10u RANKINGS

[fourj]

Well, yes the girl is probably one of the best I have seen. She was quite impressive in the games I watched. Yes, that is the team from Cooksville... Two very young ladies coach the team and they did a very great job!

Thank you Stallball3. Is she a guard or post. Again thankyou for your time. :justwrestle:

[shayken2]

The 10u has some great girls. Memphis Elite's are some scrappers. They have a great group.

[stallball3]

The 10u has some great girls. Memphis Elite's are some scrappers. They have a great group.

 

The Memphis Elite 10U have they played Team Pride , TN Ladies or Lady Trotters? If so, how did they do? What was the score? The best teams I have seen in 10 U have played these organizations and have not come close to beating them.

[fourj]

The Memphis Elite 10U have they played Team Pride , TN Ladies or Lady Trotters? If so, how did they do? What was the score? The best teams I have seen in 10 U have played these organizations and have not come close to beating them.

I know the Memphis Elite have not played the Team Pride. The others I don't know.

[sassybmanmom]

According to Team Pride's website, their 10U team won the Atlanta, GA SRT.

That should give them an automatic berth to the Nationals. Does that mean there will be an extra team that will qualify for the Nationals (at the State Tournament)?

 

It should as long as Team Pride ends up in the top 3 or 4, which I have no doubt that they will.

[fourj]

It should as long as Team Pride ends up in the top 3 or 4, which I have no doubt that they will.

How many teams should go to nationals? If you are the fifth place should you go? Is the exprience worth it?

[stallball3]

How many teams should go to nationals? If you are the fifth place should you go? Is the exprience worth it?

 

 

 

THIS IS MY OPINION I AM NOT AN EXPERT OF ANY SORT.......BEFORE I GET ATTACKED FOR "MY OPINION"...

 

I have been to the NATIONALS and competed fairly well. If Tennessee would send a team combined of the best in Tennessee do you realize how dominant we could be against the other STATES and still have fun? The games we won and lost were never double figure and we could have placed as high as 7th in the Nation. My team only had 6 strong girls and 6 girls that were friends of friends. If we had been able to pick 6 strong girls from the other teams that did not make it we would have probably won it. I remember durning the Nationals, scores were being posted on Coacht and questions ask where is the strength in Tennessee?Most of the stronger players were at home. I think the whole system need to be overhauled and have an Elite group or AAU girls and then the REC. AAU teams.

When you're in AAU to win people get mad, but AAU is really" public relations " at its best. Otherwise who would care. If everybody knows your name whether they hate you or like you the are going talk about you. That my friends spark other interest. " I did not know Tiffany Woosley until this message board. I started asking questions. Guess what she must be doing something right. IN MY OPINION 5th place in the state should try to give some of there players to 1ST or 2ND place teams and be happy they could compete.

[ptguard12]

THIS IS MY OPINION I AM NOT AN EXPERT OF ANY SORT.......BEFORE I GET ATTACKED FOR "MY OPINION"...

 

I have been to the NATIONALS and competed fairly well. If Tennessee would send a team combined of the best in Tennessee do you realize how dominant we could be against the other STATES and still have fun? The games we won and lost were never double figure and we could have placed as high as 7th in the Nation. My team only had 6 strong girls and 6 girls that were friends of friends. If we had been able to pick 6 strong girls from the other teams that did not make it we would have probably won it. I remember durning the Nationals, scores were being posted on Coacht and questions ask where is the strength in Tennessee?Most of the stronger players were at home. I think the whole system need to be overhauled and have an Elite group or AAU girls and then the REC. AAU teams.

When you're in AAU to win people get mad, but AAU is really" public relations " at its best. Otherwise who would care. If everybody knows your name whether they hate you or like you the are going talk about you. That my friends spark other interest. " I did not know Tiffany Woosley until this message board. I started asking questions. Guess what she must be doing something right. IN MY OPINION 5th place in the state should try to give some of there players to 1ST or 2ND place teams and be happy they could compete.

