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Anonymous wrote:current basketball is position-less but who knows what happens in ten years when your kid is ready to turn pro.

This is only true for Rec style basketball. Not at all true for AAU level.

I am surprised by all those claiming their team is positionless. AAU teams definitely play positions. Don’t know any that don’t in this areA (DMV)

Anonymous wrote:current basketball is position-less but who knows what happens in ten years when your kid is ready to turn pro.

This is only true for Rec style basketball. Not at all true for AAU level.

current basketball is position-less but who knows what happens in ten years when your kid is ready to turn pro.

I don't care what position my kid plays, but I want them to be able to play any position that they both want to play and are capable of playing

My tall kid is fast on the court and plays in the back. This thread is an eye opener. Didn’t know point guard was a thing he should be doing/have done. Does everyone feel this way?

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Anonymous wrote:On our son's AAU team, the tall boys are the slowest players (dribbling and running) which limits their ability to play other positions. I know this sounds obvious but make sure your kids practices running up and down the court, and doesn't lag other players. Same goes for kids who are carrying around extra weight.

What age? The taller kids are usually slower compared to the tiny skinny kids until puberty. That’s just the laws of physics.

This is true, but PP saying "don't let your tall kids get pigeonholed" is absolutely right.

Some tall kids ARE slow even after puberty, but athletic big kids can get in the habit of being slow when they are little and not try to change it. My tall kid was pigeonholed early on as a catch and shoot guy and rebounder, and he would plod through sprint drills in practice from 4th-8th grade. When he changed teams at 15U, the new coach told him that he wouldn't play at all until he got faster and learned to dribble. Within literally weeks he was finishing sprints at the front of the pack (had always been toward the back of the pack before that), and by the end of 15U he was bringing the ball down the court pretty regularly in games. It made a HUGE difference to his confidence and enjoyment of the game.

Likewise, almost anyone can learn to dribble well, but lots of kids don't because the work to get there is not a lot of fun. This, like shooting form, is an area where discipline makes a huge difference.

Anonymous wrote:On our son's AAU team, the tall boys are the slowest players (dribbling and running) which limits their ability to play other positions. I know this sounds obvious but make sure your kids practices running up and down the court, and doesn't lag other players. Same goes for kids who are carrying around extra weight.

What age? The taller kids are usually slower compared to the tiny skinny kids until puberty. That’s just the laws of physics.

On our son's AAU team, the tall boys are the slowest players (dribbling and running) which limits their ability to play other positions. I know this sounds obvious but make sure your kids practices running up and down the court, and doesn't lag other players. Same goes for kids who are carrying around extra weight.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think a team that rotates through 5 PGs is necessarily favoring a coach's kid. In our situation, the coach's kid is the shortest on the team and they are very good at ball handling/defense but not at shooting. It is rare they score. I never saw anything wrong with how our team did things till I started reading DCUM and wondering if there was something wrong with our setup. Where else can a short player play if they're the coach's kid?
And is playing rec the only we can get our kid to maybe practice being a PG if they're not being given the opportunity on travel?

At early ages, there is nothing stopping any kid from playing any position. The short athletic kid will do fine at the 5 against a bigger kid. As the kids age that changes, but even then 1-3 can be played by any kid assuming they can defend and arguably the 4 as well.

I don't think a team that rotates through 5 PGs is necessarily favoring a coach's kid. In our situation, the coach's kid is the shortest on the team and they are very good at ball handling/defense but not at shooting. It is rare they score. I never saw anything wrong with how our team did things till I started reading DCUM and wondering if there was something wrong with our setup. Where else can a short player play if they're the coach's kid?
And is playing rec the only we can get our kid to maybe practice being a PG if they're not being given the opportunity on travel?