Always 100 Basketball

★Becky C

Entire program is a money grift. They love to say they’re about development and the kids. LOL. The “tournaments” they host? Trash. Worst reffing I’ve ever seen and the bracket manipulation is honestly laughable. I’ve had two kids play for this program and I can’t say enough how glad I am they aren’t still in it. The program ruined their confidence during their eighth grade year. She joined to help grow in skill and confidence…that’s what they sold to us. And we fell for it. Terrible management and terrible communication. Starting from the top on down, kids-not all kids-but some-are learning disgusting sportsmanship and dirty, mean-spirited play. Don’t get me wrong, these kids are GOOD. Real good. But that’s a testament to THE KIDS and their hard work and determination. There are a couple coaches there that are amazing and the ladies running the front are great. If your kid is ELITE, elite then you’ll probably have an alright time, but if you’re looking for skills, development, and growing-this is not that. At. All.

★Matt Rhody

If you want your child to be degraded and coached by people who don't know how to coach and blame life experiences for their anger or don't show up for one on one instruction, this is the place for you.

★★★★★TShaw

Cray Draws we had a similar experience. However, academy is now fully staffed and kids are once again doing age appropriate drills. The academy has been great for my kids. Particularly my 11 year old daughter.

★★JC Draws

This review is for the Academy specifically. I've taken my daughter for several months and I really like that they offer the Academy several times each week and that families can drop in as often as is convenient for them without having to sign any kind of commitment. BUT... my daughter is usually one of the younger players there (age 7) and, quite often, there is just one coach for all the kids. The problem with this is the age and ability range of players. There are 7 year olds who are fairly new at basketball and 17 year olds who have been playing for many years. The drills have been way too hard for many of the younger kids and I notice several of them getting frustrated. I've seen more than one kid come out crying and my daughter now protests going to Academy, though she used to love basketball. She now says that she's no good and wants to give up. In the past the Academy had two or even three coaches for each session and they split the kids into groups by ability. My daughter was challenged but had fun and didn't get stressed about not being as good as some other kids. The drills they've expected her to do are WAY too hard for beginners and that should be obvious. Another big problem, some of the coaches are rude to the kids. Often it's in a playful way and the kid gets it, but the coaches can be harsh, aggressive, and unapproachable. My daughter felt too scared to ask the female coach from Academy to repeat the directions that she couldn't hear over the 30 other kids (yes... 30 kids, 1 coach) in the group because she said she was "too mean." I'm really disappointed because this had been a great way for my daughter to keep practicing ball, even when camps for small kids weren't in session, but it's just ruining her love for basketball and that breaks my heart. I just can't take her back anymore.

★Rex Counterman

My first expirence was horrible. The concept of this league is great but when you allow referees to work only to get a pay check the whole concept is a negative experience. The amount of contact allowed is not about the players but about getting the game over to keep on time. When the players get hurt from allowing this kind of aggresive play it is not about the players it becomes about the parents checkbook. I would seriously think about this when signing up. I am sure a majority of refs have players safety in mind a few do not.