Since the age of four, our daughter Sophia has been playing basketball.  At first it was a natural progression from City recreation leagues to NJB leagues but we quickly discovered that her hunger for more put us, her parents, in a position to search endlessly for opportunities.  In addition to the fact that player development resources and AAU teams are far less available for young girls, we also experienced access to limited resources in the County we live in.  Naturally, we researched, asked a ton of questions and drove endlessly to seek more opportunities to challenge her and feed her hunger for more.   

We ended up making long-lasting relationships with gym owners, coaches and trainers in cities within a two-hour radius.  We began to understand the complex environment of girls’ basketball and often found ourselves responding to texts, emails and phone calls from parents who knew Sophia and had questions about the process.  We quickly became the cliff notes version of navigating the local circuit for girls 4th-8th grade.