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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a son who was also a soccer player. He played soccer his entire life and started playing basketball at age 10. He played every other sport but not basketball. DS is athletic and did well in rec basketball. He tried out for both select and AAU teams at age 12 and did not make it. We naively thought he could show up and make the team like he did when he was 7 for soccer.

I still don’t know the hierarchy of the basketball teams. I tried to follow and read the threads. Some posters give helpful information while others seem to be mocking new to basketball parents asking questions.

My son has been doing skills training and practicing daily but I’m not sure if it is too late for him at age 13 and 8th grade. He could always return to his other sports but his heart seems to be with basketball.[/quote]

1. Start with paid training programs like Evolution basketball, Pro-Fit, etc. there are tons.
2. Keep doing the paid training. Try out for easy to make teams that will take anyone who will pay them--if you post your location, someone might have an idea. These can be hard to find, but they exist. Look on the Sports engine app for teams. Pull up the Shots Up Fall League and go through the lists of 8th grade teams looking for some in your area. Make sure the team plays in local tournaments/leagues so he gets game time experience without wasting your time and money traveling for a crappy team. Keep doing the paid training because the training on these pay to play teams is not usually that great.
3. Once he gets more experience in games (with the low level AAU team) and skills (via the training), try out for better teams.

If he's in 8th grade now and you are zoned for public, he also may be able to join the spring green day workouts for his zoned public high school and play on the summer freshman league team.[/quote]

This is all good advice. Agree 100%.[/quote]

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