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.
AAU Boys Basketball District Sport Directors
Parents & Players
Always be in the “know”. See Team Schedules & Game Scores all in one place.
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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.
AAU Cares: AAU National Office Brings Clothes, Water and Non-Perishable Items to Those Impacted by Hurricane Harvey
HOUSTON, Texas (Aug. 30, 2017) – National staff members from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) will return to Houston, home of the 50th annual AAU Junior Olympic Games in 2016, to bring more …
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.
Master the Hop Cross Move
Practical help and instructions from ShotMechanics:
Master the Hop Cross Move
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.
How to Text or Email your Team
Texting & emailing schedule updates, practice times, and game times can be tedious. Get setup in TourneyBuddy and you can text or email your players & parents quickly and easily. Check it out.
Simplified Communications
- Login to Tourney.Life and click “My Teams” to add your Team.
- Enter each Player’s Name, Email, Cell-phone info.
- Click “Text Team”, Type your message, Click send.
It really is that simple. And once you’ve added your team you can easily Print your Team Roster also.
Give it a try and let us know what you think of the feature.
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.
One Motion Shot Vs Two Motion Shot: How to Shoot a Basketball
Practical help and instructions from ShotMechanics:
One Motion Shot Vs Two Motion Shot: How to Shoot a Basketball
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.
Spurs Philosophy System Basics – Gregg Popovich – Basketball Fundamentals
NBA coaching legend, 5x NBA champion and 3x NBA coach of the year, goes through the philosophy system basics of his San Antonio Spurs. A must watch for all basketball enthusiasts!
Spurs Philosophy System Basics – Gregg Popovich – Basketball Fundamentals
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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.
AAU Cares: AAU National Office Brings Clothes, Water and Non-Perishable Items to Those Impacted by Hurricane Harvey
HOUSTON, Texas (Aug. 30, 2017) – National staff members from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) will return to Houston, home of the 50th annual AAU Junior Olympic Games in 2016, to bring more than 10,000 items of clothing, dozens of cases of bottled water and various non-perishable items to those impacted by Hurricane Harvey.
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.
Why Competitive Youth Basketball is Awesome
Competitive sports are often criticized and when balance is lost, it can be a bad experience for everyone. But Anne Josephson came up with 15 reasons competitive sports are worthwhile & helpful. I’ve summarize her list below. You can read her full article here.
Focus on the Process & Less on the Results
Competition can:
- Drive us to learn faster.
- Teach us to bring our best effort.
- Teach us to manage our nerves.
- Help us conquer fears.
- Teaches us to take risks.
- Teaches us to cope when things don’t go our way.
- Help us with goal setting.
- Teach us to play by the rules.
- Help us to learn to win and lose with grace.
- Be fun.
- Build self-esteem.
- Teaches us commitment.
- Give us a different community of friends.
- Provide opportunities for travel.
- Cause kids to perform better in school.
Josephson, in her article, provides back-story and additional information about each of the 15.
Bottom line, when keep in balance & with a focus on these 15 things, you can help your children thrive and develop in the context of competitive youth basketball. And if you have been involved in youth basketball for awhile you have tasted the thrill of victory and the pride in watching your children succeed. If success has not yet come, take pride in your child’s character to strive to succeed. It is preparing them for their future.
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.
Make It A Game
When your kids are young it is important that you keep sport fun.
You might think, “Well it’s a game… it’s going be fun regardless.”
This is simply not true. Continue reading “Make It A Game”
Aaron Dickson is from a coach’s family and has been around sport his whole life. He played hoops in college on a full scholarship (where he met his wife also a full ride hooper) and has been training basketball players for the last 10 years. Aaron is passionate about Jesus, his family, sport and discipleship which is why he started Pursuit Sports, a ministry that invites followers of Jesus (who speak sport at a high level) to disciple athletes through skill training. Pursuit Sports is very simple: we train skills for 30 min and do leadership development for 30 min in order to invest in athletes.