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NH. Which is why we had him play up and play in Eastern MA.

Figured I would toss out an update. Had some ups and downs this year on the basketball front. Stuck on a poor team, differences with the coaches, had some great games, put had a lot of where he didn't play much. Head coach tried to tell us that him sitting was the best thing for him, as it...

I think what is missing is that teams with leads will often run to just grind out the game and get things over with . . . this increasing their percentage of rushing attempts. What is the point in risking interceptions by throwing too many passes if you are up by 10+ points in the 4th quarter...

Spiller has not had a lot of game with a truly heavy workload. But in the games over his career where he had at least 15 touches, he's produced very well: Total yards, total TD: 70-0 102-1 56-0 167-2 138-1 100-1 194-1 170-2 110-1 102-0 130-0 103-0 84-1 101-1 173-0 131-1

I think some people may be missing that we don't think he is the next LeBron or Jordan or even a candidate for any professional league. He's so young, to really worry much beyond the upcoming season is way premature. However, by the time he's old enough to attend college, it will cost $250K+...

Here's another reason why we are looking for another place for him to play. We live in a relatively small town. But they have 4 age appropriate travel teams. There is NO WAY they have 50 kids that are worthy of playing travel basketball. Even 10 might be stretching it. That totally made for...

He just went to two sessions of a Nike camp and another more local camp and clinic involving high school and college players and coaches.

As I mentioned initially, all this is new to me. We have two older kids that are good athletes and play(ed) on travel and school teams in other sports, but nothing like this. The basketball kid is just a natural at basketball. THE FIRST DAY he ever went to a practice (2nd grade), a travel...

I am looking to get some feedback and perspective from parents that have an athletic child kid that is a rare talent . . . someone truly gifted . . . that is dedicated, passionate, and has advanced to levels well beyond the typical player. I am interested to learn what the impact is/was on...

THIS article from Yahoo! provides the sure fire ways to having a success draft. Comments?