 

And the other girls that are on those 3rd, 4th, and 5th place teams that do not get picked up by the Elite teams because they weren't the best or 2nd best on their team, but helped their team get a bid to Nationals should have to sit at home? Your theory needs some work. AAU is about furthering players abilities and skills. It is not about winning a National Championship. It is nice if you do, but it should not be the main concern. The main concern should be about the development of the players.

 

I'm not ripping on you, I'm just questioning your ideas about the purpose of AAU. I realize that their are stacked teams out there. You will not find another person that follows Girls AAU Basketball (especially in the younger ages) more then I do.

 

When the girls are young (10U through 13U), I think that if your team qualifies for Nationals, whether you finish 1st at State or 5th or 6th (depending on the number of bids), you should take your team. The experience they will have, win or lose, is something they will remember forever. It will also allow them to see what it takes to be a very good player on that level. Fourj, the experience is definitely worth it, whether you think you can win a National Championship or not.

 

When the girls get up into the older age groups (14U+), you will find that usually those recreational teams that were once good enough to get to Nationals won't even be around anymore. Usually, this is because some of their stronger players have moved on to stronger teams and they don't have the talent to keep a team. If you want to shoot for a National Championship, these are the age groups you build a stacked team for. Leave the younger age groups to development and not to "stacking." "Stacking," in my opinion, is part of what is leading to the current downfall of participating teams in AAU, not only in Tennessee, but in the country.

[stallball3]

And the other girls that are on those 3rd, 4th, and 5th place teams that do not get picked up by the Elite teams because they weren't the best or 2nd best on their team, but helped their team get a bid to Nationals should have to sit at home? Your theory needs some work. AAU is about furthering players abilities and skills. It is not about winning a National Championship. It is nice if you do, but it should not be the main concern. The main concern should be about the development of the players.

 

I'm not ripping on you, I'm just questioning your ideas about the purpose of AAU. I realize that their are stacked teams out there. You will not find another person that follows Girls AAU Basketball (especially in the younger ages) more then I do.

 

When the girls are young (10U through 13U), I think that if your team qualifies for Nationals, whether you finish 1st at State or 5th or 6th (depending on the number of bids), you should take your team. The experience they will have, win or lose, is something they will remember forever. It will also allow them to see what it takes to be a very good player on that level. Fourj, the experience is definitely worth it, whether you think you can win a National Championship or not.

 

When the girls get up into the older age groups (14U+), you will find that usually those recreational teams that were once good enough to get to Nationals won't even be around anymore. Usually, this is because some of their stronger players have moved on to stronger teams and they don't have the talent to keep a team. If you want to shoot for a National Championship, these are the age groups you build a stacked team for. Leave the younger age groups to development and not to "stacking." "Stacking," in my opinion, is part of what is leading to the current downfall of participating teams in AAU, not only in Tennessee, but in the country.

 

 

I have one question? What are we paying for then---all of these tournaments and State money and substate money etc. If all of this conversation about AAU is for the development of young players, then why do we need to pay? NO, because it isn't and never has been and never will be. Unless, you take way score boards and fees it will always be about being the best of the best because that is the way the game has been played. Yes, my theory may need work, but guess what unless you have a completely free camp, that loves my daughter who can't dribble and trys really hard and can't shoot. I don't see your point. AAU has never been about developing players, thats what you do at home behind closed doors, and in gyms or rec. centers. I doubt any team I have played or seen would pick my daughter, been there, done that and completely understand.

***Again PTguard if it is about the development then you would not spend so much time making state predictions on who is the best of the best. I think all of the best listed, none of whom, were from example: Joe's Carwash 10U girls team. (just an example) Why don't you have a team available for anybody join and free of charge 5days a week 2 hrs a day and Free tournaments, then it would be about the development. As of right now, it is about the "UGLY FACE OF WINNING".

The sad thing is the Recreation leagues have now become the same way. You have tryouts and nobody wants to pick the little kids that can't play or have basic skills. **AAU is great don't get me wrong but it isn't what it used to be.

