U17 Trials

USA Trials: Players battle altitude and stiff competition for roster spots

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We all envy 16- and 17-year-olds for how efficiently their bodies function. They eat everything, they sleep like proverbial logs, they recover from minor injuries almost instantaneously, and their bounceback time from a game is maybe an hour.

As I tell my high school players when they complain about wind sprints, “You’re in the prime of your life. You can complain when you get old.”

Participants announced for USA Basketball’s 2012 women’s U17 World Championship Team Trials

USA Basketball announced thirty-five top prep players have accepted invitations to participate in the 2012 U17 World Championship Team Trials being held in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 17-20.

Thirteen players return from previous USA Basketball gold medal teams including 2 time gold medalist Diamond Deshields of Norcross High School (Norcross, Ga.) who played for team USA on the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship and the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship.