Is AAU helping or hurting these young players?
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He’s so right
AAU has negatively affected these kids so much and turned them into divas with no structure or accountability
It benefited poor kids too though. It’s not all negative
I’m not saying it’s all negative but it has hindered kids given it’s lack of structure and I can say AAU is not for the poor
Some guys develop bad habits for sure.
Are you agreeing with Steve Kerr?
Not entirely but his point has some merit.
Focal Point
Negusa Negast
AAU is an issue with 1. the over traveling wearing down the kids and their families, 2. its a corner cut for many who have forgotten or choose to forget that they're a student first and then athlete
As an official,I can speak to this and agree it is absolutely hurting kids development.
The parents and coaches only add fuel to the fire by but holding the kids accountable for the dumb shit they do but then try to get mad at me for giving techs for unsporting acts.
I also blame the people who run these tournaments who don't use actual officials and don't hold the refs accountable for their part in this as well.
I also reject the idea that AAU helps poor kids. Those kids are already on people's radar well before they play AAU ball. It can also be just a local/regional thing here but ain't no college coaches coming to these tournaments here looking to scout kids. They do come to things like the Sugar bowl classic and things like that that are not "AAU" adjacent/related.
These grown ass men who wear backpacks and wheel around big ass Bluetooth speakers have no right to be out there "coaching" anyone's kids as they also feed into the bullshit that AAU has become.
I'm done for now
The parents and coaches only add fuel to the fire by but holding the kids accountable for the dumb shit they do but then try to get mad at me for giving techs for unsporting acts.
I also blame the people who run these tournaments who don't use actual officials and don't hold the refs accountable for their part in this as well.
I also reject the idea that AAU helps poor kids. Those kids are already on people's radar well before they play AAU ball. It can also be just a local/regional thing here but ain't no college coaches coming to these tournaments here looking to scout kids. They do come to things like the Sugar bowl classic and things like that that are not "AAU" adjacent/related.
These grown ass men who wear backpacks and wheel around big ass Bluetooth speakers have no right to be out there "coaching" anyone's kids as they also feed into the bullshit that AAU has become.
I'm done for now
Yeah, it has merit. But let's not act like HS don't also give these kids a sense of entitlement. And that's been going on longer than AAU was around.
What about all the "premiere" HS that are just AAUs with history and math classes.
SeaSnake
OG
Agreed to me it’s too much basketball like high school season over it feel like they play in year round tournaments
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TheMadLionsFan
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Dwayne
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Ask any pro player what stunts growth on the court and they will say high school ball and college coaches
Coaches are not that good and they always run their system and not to the strength of their players and potential of the players.
Think god new age coaches coming in and seeing The potential of players and developing their games that fit them the best and not the system.
I seen on podcast pro players talk about this
Kids be playing 4 games a day in AAU adding so many miles to their bodies