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Doug DeVries has been working in youth basketball for over 25 years. He has a passion to see sports in balance in life, for kids to thrive in sports, and for parents to enjoy the entire process.
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The most important measure

The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play

 

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Major changes with AAU Basketball

The AAU & its major tournaments have been under high scrutiny recently. The current FBI investigation into shoe company kickbacks to college coaches means big changes may be coming. Changes which will change the AAU landscape for a long time. Hopefully for the better.

“[The NABC ad hoc committee] is going to recommend four regional camps, potentially one in June and one in July, involving somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 kids,” Goodman

Jeff Goodman posted his thoughts on the CelticsBlog.com – check it out.

“The big thing here, according to sources, that’s likely to happen is that AAU basketball is no more,” said Goodman. “That coaches wouldn’t be able to go out in July to these shoe-sponsored events anymore.”

 

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How to navigate the confusing world of athletic scholarships

I’ve appreciated being subscribed to the NCSA website. They have regular insightful articles. Today’s email from them talked about navigating the confusing world of athletic scholarships. With the cost of college and the prestige of the “full-ride”, more than ever, parents are asking questions.

Bottom line, fewer than 2% of high school student athletes will be offered athletic scholarships. In NCAA Division 1 and 2 that is $3.1 billion annually!

Check out the road map at http://www.ncsasports.org/recruiting/how-to-get-recruited/scholarship-facts

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Making Failure Your Fuel to Succeed

The comments from Abby Wambach in the commencement at Barnard College in New York City are a great reminder. She refers to the “gift of failure” and it is the right reminder about how to react to losses. It applies to losing a game or failing to meet your goals. You can learn more from your game film in a losing game than a winning game. Don’t hide your failure. Learn from it or you end up wasting it. 

“Here’s something the best athletes understand, but seems like a harder concept for non-athletes to grasp. Non-athletes don’t know what to do with the gift of failure. So they hide it, pretend it never happened, reject it outright, and they end up wasting it. Listen: Failure is not something to be ashamed of, it’s something to be powered by. Failure is the highest octane fuel your life can run on. You gotta learn to make failure your fuel.
Abby Wambach

Read the full article at: http://changingthegameproject.com/make-failure-your-fuel

 

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North Korea tweaks basketball

It is fascinating to see North Korea tweak the scoring rules of basketball. And why not? It sure would create some interest & new strategies. Not sure if these rules will trickle back to North America, but maybe it will catch on!

NORTH KOREA’S BASKETBALL SCORING RULES:

  • Dunks are worth three points (up from two)
  • Field goals in the final three minutes of the game are worth eight points (up from two)
  • Three-pointers are worth four if the ball doesn’t touch the rim
  • A point is deducted for missed free throws