i see no way to push against skill development, you have to be able to dribble pass and shoot at all positions and at the age you have to start training you don't know if they'll be a 5'11 guard or a 6'9 wing. And if you happen to get scammed by a development coach trying to make some bread along the way you just gotta risk it.
Also :Not sure how it is in other parts of the country but it's not a lot of places where you can even just play pickup anymore for free. Everything is behind a membership or a entry fee. And turning the outside courts to pickleball.
Skill development is skill development. As a parent, you still have to be invested still. Passing and dribbling is more valuable than shooting jump shots starting off because you have to learn how to move the ball and get around the court with the ball.
I can see what is meant the profit aspect of it but again, it's back on the parent to make sure your kid is getting what he/she need. So many times, I see a parent drop their kid off, just to be back in an hour to get them. This is at practice or training. At this point, it's just transactional and does not matter much.
I got into this as a way to basically keep up with the Joneses for my son because I saw what was trending in the future. He was generally better than his peers, now he's clearly better than his peers. What's come from it is a wealth of stuff that will help now and in the future in basketball. First off, he's working at the pace of older kids and young adults so he had to keep up, thankfully they all embrace him and treat him like a little brother. In my years of youth, being a basketball nomad, traveling to courts to hoop to play, never did I progress to being beyond a functional athlete playing basketball. Growing up, I never knew about guide hands, loading up on the ball, shoulder to shoulder screens, etc. My son is an athletic basketball player playing basketball. He's so much better than me at comparable ages, it's ridiculous.
Again, it's all about the setup and environment.
Take these clips.
What, outside of a controlled environment will your kid get to train with two college players and two high school players in the same setting on a random Monday? A couple of notables here. Preston Saia, 6'7, sophomore at Kentucky Christian University. Dikembe Shaw, 6'7 senior at Crown Point, offers from Murray State, Toledo and others.
Cone/dummy work. It's not dumber down for him to do it. Either do it or get off the court.
He's learning how to get to his one dribble jump shot quicker. Like I always say, it's a textbook jumpshot. It's like why is Floyd Mayweather the most technically sound boxer ever? He had three world class boxers in his family that trained him.
I obviously can't speak for others but my son's development has been nothing but great and it hasn't cost me a fortune either.
