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[QUOTE="hookshot, post: 4830801, member: 4756"]
In days gone by, so called Tournaments were played maybe twice a season, during Christmas break perhaps and at the end of the year to determine a league championship. Practice was anywhere from a 1:1 ratio or a 5:1 ratio depending on the level (e.g. CYO versus HS). As a coach, I would not only work on fundamentals but I could not watch something done incorrectly without stopping to correct - made for a choppy practice but supported individual and collective improvement. I'm not pursuaded that most AUU coaches are even schooled themselves on fundamentals - they watch the game and make substitutions as appropriate. AAU has become a business driven by $$. You convert an under utilized warehouse into a 12 or 24 court facility and reap the profits as the cost is passed along to the parents of the kids. Middle school programs where you get as much or more practice as play, often by a competent coach (for free), are shuttering their programs every day because they can't compete with travel  AAU where their parents spend most of their time driving to distant sites (not so good for global warming either)
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