[fourj]

I have one question? What are we paying for then---all of these tournaments and State money and substate money etc. If all of this conversation about AAU is for the development of young players, then why do we need to pay? NO, because it isn't and never has been and never will be. Unless, you take way score boards and fees it will always be about being the best of the best because that is the way the game has been played. Yes, my theory may need work, but guess what unless you have a completely free camp, that loves my daughter who can't dribble and trys really hard and can't shoot. I don't see your point. AAU has never been about developing players, thats what you do at home behind closed doors, and in gyms or rec. centers. I doubt any team I have played or seen would pick my daughter, been there, done that and completely understand.

***Again PTguard if it is about the development then you would not spend so much time making state predictions on who is the best of the best. I think all of the best listed, none of whom, were from example: Joe's Carwash 10U girls team. (just an example) Why don't you have a team available for anybody join and free of charge 5days a week 2 hrs a day and Free tournaments, then it would be about the development. As of right now, it is about the "UGLY FACE OF WINNING".

The sad thing is the Recreation leagues have now become the same way. You have tryouts and nobody wants to pick the little kids that can't play or have basic skills. **AAU is great don't get me wrong but it isn't what it used to be.

So if you add players from the other teams to compete in the national championship. What would you do with the players on the no. 1 team who might get replaced by two or three players from the other teams. Is that legal to add players from other nationals qualified teams? I have seen TP play and I don't know if they need any new players. Maybe the no. 2 team should do that.

[stallball3]

So if you add players from the other teams to compete in the national championship. What would you do with the players on the no. 1 team who might get replaced by two or three players from the other teams. Is that legal to add players from other nationals qualified teams? I have seen TP play and I don't know if they need any new players. Maybe the no. 2 team should do that.

 

 

You can't replace players you can only add them and you can add them as long as they have played in a DQT and other stipulations are involved as well. But it doesn't matter since we are only going to the Nationals to have fun, there wouldn't be any need to add players. Team Pride runs open gym? Year round or somewhere close and I know this for a fact. If your team is well groomed at 7or 8 years old , you will still look for that one player that could help your team be the best of the best in the next couple of years. Team Pride beat the socks off my team, but I did not cry or complain, I told them good game and I'll be back. Guess, what I never came back because only 5 of my girls had the skill to play against that kind of a team and they had at least 10 girls that were good. TP never said come play for me, they said come to open gym. From open gym you decide what is next. Team Pride would never be in a position to worry about another national team adding players and hurting them. They already have the win ,win attitude.

 

Adding players is legal replacing players isn't. As we know the best teams don't always make it Nationals or State. I know three teams in the EAST that should have been in State that did not make it because the Team Prides division only had two teams and the 2nd place team has been beat by every team in the

EAST by at least 10pts ,20pts or more. Lady Trotters, Lady Lighting, TN Xtreme, TN Ladies, etc ...

 

So, I know that going to the Nationals if you have 5 teams and one of the teams is Cookville Crushers (not putting them down) but knowing what I saw against the above mentioned teams. I would probably go for the fun.

Edited April 27, 2006 by stallball3

[stallball3]

I believe you can choose where you want to play your substate. The top 2 teams from the South and I believe at least 2 more were closer to the Ashland City substate. I'm not sure where the East Substate was held, but I believe it was in Knoxville. The Tennessee Ladies are just as close to Ashland City as they are Knoxville. Why wouldn't more teams want to play closer to home? There were many teams in the South and East and only 2 teams in the North. If one of the Eastern teams wanted to go to the state, why didn't they come to the North and play?

 

 

That was the same question I asked, and most of the teams in the EAST thought it was required to play on that side. Otherwise I believe at least two of the teams would have went to North middle. The information from the STATE being relayed to most of the teams isn't clear and most teams did not know there was a choice. EAST was in LAFollette which was in Jacksboro.(never heard of the town before substate).