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Author: MichaelAndersonStone

Quote of the Day – Steve Kerr on AAU Problems

Even if today’s players are incredibly gifted, they grow up in a basketball environment that can only be called counterproductive. AAU basketball has replaced high school ball as the dominant form of development in the teen years. I coached my son’s AAU team for three years; it’s a genuinely weird subculture. Like everywhere else, you […]

Today’s Quiz: Men’s D1 Basketball Transfer %

Question:  What % of all men’s basketball players who enter Division I directly out of high school depart their initial school by the end of their sophomore year?       Answer:  40% Here’s the link to the complete article on the NCAA website. http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/tracking-transfer-division-i-men-s-basketball  

Quote of the Day – Teen Self-Restraint

Exercising self-restraint in today’s teen culture is downright un-American. Teens are immersed in a popular culture that preaches that self-control is the one remaining sin in a world which has otherwise been washed free of guilt and responsibility.   – Dr. Leonard Sax in his book, The Collapse of Parenting.    

Quote of the Day – Who Makes the School Choice?

I think you should treat kids like grown-ups. I think you should expect them to be mature and to behave, and I think that’s what it means to treat someone like a grown-up, although….It’s not about the abdication of authority.  …it’s common now in this country to find … the parent functions as educational consultant. […]

Quote of the Day – Paying for Harvard

90% of American families would pay the same or less to send their child to Harvard as they would a state school, and 20% of our students’ families pay nothing.   – Harvard University Website    

Ivy League Men’s Basketball, not that Athletic? Not True.

There’s a perception that Ivy League men’s basketball players, while talented, are on the low end of the athleticism scale among D1 basketball players. It’s often said that prospects with marginal D1 athletic ability “might be able to play at the Ivy level”. There’s also the old inference that non-scholarship schools can’t reasonably expect to […]

The Three Roles

It’s your child’s job to believe in herself and her talent. It’s your job to support your child, while balancing that support with what you know about the real world. It’s our job to educate you about the process, and tell you to your face what nobody else will.    

Top 9 Mistakes

The Top 9 mistakes made by parents: Coaching your child during a game You can disagree all you want. This is an absolute no-no. Thinking that because you believe your child outplayed an athlete who already has scholarship offers, your child must be a scholarship level player. You don’t know what you’re looking at, or what your doing Allowing your child […]

Quote of the Day – Recruiting Mistakes

  I feel like everybody makes a few mistakes in life and I learned a huge lesson in recruiting and a huge lesson in life.   One of the top golfing recruits in the country talking about not knowing how to handle his recruitment. He transferred from one college to another just one month into his freshman year. […]