A LOT if not most of the college camps for boys, the head coach of the college only makes a token appearance and has nothing to do with helping the instructing.

 

That's usually the case. The situation you described at Xavier can be a problem. That's why i say you need to choose the right camps. Talk to others who are familar with them. Pat Summitt does little if any instruction but has excellent instructors/coaches there. But, the big plus is the other players. You could have fielded a team that would have been an NCAA top25 team for the players at her camp. If you want to be the best, play the best and test yourself.

 

Many college camps have coaches from other lower level schools helping out. This may be more true of football than basketball. But, you can be seen by coaches from various schools at a camp, plus they can get to know you better than watching you from the stands and short conversations.

AAU is not basketball. It's thug ball. No skills are being taught, no drills are being performed; therefore, no improvement. Playing undisciplined street ball is not the path to improvement. Referees do not help either by not calling fouls, not calling palming, etc. It's just not basketball if you ask me. With all that being said, my son plays on an AAU team!

AAU is not basketball. It's thug ball. No skills are being taught, no drills are being performed; therefore, no improvement. Playing undisciplined street ball is not the path to improvement. Referees do not help either by not calling fouls, not calling palming, etc. It's just not basketball if you ask me. With all that being said, my son plays on an AAU team!

 

Really depends on the coach if skills are taught. AAU coaches I have watched did tons of drills. It is a much rougher game but who wants to see free throws anyway in the summer. Thug ball is a bit strong, I have seen far more injuries during high school ball than ever in the summer games. I really preferred AAU tournies as opposed to High Schools all season play for a one and done situation. Don't get me wrong I love the Regional and State drive for a championship but it takes forever to get to those two weeks or three weeks.

Really depends on the coach if skills are taught. AAU coaches I have watched did tons of drills. It is a much rougher game but who wants to see free throws anyway in the summer.

If AAU ball is supposed to foster skill development, shouldn't the ability to draw fouls, get to the line and make free throws all be part of that?

If AAU ball is supposed to foster skill development, shouldn't the ability to draw fouls, get to the line and make free throws all be part of that?

College coaches do not want to watch a game with a ton of fouls, they want to see the players play as well to see how tough they are, the players are bot going to get a lot of the HS calls in college and the coaches don't want to see them get those calls in summer.

 

Seems to me a lot of people want to call every little foul during the spring at times.

College coaches do not want to watch a game with a ton of fouls, they want to see the players play as well to see how tough they are, the players are bot going to get a lot of the HS calls in college and the coaches don't want to see them get those calls in summer.

 

Seems to me a lot of people want to call every little foul during the spring at times.

Frankly, I don't really care what the college coaches want to see. If the game is being played, it should be called the proper way.

 

And if there are that many fouls, let's coach some defense so maybe kids don't commit as many.

AAU is not basketball. It's thug ball. No skills are being taught, no drills are being performed; therefore, no improvement. Playing undisciplined street ball is not the path to improvement. Referees do not help either by not calling fouls, not calling palming, etc. It's just not basketball if you ask me. With all that being said, my son plays on an AAU team!

 

I saw a lot of thug ball, etc in AAU when my son played at the middle school level. Frankly, I think playing street ball at the right place would be better experience. When I was in high school I would go play on the outdoor courts with the college kids at the University of Tennessee or find a good game at a city rec center. I learned to be tough enough that I was never scared or intimidated in a regulation game.

Frankly, I don't really care what the college coaches want to see. If the game is being played, it should be called the proper way.

 

And if there are that many fouls, let's coach some defense so maybe kids don't commit as many.

They dont want to see ticky tack fouls, they want to see the kids play, and if it wasnt for the college coaches, there would be no summer basketball The kids want to play in front of the colleges coaches as well, and the coaches don't want to see a lot of things, including players that cry about every single call or not call.

I disagree. The college coaches that I have spoken to about this could care less about AAU. They would rather see kids play in a disciplined environment.

I disagree. The college coaches that I have spoken to about this could care less about AAU. They would rather see kids play in a disciplined environment.

 

And they will see them play in a disciplined enviroment after they have discovered them on the AAU circuit.

I disagree. The college coaches that I have spoken to about this could care less about AAU. They would rather see kids play in a disciplined environment.

Now, the dozens of D-1 coaches I talk to about recruits say other wise! There are ONLY a handful of coaches that would like the NCAA to not allow D1 coaches from attending spring and summer events, and those few are coaches at schools that are the top FEW programs and it would hurt the majority of programs, this was discussed several months ago in the college forum, ask GT as he knows a lot about it. But, my point was that college coaches do not want to watch a ref blow his whistle every time down the court calling ticky-tack fouls, they want to see how tough the players are and see the calls that will only be made in a college game, they are not paying all that money to attend these tourneys to watch the refs.

 

ALSO, (not intended for Sparky) AAU is a BRAND! An organization! It is only a part of the spring and summer basketball. Does everyone call all smartphones an iPhone? With my teams, we only play in one AAU event and that is the State AAU Tourney, all the other events are by other orgaizations and are open events.

Having attended many of what I call "exposure events" over the last few years the sidelines are lined with college recruiters. They are kept separate from parents and players but they are in fact well attended by the these coaches from all levels D1 on down. Exposure is a great term for the events. I agree, AAU is far less important than the other "Exposure" events and are clearly a whole different animal.