🚨AAU Information for Spring 2027 Rosters🚨 🏀11th Grade Girls are full, but all other grades for Boys and Girls from 5th-12th are open🏀 Contact us to get in for a FREE evaluation to see if there’s a mutual fit🎯 #ATTACK #GetBuckets #StrickHoopsFam

First step accomplished…WPIAL XC Champs🥇 Next step…winning XC State title🏆 On and off the court, success follows Total #ATTACK trainees Jules (2029) and Vivienne (2028) Goshen of OLSH💯 #ATTACK #GetBuckets #StrickHoopsFam

All of the hard work that has been put in is starting to pay off. Have had games in the New Castle fall league. The other night I shot 7/11 from three. Finished with 21 points and 2 steals. Still more to come for the season. Season 3 on its way

One of the good guys in this sport if I had a kid in Pittsburgh Strick would be my pick ⬇️

NLCS MVP Jake Bauers shares how letting go of results helped him find a different level of freedom as a competitor. "I think what changed for me this year was I stopped caring about results. I started caring about competing. I started caring about being in the moment and getting out of my own way." Sometimes, the biggest obstacle to performing at your best isn't a lack of preparation or ability. It's the pressure you place on yourself to produce a particular outcome. You become so concerned with what you want to happen that you lose touch with what the moment actually requires. Any performer can unlock a new level when they learn how to be fully invested in the competition without becoming imprisoned by the outcome. 🎥: Fox Sports

You can question yourself without quitting on yourself. You don’t have to make the doubt disappear. You have to compete through it. Doubt may show up. Make sure you do, too.

Highlights from our first scrimmage on Saturday ⚔️ #rowtogether

The 2026-27 Women's Basketball First-Team All-Name Team (All Levels)

The 2026-27 Men's Basketball First-Team All-Name Team (All Levels)

They tell me people don’t play in the post anymore🤷🏼‍♂️ They tell me no one teaches it anymore🤷🏼‍♂️ Having coached 2 post POY, I can promise you I teach it💯 “multiple times the coaches told the other bigs to watch how he does it” Put the right kid in the right environment and enjoy their growth as a player📈 I say it all the time…make sure wherever you train that you’re getting results. Busy work, doesn’t mean quality work🤔

Had an amazing experience visiting Lebanon Valley College! 🏀💙 Thank you to @JDugs45 and @MariahLeinbachh and the LVC team for everything. The school, team’s energy during practice, and culture was great to see. @lincolnparkgbb @StrickHoopsLLC #Keepworkin #ATTACK

Joe Mazzulla on starting lineups: “I think people care too much, it only lasts five minutes.” (@NoaDalzell)

Continuing our introductions for the 2026-2027 Women’s Basketball season, we have #21 Maddie Syka! Maddie is a guard/forward from Darlington, Pennsylvania! We are so excited to have you back, Maddie! #rowtogether

I’ve lived this as both an AAU coach and a dad. Both my girls have played on first teams and “second teams.” For our family, the label mattered less than the fit. Did the style of play suit her? Would she have a role she could earn and grow in? Were the coaches teaching the game… defense too? Was she still excited to come to the gym? One of my favorite coaching seasons started 1-7 and finished 7-0 with a championship. The players shared the ball, played team defense, embraced their roles, and followed each other. We’ve also lost by 20 and had an absolute blast because the girls competed, communicated, and stayed connected. The scoreboard and the label don’t tell the whole story. Do your homework. Ask about player development, recruiting relationships, realistic college pathways, and the plan for your daughter. Then watch a practice and a game. What happens between games often matters more than the games themselves. Is she learning? Does her coach know her? Can she contribute in the team’s style of play? Does she feel challenged… and still love being there? AAU doesn’t have to lead to college basketball to be worth it. The love of the game doesn’t care what division you’re headed to.

