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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really disappointed that only the top 20 or so kids out of a huge grow of 5th graders made it. Feeling like I set my kid up for failure because I thought he was pretty decent. How do they choose the kids? Anyone know? Would like to know what to work on for next year. [/quote]

Know it's tough (esp. with only 2 teams) but as long-time travel coach, can tell you that selecting/cutting 5th graders may have been the worst experience of my coaching time.  Just really tough - but you also don't want to take more than 10 per team because then the whole season is even rougher trying to get kids appropriate amount of playing time.  Just tough business all around - hopefully kids don't view as end of the world, tell them to go hoop it up and dominate in rec(!).  Also try to catch couple travel games so he gets better feel for how they're played.

As for selections, can tell you that travel selections (at least for this coach) usually came down to 3 things: 1) confidence - both on the ball (and especially under defensive pressure - kids that can ball handle/pivot/protect and keep their eyes up without panicking) and without the ball (are they moving/cutting hard to open space?  do they look to set picks to free up others?  or are they just saying "here, here").  2) hustle/defense/rebounding - esp. at 5th grade level, can be bit chaotic so looking for kids who can play hard defense, hustle on loose balls/rebounds to get extra possessions.  and then 3) overall shooting/looking to score the ball - honestly comes after other 2 things but you do have to put ball in hoop at some point.  anyway, hope that helps.
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This is good advice/feedback.  One thing that I noticed as a long time basketball parent is that very little coaching focuses on handling the ball under pressure.  If you can find training that focuses on that, it will help a lot. [/quote]

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