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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Basketball is tough because of everything that’s already been posted. There are only 5 starting players. That’s not many. Find out what is important to your daughter. For mine, she likes starting and playing almost the entire game. It’s why she ultimately stopped AAU and only plays rec. She focuses on other sports in the other seasons and knows she won’t play basketball on the high school team. Only 5-8 will have any real playing time at her high school.  She’s content with house for this reason. [/quote]

My son was a bencher on an elite team and a second string player on a popular NoVA team. He’s a great ball handler and shooting guard but there’s always someone better (real or perception) and other players more consistent or aggressive or confident or favored by coaches. So he left the popular (and winning) teams behind for a newer lesser known team where he is a starter. Sure he has regrets because he follows his 2 former teams winning (while his team loses) but I remind him that we made a decision that play time is more important than popularity. But if he improves with more reps and practices on his own more, his team options will expand next year if meant to be.

Also, although some of the AAU teams are expensive, consider setting aside $$ for good group skills training. It can make a difference in earning more play time by not only improved basic skills but confidence and playing aggressively.[/quote]

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