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 Knicks Start Season
The Utica Lady Knicks are prepared to start the 2010 basketball season! Team rosters are being finalized and coaches are now anxious to begin their practices in preparation for tournament play. We look forward to an exciting and successful season!
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About the Utica Lady Knicks
The Utica Lady Knicks girls basketball program was formedý8 years ago under the auspices of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is one of the largest, not for profit, volunteer, multi-sports organizations in the United States. AAU is dedicated exclusiely to the promotion and developement of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. The purpose of the AAU Girls basketball program is to initialize, simulate and improve opportunities for amateur girls competition at both the local and national level. Such competition promotes and develops leadership, sportsmanship, educational opportunities and athletic excellence. Over 110,000 young women participated in AAU events last year. Of the 34 sports AAU oversees, the most popular is girls basketball.
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Utica Lady Knicks
The Utica Lady Knicks was formed under the auspices of the Amateur Athletic Association or AAU. AAU identifies the purpose of the girls basketball program as that of initializing, stimulating and improving the opportunities for amateur girls competition at both the local and national level. Such competition, they say, promotes and develops leadership, sportsmanship, educational opportunities and athletic excellence. We have taken that charge to heart and look to fulfill that purpose. In order to do that we: 1. Conduct open tryouts for young players giving them the opportunity to take a meaningful learning step in and through basketball. 2. Provide quality coaching to promote learning experiences in the areas of leadership, sportsmanship, teamwork and technical basketball skills. 3. Travel to Tournaments that are well run and appropriate to the skill levels of our teams providing a positive learning experience in a positive environment. 4. Maintiann a low a cost to our participants so as to encourage and make possible participaton to as many in our community as possible. 5. Provide a low cost opportunity for our oldest group to compete at the highest level in an environment that exposes them to the collegiate programs in Division I through Division III. 6. Conduct a top quality tournament in the Utica area that creates a sense of community and pride. The tournament helps to grow our basketball family, in particular, and provides our girls with an opportunity to play in their home area. Finally, it also allows us the opportunity to maintain a low cost/high opportunity program for our girls. The benefits can only be achieved if our players, coaches, organization members and parents each embrace their responsibilities to the program. Among those responsibilities are:
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Players:
Participate with purpose:
•To become a better technical player
•To become a better teammate/team player
•To become a better leader on and off the court
•To meet new people and grow friendships
•To learn how to overcome adversity and meet challenges
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Coaches:
1. To provide the environment that allows our players to grow as
•People
•Basketball players
2. To grow your own skills as a coach so as to continually increase the opportunities you provide your player to grow and learn.
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Members of the Organization
1. To find and train outstanding coaches which embody the spirit of our organizaiton.
2. To provide clear direction and organizaiton that supports the efforts of our players and coaches.
3. To organize and run a quality tournament in the Utica area.
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Parents
To encourage and support your children as they pursue this growth experience through:
•Positive reinforcement to all girls on your team
•Creating a community environment within your teams group of parents
•Supporting your teams coaches in whatever ways you can
•Working in some role to make our local tournament a success
•Being a good role model to our children at all tournaments
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Players:
Participate with purpose:
•To become a better technical player
•To become a better teammate/team player
•To become a better leader on and off the court
•To meet new people and grow friendships
•To learn how to overcome adversity and meet challenges
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Coaches:
1. To provide the environment that allows our players to grow as
•People
•Basketball players
2. To grow your own skills as a coach so as to continually increase the opportunities you provide your player to grow and learn.
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Members of the Organization
1. To find and train outstanding coaches which embody the spirit of our organizaiton.
2. To provide clear direction and organizaiton that supports the efforts of our players and coaches.
3. To organize and run a quality tournament in the Utica area.
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