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No 4 year olds. 8. Size of Basketballs and Goal Hieghts: K, 1st, 2nd and 3rd- 27.5 Balls, 8'5" 4th - 6th grade- 28.5 Balls, 10' 6th grade boys will play with a 29.5 Ball, 10' 9. Free Throw Distances: K, 1st and 2nd- 10 feet from plane of the backboard. 3rd and 4th-...
So, in 2021, when Overtime launched Overtime Elite, a league for 16-to-19-year-olds initially positioned as an alternative for kids who didn’t want to play college basketball, plenty of people in the basketball world were skeptical. Was this the latest encroachment of highlight culture on...
8 to 10 Year Olds (3rd & 4th Grade): Play 3 on 3 basketball. You can also take a look at this article Could 3-on-3 Basketball Be The Best For Youth Players No pressing, traps, or zone defenses. Half court man to man defense. (In some situations, you may restrict defense ou...
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ve been a skirmish in a game and they said “21-year-old referee X,” and 21 — I think I was 27 at the time, or 26. I said, “I’m too far behind. There’s no way I’m going to be able to do this if 21-year-olds are already doing it.” But, in the ‘c...
Today, "AAU" is a catch-all term for grassroots leagues and also the largest multisports organization in the country, with more than 700,000 members. Basketball is its biggest sport, with thousands of leagues, tournaments and showcases. And just as there is a new basketball culture, there ...
Are you using basketballs that are too heavy? Are you giving kids an opportunity for self discovery? I see lots of 5 to 10 year old kids shooting at high baskets. And I even see 5 and 6 year olds with youth/junior balls -- and those are still way too heavy. ...
It’s generally taken that Kobe and the NBA guys on the bash “AAU” basketball bandwagon are in fact talking about the leagues created by the big three shoe companies, Nike, Under Armour and Adidas, because these are the big 3 when it comes to producing the NBA players that they view ...
This study aimed to identify the relationship between body composition (fat-free mass and body fat percentage) and physical performance (countermovement jump, CMJ; throwing ball; maximal isometric handgrip strength, MIHS dominant and non-dominant hands; 10-m and 20-m sprints with and without bal...