Saturday Jun 13, 2026
Coaches & Coffee Ep. 4
This weeks topics were around AAU & NIL and how they affect HS and college sports respectively. GOAT debate - Best college women’s player!
Saturday Jun 13, 2026
This weeks topics were around AAU & NIL and how they affect HS and college sports respectively. GOAT debate - Best college women’s player!
19 days ago
Candace Parker
22 days ago
There are some legitimate AAU programs out there that focus on skill development and incorporating them into game experience. Unfortunately you are correct that a lot of AAU programs are all about making money and not teaching. The Professor ran a really good AAU program that focused on the right things. Thanks for your feedback!
23 days ago
AAU (from what I’ve seen) in its current form is a cancer. It’s more programs than teams and the programs are meat markets. When you go to a practice with 40 kids on the floor at $800 a piece in a semi converted warehouse with 6 mini courts, the coaches are in ‘dude-bro’ mode the whole time you wonder what it’s all about. It seems less about cultivating skills and more about making money. And these warehouse tournaments are a clown show. It’s a far cry from the AAU my family ‘grew up’ in with The Professor. While that was seemed more about developing skills and teamwork on a closer to one on one basis, it was also seemed to be about building a basketball community that is being lost today.