The free throw is the only shot in basketball where nobody is guarding you, the distance never changes, and you have as long as you need to get ready. It is the most controllable shot in the game and consequently the most improvable. It is also the most neglected....
AAU basketball membership is a requirement that catches a lot of families by surprise. You have chosen a programme, paid the fee, and then discover there is a separate registration your child must complete individually before they can play in any sanctioned event....
If your child has been invited to a tryout, or a coach has mentioned it in passing, or another parent has asked which programme you play for, you may be wondering what does AAU mean in basketball and why everyone else seems to already know. The short answer is that...
What age to start AAU basketball is one of the most common questions parents ask, and the honest answer is that age is the wrong variable to focus on. AAU divisions technically begin around third grade. But whether a specific child should start at eight, at eleven or...
The AAU basketball vs school basketball question is usually framed as a choice, which is the first misunderstanding. For most serious young players the answer is not one or the other. The two run in different parts of the year, serve genuinely different purposes, and...
