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AAU / Travel Basketball

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Spring 2010 AAU Basketball

TRYOUT DATES:

3rd grade (9 and under)..............

4th grade (10 and under).............

5th grade (11 and under).............

6th grade (12 and under).............

OBJECTIVES AND PHILOSOPHY

The Club’s objectives are to provide children and young adults with the opportunity to participate in a travel basketball experience where they can develop positive self-esteem and build character by learning the virtues of hard work, respect, honesty, self-control, teamwork and sportsmanship.
To achieve these objectives, the Club encourages its coaches and team parents to adopt a philosophy that seeks to achieve the following for the players.

1. To learn basketball - individual skills, small group tactics and team tactics, so that each player and his or her team can become the best that they are capable of becoming.
2. To develop an appreciation for sportsmanship and the fundamentals of team play.
3. To respect teammates, coaches, opponents, the referee and the laws of the game.
4. To learn the meaning of dedication and commitment and to experience the relationship between effort and results.
5. To engage in healthy competition.

6. To have fun.

Practice:

1 day a week ( Thursday , Friday or Saturday nights) starting in March / early April and running through June .

Games:

About 4 to 5 weekend tournaments between April and June( usually 3 or 4 games are played on that weekend depending on which tournaments team is entered. Games are usually both Satiurday and Sunday ). All tournaments are within a 1 hr drive from nyc. There are some weekends where there will be no tournaments entered

Who:

3rd grade thru 6th grade boys teams.

Where:

Practices will be in convenient eastside and westside gyms

Tournaments will either be in NYC, Long Island or Westchester, or NJ depending upon evaluation and competitiveness of each individual team that is formed.

Cost:

$850

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AAU / Travel Basketball 2009/2010

Read feature article about Len Chenfeld of Fastbreak
Sunday New York Times 12/6/09

Len Chenfeld and Devin Brooks of Fastbreak NYC

October 19, 2009

IS8 / NIKE H.S DIVISION

Fastbreak NYC Stall-out Team Turbo, 80-67

Fastbreak NYC aka/ Poly Prep was pretty evenly matched against Team Turbo a/k/a Paul Roberson HS. The first half would be an uptempo affair with PG Daryl Lucky running the turbo's point but also hitting the lion share of their buckets. While the first quarter was even-steven, Fastbreak NYC pulled ahead in the second quarter as Lowell Ulmer scored in the paint. With Patrick Jenkins adding offense, Turbo made a run at it. Outside shooting and transition points by Len Chenfeld kept Fastbreak up 42-36 at the half.

Fastbreak NYC increased their lead to 11 points early in the second half as Devon Brooks scored downlow but Team Turbo put on the afterburners and sliced the lead to three points as Lucky was on fire from midrange. Turbo managed to tie the game as Fastbreak NYC began to commit turnovers but Chenfeld assists and buckets down the stretch gave Poly Prep a 5 point advantage going into the fourth quarter.

The Fastbreak lead extended to 9 as 11 scored on a finger roll and consecutive jumpers 3 pushed the lead to 15 points with 4 minutes remaining in the game. With 3:20 remaining and down 17 points, Team Turbo inexplicably threw in the towel allowing Fastbreak to coast to a victory..

Devon Brooks led Fastbreak with 20 while Chenfeld, Ulmer, and Anthony Reyes scored 14. Lucky led Team Turbo with 26 points followed by Jenkins and Termaine Frazier with 13 apiece.