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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RE: overperforming their talent level - AAU basketball is full of clubs and coaches who run junk presses and zones to basically gimmick their way into wins.  You can definitely steal some games, or at the very least make the score more respectable, by keeping the scoring down and mucking up the game.  It helps B level parents and kids feel like they belong.  Maybe that's the whole point of B and B+ level AAU anyways, just enjoy being part of the whole AAU scene for as long as you can.[/quote]

And this is a bad thing? This happens at literally every level of basketball. You play to win the game...You can try to make the argument that getting beat down by 80, and staying in man is good for development. It's not.[/quote]

DP. It is a bad thing. Euros are producing better basketball talent than us right now precisely because they focus much more on skill development.

Eventually basketball is about man defense and half court offense. Pressing and zones prevent kids from skill development though they get to win. If you are consistently losing (or winning!) by 80 then you have signed up for the wrong division. The answer is to recalibrate which division you are signed up for. 
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