Here at Pro Skills Basketball, one of the main things we do aside from our basketball clinics and camps is our PSB Select “AAU” (also known as “club” or “competitive”) teams. We’ve been running these AAU basketball teams for the last 6 years or so, and we’ve seen the tremendous value that AAU brings to young …
Benefits of AAU Basketball In my last blog post, I wrote about the problems with AAU basketball, but as I stated in the article, as an AAU coach and club director with Pro Skills Basketball (PSB) Select, I’m actually a proponent of AAU. I’m not an outsider taking shots at something I know nothing about. Rather, …
What do college basketball coaches look for in recruits? The spring NCAA basketball “evaluation” periods are coming up the next two weekends in April and then again repeating for 3 weeks in a row in July. During this time, college coaches are allowed, per the NCAA, to watch AAU basketball teams in person around the country in order to evaluate …
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Recently, I was lucky enough to have a conversation with Paul Biancardi, ESPN’s national director of recruiting, and ask him some questions about college basketball recruiting. Paul Biancardi has coached at the highest level in the game as a head coach and an assistant. He was an assistant coach at St. Louis, Ohio State and Boston College before becoming …
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Pro Skills Basketball of Charlotte has helped over 20 players go on to play college basketball in only 3 years! Specifically, through our competitive grassroots basketball club, PSB Select, we’ve been able to teach and coach players while also helping them get the exposure they need to be recruited to play college basketball. The list is …
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Jillian Villanti, Lake Norman Charter, 7th Grade Jillian Villanti has been playing AAU basketball with PSB Select for 3 years. She is a starter for her Lake Norman Charter Middle School team as a 7th grader, and she is one of the leaders of this season’s PSB select team. Of Jillian, our Director of Girls Basketball, …
Pro Skills Basketball is pleased to announce a partnership with TeamSnap for 2016! TeamSnap will be joining a great crowd of PSB partners and supporters including Under Armour, USA Youth Basketball, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and the Jr. NBA. So what exactly is TeamSnap? TeamSnap is an award-winning mobile and web app for managing recreational and competitive sports …
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Want to Play Basketball in College? The odds of a high school basketball player making it to the “next level” to play college basketball (DI, II, or III) is slim. In fact, only 3.4% of high school players go on to play college basketball. Taking it even further, only 1.2% of college basketball players go …
finding the right aau team Need Help Choosing the Right AAU Team for Your Child? Finding the right AAU team for your child can be difficult. There are so many AAU options out there in the youth basketball world today. Navigating through these options can be confusing, overwhelming, and frustrating for parents. There are many …
I had a great opportunity to chat with some of the best in the youth basketball industry, Adam Bradley and Alan Stein of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, about my basketball career and the history of Pro Skills Basketball. There is a lot of good information here, and you can listen to the actual Hardwood Hustle episode or …
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