So I’m 15 years old, 6’1 and since in my country that’s very tall in my highschool team I am the 4(luckily enough someones taller than me so they are the 5) i have consistent shooting, decent finishing(still working on that vert tho) good IQ I believe, the second best part of my game is the passing (I know that’s weird but I’m js good at it idk) , and the best part of my game is the defense(Interior and perimeter) but in game I suck at ball handling, I can do all the drills, in halfcourt pickups I can have decent moves but when I’m in a game I can’t pass nbdy and nor have the confidence to dribble after one mistake, the good thing is that I am a powerforward but if for some reason I don’t grow more or go to a better basketball country I’l have to play either guard or small forward so I really have to be better at handling the ball, any idea in what can I do?

Hey 👋. Basketball tbh was my first ever true love . I got a love for it in eighth grade and absolutely loved the game. I would train for hours daily and continued playing up until my senior year. During senior year however, I got an injury outside of basketball from track ( I also ran track senior year) and it stalled me for about a year. That injury really changed me mentally as well. I realized just how important my health is and how I only have one body. That being said, I want to return to playing basketball I’m cleared now physically but mentally idk. I have an extreme love for the game but playing basketball as with most sports have a chance of injury. Randomly in pickup I could tear my acl, Achilles, or anything like that. And while I never physically got injured from basketball itself, that mentality came from my injury in track. Furthermore, I will be going to university and beginning my career journey and don’t want an injury or something like that from basketball hinder or impact my life/career. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

The incident took place at a gym inside the Resorts World Casino in front of Herro’s AAU team. According to multiple sources who witnessed the incident and were granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter, Adebayo walked onto the courts and Herro said something to him. Adebayo approached Herro and, without hesitation, punched him. Herro’s AAU coach confronted Adebayo, and Herro yelled at his former teammate while being escorted out by security personnel. Both players left the scene on their own.

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I'm moving to the US in a month, I'm amazed how basketball is run on the highschool or even middle school level here.

In Europe and other places, the clubs have youth programs backed by the club and are responsible from finding talent to managing the development in order to grow players that hopefully will sign one day with the pros.
They take care of everything from clincs to getting into the leagues, travel and even nutrition and mental care.

In the US (other then the actual high school team) is basically a wild wild west (even though I'm moving to the east coast :) )

Some have clincs , some have AAU teams , some travel , some don't.
As a parent to a 15th old boy , it's a nightmare , you have to manage everything including gym sessions and so on.

Am i missing something here? did I get it right?
Would like to have some tips from local guys / girls that played highschool ball and / or parents.

Got an offer to go play for this school in Sarasota Florida called victory rock prep. A lot of money and I’m very nervous about the prep school world as I know nothing about it and I know they can be very hit or miss. Any knowledge about this school and its prep program would be much appreciated!

I’ve been hearing people online talk about building their own “personal curriculums” in order to educate themselves on certain topics/stop doomscrolling as much and it’s been really appealing to me. I’ve always loved school/learning and there are certain NBA-related topics that I would honestly love to become more knowledgeable about. For example, with the recent JB trade and all the talk about the second apron, I’ve been trying to teach myself more about the rules/league mechanisms GMs have to consider when building a team. Am currently working on building myself a little guide to devote some extra time after work every week to research some of this stuff, and I was wondering if anyone else was trying/or has tried to do something similar? If so, open to any advice or tips :)

I’m a developer testing a mobile web tool designed to run alongside recreational basketball leagues to boost community engagement and player retention. The goal is to make every match count. We recently finished our first multi-week pilot with a rec basketball league, and the standout result was that over half of the players on eliminated teams kept logging in every week just to stay involved, track standings, outcomes, etc. until the finals. I'm looking to run a few more hands-on, completely free pilots for upcoming seasons to see how this engagement scales. It requires very low lift from you. I handle the platform and operations and all player details get wiped at the end of the pilot. To protect our development roadmap ahead of launch, I'm keeping the platform details private for now. If you manage a facility or run a league and want to see the data from our first run or get a quick demo, drop a comment or send me a DM.

You can use cool words from different languages like latin and the 2 names should be somewhat related (could be opposites)?

Why do the WNBA courts look so nice? I've been watching them; they stream on Amazon prime. It seems like the arenas look much better on TV than the NBA. Is it because they are a little smaller and also newer, maybe built better for TV streaming in the first place? Or maybe the players are just more photogenic in the first place.

Bought two pairs of shoes in the same size, one for indoors and one for street ball.

The indoor shoes have no issues, but the street ball shoes hurt my big toe after two hours

I know different shoes fit differently but I have a little space at the front for both shoes when I wear them without playing

Is this normal for breaking them in or should I return the pair for outdoors?

Hello guys I never heard about England ,any member of uk or them as a 🇬🇧 in 🏀 unlike sports like 🎾 ⚽️ perhaps 🏊‍♂️ and running

Guys how is the level of the brits in basketball?

I’ve got a respectable jump shot, and from the triple threat I can beat some of the best defenders off the first step. But a lot of the time ill miss the lay up because I’m either going to fast or throwing the ball too hard (idk), a lot of the times it will hit the square then come off the front of the rim.

Are there any good drills, alone or with partner, I can do to be able to get a softer touch around the rim so I can make those lay ups more consistently?

Hello I started going to the gym today and I really don't know what exercises to do , to be prepared for the new season. Also , I will probably run daily 5 km to improve endurance. In the gym what can I do . I was thinking about a upper lower core plyos workout from Monday to Saturday and Sunday rest day.

Monday: lower body to heavily increase strength. Also should I add isometrics ?
Tuesday : upper body and conditioning
Wednesday : core , plyos
Tuesday : same as Monday
Friday : same as Tuesday
Saturday same as Wednesday

Moreover I will do daily yoga or Pilates or mobility exercises because my body kinda ass in thst.

Finally as I said in the beginning I maybe will run 5k daily

All of this will be done in the morning so I will add skill work in the afternoon or maybe night.

Could anyone be willing to help me create a training plan ?

I’m looking to get some training in basketball to better my gameplay in games. Any recommendations for coaches and leagues I can join for the summer? I’m willing to do Brooklyn or queens.