Coach Aaron is good and he’s flexible.

Do a search, slam city has been discussed on here before.
Universally panned.

Anonymous wrote:Slam City is horrible. The worst sports program any of my kids have participated in.

Why?

Slam City is horrible. The worst sports program any of my kids have participated in.

How much does this cost?

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Anonymous wrote:Walter Webb Slam City

Lol he sucks. Anyone but this guy, OP.

+1. There isn't one family that I know that went to Slam City and would recommend it. Ask kids who went there and they all hated it. Didn't hate it bc they thought the training was tough, hated it bc it was complete babysitting. They are only busy right now with tournaments and training bc parents are desperate to get their kids out of the house and they literally are the only facility around here open.

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Anonymous wrote:A ball, a hoop and 500 shots/day.

+1 This is how my kid got really good at basketball, too.

Very few 11 year olds in 2020 are going to just got out and practice on their own. This is just a fact. We have a FULL court right down the street and it's hardly ever used. This generation is not like our generation. So, the next best thing is to get a ball in their hands at least 1x per week even if it requires spending money

Anonymous wrote:Alex Kiberu, Blockchain Basketball. Works the fundamentals and I saw the improvement in my son’s ball handling and shooting back in the pre-COVID days.

Alex is expensive otherwise I would recommend him as well

Coach Aaron is great.

Anonymous wrote:Yet another form of aptitude-test prepping? AAU teams are/were private basketball pods. Some teams circulate bespoke DVDs among their parent coaches to get everyone on the same page regarding team offense, team defense and individual skills. The great Lou Demello coached Rice High School to a PSAL championship and his DVDs are available from the Westchester Hawks or the Brewster Sports Center. He turns out the Navy Seals of youth basketball players.

Wow, a bit early even for day drinking...

Yet another form of aptitude-test prepping? AAU teams are/were private basketball pods. Some teams circulate bespoke DVDs among their parent coaches to get everyone on the same page regarding team offense, team defense and individual skills. The great Lou Demello coached Rice High School to a PSAL championship and his DVDs are available from the Westchester Hawks or the Brewster Sports Center. He turns out the Navy Seals of youth basketball players.

I have been taking my son to "Hoops the right way" basketball training in Ashburn. It took me awhile to find him because I looked for about a year. Evolution basketball was terrible. I stopped my search when I found Coach Ken. He told me kids have to "learn fundamentally how to play the game."

I was tempted to use Coach-Up but in my opinion they are charging too much .

Is coachup good?

Has anyone been training at Evolution Basketball recently? If so, are you comfortable with how well they're adhering to their own COVID-19 measures? DC might sign up for training somewhere but we don't know who to trust right now. TIA

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Anonymous wrote:A ball, a hoop and 500 shots/day.

This is TERRIBLE advice. Without coaching, kids will cement terrible habits. Almost nobody learns good shooting mechanics. Shooting is actually easy to learn if you learn the mechanics, but just throwing up shots won't teach kids anything.

Also, ball handling and dealing with contact are HUGE. As is speed and footwork.

Lol. Private coaching is a plus, sure. But no kid is making it ANYWHERE in basketball without playing like crazy on his/her own. That’s what basketball is all about. There is absolutely no other sport where practicing on your own is as important.

I'm the PP you're responding to. Working out on your own IS the most important thing, and without it any coaching is useless.

The intent of my post was to convey that kids need help with learning the basics, not that they need private coaching with a trainer. There are youth coaches at rec centers and rec teams that teach kids the basics for free or close to free.

Most kids don't know how to practice shooting or ball handling, so they do the same ineffective things for long periods of time, and they don't improve. There are simple things that a coach (any coach) can quickly teach kids that will allow them to get better on their own.