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Ep 219 Building the Right AAU Teams: Evaluations, Naming, and Avoiding Parent Drama
In this episode of Coaching Youth Hoops, Coach Collins and Coach Flitter tackle one of the biggest challenges in youth basketball—how to properly select and structure AAU teams. From deciding whether to have an A and B team to the best way to name teams without stirring up controversy, they share practical strategies for making team formation a smooth process.
They also dive into:
🏀 The ideal team size and balancing player availability.
📋 The importance of independent evaluators and maintaining a paper trail.
🔄 Why standardizing offenses and defenses across teams makes player movement easier…
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