I have said that I want to understand more about AAU basketball because I know that it rivals, if not trumps high school basketball in importance. I watched a video about it on Outside The Lines and I have come up with a theory about the role of education in high school basketball players...
In AAU your playing for a coach who is developing your athletic talents. You don't have to worry about staying eligible for your AAU team. AAU has nothing to do with a kids education. It also seems as if high school basketball players defer more to AAU coaches.
High School basketball coaches incorporate grades with basketball. You have to go to class and you have to stay eligible. High School coaches can make education important to you kids. AAU coaches could make education important, but I doubt they make it as important as they should.
The less important high school basketball coaches become the less important I think school will be for high school basketball players and when those same players go to college.
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