Practice over AAU (Review)

 In this blog post, I plan to review the article written by Coach Dell J on why one on one basketball training is more important than AAU basketball. For those who do not know what AAU basketball is is that it is essentially where an individual plays on a travel basketball team where they go to different tournaments across different states or within the same states. In the article Coach Dell J talks about why basketball players will get more out of one on one training rather than playing AAU travel basketball and he has a lot of good points to back that up. One of his first points is that you get more shots up through individual workouts and this is indeed true. Having your own workout with your own personalized trainers allows you to get up many more shots than you would playing in a game. According to Coach Dell J, "Most players will shoot anywhere between 400-500 shots per training session." This compares to taking maybe 10-12 shots in a game. Essentially, these individual workouts will allow you to create that muscle memory that you will not get strictly playing in AAU. Another point Coach uses is that it allows for you to work on any weaknesses in your game. Lets say you really struggle dribbling and finishing layups with your left hand. Having one on one workouts lets you strictly focus on getting better at that part of your game so when you do play in games, it is no longer a weakness on you and defenses will struggle to defend you. The one thing I would say that AAU has over one on one workouts is that it allows for you to try out some of the moves and the things in your game that you have been working on. If you have been working on a new move, using that move in an actual game is necessary to see if it works or not. Overall, Coach Dell J has a lot of very good points in his article and I believe he is correct in his points. What I will say is that make sure you are trying the things you worked on in games so you can see all of the work you put in.

https://www.coachup.com/nation/articles/10-reasons-why-one-on-one-basketball-training-trumps-aau