I'm just curious. How does a player improve over the summer? Does she find a gym or playground somewhere? Does Mom and Dad hire a coach for that period. Does the school have resources for this task? It is always mentioned on all message boards about the sophomore leap or improving over the summer. How does this happen? Just curious, really.
It can work both ways as to who finds who. Elite athletes and proficient teaching-coaches are both rare.
They seek each other out.
Players go back to AAU coaches, HS coaches or like in Candace's case, she comes back to Dean, her collegiate coach. the coach who knows them and did the most and got the best out of them- in the amount of time spent with them. They either have one or, look for one.
Then you have coaches who seek out elite athletes that they feel they can help with their game.
Or, both, the coach could approach someone and be approached by someone else, in the same year.
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Teams are made in the season, ballers in the off-season....Been that way forever.
I can only speak of my own experiences, but I put a BBer through about 30 drills. Designed to see: Time, proficiency, mechanics, etc....Once the player goes through my 30 drills, we sit down and set a plan in motion. Chemistry, commitment, parent assessment, athleticism, ability, everything is considered.
As for the money,,,It's never been about that for me..It is about passion for the game I coach and the legacies I create along the way. I have had several 2-3 year prodigies in my coaching past. These are kids I invested myself into. And many of their families became mine. . . (Amber, from yawn in the face 11 year old to top ten in 8 categories in basketball-rich, Decatur GA) to (Shannon who was the third alternate for the 2018 16U USA team). I see one or two of my kids play each season here against UT.
How does a player improve, Rixxx?
They work on things in the summer, that there is no time to work on during the season. Been that way forever.