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re: Kobe rips AAU basketball
Posted on 1/3/15 at 1:12 pm to TheZaba
Posted on 1/3/15 at 1:12 pm to TheZaba
The problem is that the AAU and its sponsors generate $$$ and it will be difficult to change. These AAU events and "teams" don't produce particularly skilled players. They get by on raw talent and showmanship.
The other problem is that it seems all parties (including coaches) are complicit from junior high to college.
The other problem is that it seems all parties (including coaches) are complicit from junior high to college.
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Posted on 1/3/15 at 1:19 pm to VOR
One of the things about AAU, and I forgot where I read this but it makes sense, is that anyone in the US that comes up with NBA level ability is taught the same way to shoot, to dribble, to pass, to move without the ball etc etc
Everyone learns the same skills the same way, and it ends up looking generic. No one has unique attributes like they used to. Weird moves around the basket, bounce passing, funky looking jumpshots. Nobody does that anymore, because everyone has that same AAU background. They're all robots.
No one grows up on street courts playing all day every day to get better, they have AAU coaches and play in tournaments year round. It pounds out any of the uniqueness that players used to bring to their game. It makes everything bland and generic.
You watch old games and there is FLAIR out there. You can tell every player apart because they play differently. It's just...it's just not quite the same anymore. Like the rest of society basketball went corporate. It sold out.
Everyone learns the same skills the same way, and it ends up looking generic. No one has unique attributes like they used to. Weird moves around the basket, bounce passing, funky looking jumpshots. Nobody does that anymore, because everyone has that same AAU background. They're all robots.
No one grows up on street courts playing all day every day to get better, they have AAU coaches and play in tournaments year round. It pounds out any of the uniqueness that players used to bring to their game. It makes everything bland and generic.
You watch old games and there is FLAIR out there. You can tell every player apart because they play differently. It's just...it's just not quite the same anymore. Like the rest of society basketball went corporate. It sold out.
This post was edited on 1/3/15 at 1:21 pm
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