team for your zip code and hopefully members from that team stick together in off season to play tournaments.

Some larger, well known NoVA AAU teams (Fairfax Stars, NoVA94) practice and participate in leagues or tournaments year round but others do not, or only in older age groups.

Or, if your DC is really into basketball like mine is, you will find a team in DC or PG county and schlep across the bridge for twice weekly practices (what we do).  :roll:

Google to find the local basketball tournaments and leagues and then identify teams playing in those leagues. Try to track down contacts (twitter, Instagram, FaceBook, or a website if you're lucky). Contact coaches. Many year round leagues host Fall tryouts for open spots but traditionally the NoVA AAU tryouts happen late winter-early spring. But, you can always contact coaches to express interest.
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