Dear AAU Parents, Please take a little advice from a parent who has been around AAU basketball as a Coach & parent for 20+ years. Stop chasing imaginary rankings from paid services like PGH and cool social media posts from programs that over hype players on socials because that is all they can offer. Don't get caught up with trainers who are only worried about your children when they are in their gym. Ask real questions of program directors about approach on player development, college relationships and track record of getting players to college programs. Ask directors about recruiting plans for their players. Pay attention to programs that retain players and are not out recruiting over entire rosters year over year. Track record & trust between families & programs matters; especially in a rapidly changing recruiting landscape, you better be with a program that is committed to all their players and not just a few high profile girls. The top of EVERY circuit has really good players/teams but the bottom of EVERY circuit has bad teams too. Being on an EYBL or 3SSB team, and playing 6-8 mpg can really hurt your recruitment. Not every program is a fit for every player/family but PLEASE do your homework!! Have honest discussions about potential level of play in college and where your child might fit. Be very weary of anyone who only talks about D1. Winning games in AAU is nice and hopefully your daughter is competitive and wants to win but it ultimately doesn't mean anything and not many college coaches are paying attention to the score unless one team is getting smoked. In fact, a coach might pay more attention to how your daughter is acting as a player when they are losing vs how they are playing in a 25pt win. Good luck to all as the girls get prepared for the High School season. @nj_panthers @CoachJordanNJP @unitedNJaau @ShoreshotsGirls @newjerseyrise @ESBC_BlueFlames @NJLadiesHoops @TinyGreenNBS @coachschoiceusa

Getting pulled is a coaching decision. Staying ready is yours. A week after being benched in Oregon’s loss to UCLA, Dylan Raiola returned on the same field Saturday night with the Ducks down 14–6. He threw the winning touchdown with 28 seconds left to beat his former team, Nebraska, 17–14. You can be disappointed in your last chance and still be devoted to your next one.

COMPETE EVERYDAY! #ExcellenceIsADailyHabit

Happy October 15th to those who celebrate. IYKYK #d3hoops

Phil Jackson says he told Michael Jordan he needed to score less if he wanted to win a championship because scoring titles and championships don’t go together “When I was given the job as the head coach of the Chicago Bulls, I brought Michael Jordan in to speak with me, and I said, ‘You know, you’ve averaged 37, 38, 36 points a game the last three years. You know, you’ve been the scoring champion, but if you look back at the history of the NBA, there hasn’t been a scoring champion for almost 15 years who’s won the championship. They don’t go together.’” “‘And we need to take the focus off you, which is what teams now tilt their whole defense towards, stopping Michael Jordan, and open it up for the rest of our team. And it means you taking less shots a game. That’s important.’ And he stopped me and he said, ‘Are you going to run an equal-opportunity offense like Tex Winter’s been talking about?’” “I said, ‘Yeah, I guess you could call it an equal-opportunity offense, but I’m not going to be calling the plays from the sideline. You guys are going to be reading it on the floor. So if the 24-second clock is running down and it becomes red, which is the call everybody makes when it’s under five seconds, we’ll teach the team how to get the ball to you at the end of that clock because then you can score.’” “He said, ‘Well, I don’t think that I have to give up a scoring championship. I could score 32 points a game and still win a scoring championship. That’s only eight points a quarter.’ I said, ‘Michael, I had trouble scoring eight points a game when I was a player.’” “‘But rather than scoring eight points a quarter, why don’t you save that for the fourth quarter and score 14 points in the fourth quarter and take us home? And you can do what you want to do during the early part of the game and then put the onus and the nail in the coffin in the fourth quarter to seal the deal.’ He kind of liked that idea.” “And, you know, I think we lost two or three of our first games that we played in my first year coaching, and everybody had to kind of figure out how to do it, how to play together when the ball was dictating the action, when the passes were dictating what people would do, rather than a specific number for a player being called from the sideline. And I gave the team a little bit of authority, which is exactly what a coach wants to happen.”

Having a student athlete kinda day! Dissection of 🐷 ❤️ and basketball 🏀 training all in one. 36 days till season 🔥. #keepworkin #ATTACK @StrickHoopsLLC @lincolnparkgbb

Thanks Coach pleasure was mine! Looking forward to getting your program on the platform