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How do I form
a team?
Important
Considerations
The four most important considerations in forming a team are developing
a philosophy for your team, finding committed players, finding a coach
and finding a practice facility.
Develop Philosophy
Will it be a participation team where everyone gets equal playing time
or a performance team where playing time must be earned? If the coach
and the players don’t buy into the philosophy of the team it will
eventually lead to problems and hard feelings.
Selection
of Players
Will you run area wide or local tryout?
Will they be open tryouts or by invitation only?
Are tryouts necessary or will you just select your own team?
You will also need
to decide how many players you will have on your teams’ roster.
Cost, which is addressed in the next section (click on Financial Obligations
of Clubs/Teams) have some impact on that decision.
Purchase a
Club Membership
Visit our web site at www.aausports.org
or call the AAU National Headquarters to receive a Club Membership Application.
The prices for club membership are Club Level 1 $30, Club Level 2 $60
and Club Level 3 $300.
Each athlete and non-athlete
(coach, bench personnel, etc.) on your team is required to have an individual
AAU membership. These memberships can be purchased at our web site at
www.aausports.org. The prices for individual membership is $12 or $14(added
benefit) for athletes and $14 or $16 for non-athletes.
Review AAU
Boys’ Basketball Handbook and AAU Code Book
Visit www.aauboysbasketball.org and obtain a Boys Basketball Handbook
with all the rules and regulations by clicking on INFO/RULES. This will
help you with you all age/eligibility questions and make you knowledgeable
of AAU rules and regulations. You should then contact your Boys Basketball
Sports Director or visit their website, which you can find at www.aauboysbasketball.org.
By visiting this website you will be able to get information on local
upcoming events.
PLEASE
REMEMBER THE AAU IS AN EVENT OPERATOR AND DOES NOT ORGANIZE/SPONSOR TEAMS
THAT PARTICIPATE IN PRORGRAM. IT’S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PLAYERS
AND THEIR PARENTS/GUARDIANS TO FIND OR START TEAM’S. THE INFORMATION
PROVIDED ABOVE ARE GENERAL GUIDELINES TO BE FOLLOWED AT YOUR DISCRETION.
THE AAU DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY PARTICULAR ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS OR CLAIM
TO HAVE EXACT KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO START OR FIND A TEAM.
Sports
for all, Forever,
Joe
Crawford
Senior Sports Manager
Boys' and Men's Basketball
407-828-3197
joe@aausports.org
James Parker
Sports Manager
Boys' and Men's Basketball
407-828-4741
james@aausports.org
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