It came playing AAU basketball. Trips around the state and the region opened his eyes. The big Cadillac and the fat stack at the dice game weren’t the …
John Wooden – Be-more-concerned-with-your-character
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
Explore http://courses.successacademy.com/wooden/ for more information and inspiration from John Wooden.
How to Promote your Tournament on TourneyBuddy
If you are looking to attract more teams to your tournaments, check out the additional promotion you can do with TourneyBuddy. We allow tournament organizers and directors to post their basketball tournaments to Tourney.Life for free. Check how easy it is to get an extra attention to your tournament.
Step 1 – Register & Login
If you haven’t already Registered with TourneyBuddy, you can Register via Facebook or with your email. That’s it.
Step 2 – Add Your Tournament
Once logged in, visit http://blog.tourney.life/add-tournament and complete the required fields. You can add logo, description, links to your primary website, age groups, registration PDFs, and more.
Step 3 – View Your New Tournament!
That’s it. Each tournament has its own URL for you to invite people. See http://blog.tourney.life/2018-presidents-day as an example. Each Tournament Listing has easy links to share throughout social media.
Simplifying the Youth Basketball experience.
Shooting – Instant Accuracy Boosters
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Shooting – Instant Accuracy Boosters
‘Thank you for being my mom:’ John Wall weeps during emotional tribute to his mother
He told the crowd that his mother would sometimes not pay the electricity bill so she would have money for his AAU basketball expenses. He told the …
2017 Boys Basketball National Schedule
Jalan West, Now Nicknamed ‘Grandpa’, Enters His 7th Year of NCAA Eligibility
He played AAU basketball with future pro players like Langston Gallawoy and Markel Brown. He was a member of the 2011 recruiting class, which …
LaVar Ball suggests that LaMelo Ball could skip college due to NCAA issues
… attractions in AAU basketball. Regardless of the NCAA’s decision, LaVar has repeated that all of his sons only plan on being at college for one year.
Monkey in the Middle
One of the best training techniques to develop basketball instincts.
One of the most underutilized.
In it’s basic form, it teaches the offense(two players) how to read the defense, how to move the defender(with feints and look-aways), how to pass without telegraphing, how to move without the ball, and it teaches the individual defender how to read the passer, how to properly space, and how to dictate to the offense with feints.
Can be modified to involve perimeter or post skills.
Can be incorporated to advanced drills (eg. asymmetric drills like 5-on-4) to focus on team defense or offense.
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North Allegheny’s Rachel Martindale decides on basketball instead of Pitt softball
I dropped playing AAU basketball. I hadn’t played basketball since our [PIAA championship] game in March, until about August. I love softball, don’t …