How do you get on an AAU basketball team?

How do you get on an AAU basketball team?

 

 

Be a very very skilled athlete

Be a very very skilled athlete

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Age? School?

How do you get on an AAU basketball team?

 

 

Typically you have to be somewhat pro-active in finding teams holding tryouts. If you are a player I would urge you to post ask around or scan the newspaper,etc. If you are a parent, I would also have you do the same but also possibly become a coach and try and find some skilled kids that you could form together and enter them in a league. But the biggest thing is to be very PRO-Active in exposing yourself or your son/daughter to tryouts, etc.

How do you get on an AAU basketball team?

Just because a team is considered an AAU team does not mean that they are at an "elite" level. Some AAU teams are local teams from a community or a school. These teams usually compete locally. This type of team require a minimal monetary contribution on the parents part, plus there is not a lot of out of town travel.

 

Unless you are from a large metropolitan city, the "elite" AAU teams have kids from all over the state and sometimes from neighboring states. These are usually the top teams in the state and they compete regionally and nationally. Now, here's where you get into some money.....Unless the team is sponsored by a shoe company or a sports organization. Still a lot of money out of the parents pocket! The shoe companies usually pay for uniforms, shoes, etc. & tournament entry fees, they don't pay for the parents to travel.

 

My suggestion is to first determine the level of play that your son can play. If his level of play is far above the kids he plays school ball or local leagues with, then he may be good enough to play on an "elite" team. But be prepared to spend a lot of money and time traveling to watch him play.

 

If he is just an above average player you may want to put him on a local AAU team and save some money.

 

You can contact local establishments that put on tournaments, KBA (Lexington), Mid America Sports Center (Louisville), Sports of All Sorts (Florence) and get names and phone numbers of AAU coaches. You may also contact you son's middle/high school coach to see if he has any contacts.

 

Keep him in a gym playing ball, if he is good enough, word will get out and possibly someone will approach you to have him play on their team.

 

The kind of AAU team he plays on will be determined by the level of dedication he has to the game.

Hope this helps a little. Good luck finding your son a team.:thumb: