by Makotifarmguy » Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:42 pm
My humble take on this....too much work. Kids don't want to practice, they just want to play games. I am seeing things in the class B area both men's and women where there is such a lack of fundamentals. I watched an entire game of boys and never saw a correct chest pass. It takes all of about 5 seconds to know if they are dominate handed and can even dribble with the opposite hand.
I think last year I watched a kid get all region and I never saw her ever dribble with her right hand (left handed). And yet nobody played to her hand.
My buddy coaches a younger girls group over in Fargo and tells me time and time again that he can't get the girls to practice (5th and 6th grade). If he practices more than 5 days without a scrimmage or a game, they quit coming to practice.
Volleyball has less contact and I see fewer injuries.
Just as Koby Bryant has said, AAU ball will kill basketball in this country. Europeans will dominate the NBA because our kids lack fundamentals.
"Take the bull by the horns"