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On The Ball Youth Basketball runs youth basketball
leagues and tournaments for boys and girls and has been running the
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) South Puget Sound
Area Youth Basketball League in Tacoma, Washington since 1992.
In 1995 a partnership was developed with Northwest Sports, Inc. Northwest
Sports currently facilitates AAU Youth Basketball Leagues in the Seattle
area, the partnership combined the two leagues under the umbrella of the
Pacific
Northwest Amateur Athletic Union (PNAAU).
Pacific
Northwest AAU is divided into two divisions. Youth from the North
Puget Sound area play in Seattle (North Division) youth basketball league
and youth from the South Puget Sound area play in Tacoma (South Division)
youth basketball league, with all teams coming together at the end of each
session for the Pacific Northwest AAU playoffs.
Fall, winter, and spring youth basketball leagues are offered
for teams in grades 4th through 12th. All AAU tournaments throughout the year are sanctioned by
the Amateur Athletic Union.
Mr. Bradley has developed a strong relationship with many
colleges and his experience working with student athletes at all levels has
filled a void that is needed in the Puget Sound area. The Pacific
Northwest AAU program
has been a great playing field for many student athletes to play in a year
round competitive basketball program and a great opportunity for student athletes to
find their way for opportunities to play at the next level. Many of the
student athletes from the Pacific Northwest AAU programs have gone on and
played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and are still currently
in the league. The Puget Sound area has been a great recruiting ground for
NCAA division one colleges over the past ten years, producing NBA stars such
as New York Knicks Jamal Crawford, Toronto Raptors Michael Dickerson, Boston
Celtics Jason Terry, Sacramento Kings Doug Kristy, Seattle Supersonics
Luke Ridnour, New Jersey Nets Brian Scalibrine, Atlanta Hawks Hiram Fuller and Kate Starbird with the WNBA.
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