Friday, February 13, 2015

An Open Letter to School Basketball Coaches - From Atlanta Select



Attention Head Boys and Girls Basketball Coaches.

The Atlanta Select Basketball Association works with student-athletes ages eight through eighteen.  We use basketball as a tool to encourage youth to work hard in school and to make productive use of their leisure time.  Student-Athletes throughout the Greater Atlanta Metropolitan and surrounding areas participate in our program.  


Our primary mission is to successfully prepare young boys and girls, both academically and athletically, for the opportunity to pursue a degree of higher education at the college level.

We emphasize Education and Life Skills as equal partners to Sports in the development of student-athletes. Therefore, we have implemented an educational monitoring and life skills supplement to our basketball program. 

We participate in AAU, YBOA, and other youth basketball programs to promote the student–athlete and provide him or her with maximum exposure.  Our program is very competitive.  It allows student-athletes to play with the best, against the best throughout United States.

Part of our mandate is to work with local middle and high school coaches to leverage and share expertise and to promote the student–athlete.  Thus, this is the reason for this letter to you.  We understand that your basketball season is drawing to a close.  And, we wish you much success during the up coming tournaments. Our youth spring and summer program will begin in March.

First, we are asking you to visit our web site (www.atlselect.com) to learn more about our program. Second, we would like your input on your areas of concern about youth basketball programs, in general. Third, we would like for you to nominate student-athletes in your program that we can assist in their development and exposure. Fourth, we invite members of your coaching staff to join our program. And finally, most importantly, we would like to work with you in our efforts to develop student-athletes.

We are not in competition with school basketball programs but would like to provide a supplement in the total skill development and promotion of the student athlete. Our goal is to work together.  

We are limited on the number of student-athletes we can support.  Our “tryout” dates and locations are announced on our website. Please contact me for any additional background information on our program. Plus, we are prepared to meet with you and discuss how we can mutually support each other.

In particular, we are looking for coaches that would lead unsigned senior teams. Candidates are invited to contact my Team Parent Coordinator for unsigned seniors, Mrs. Maddox at (770) 778-7137, email: edwinamaddox@bellsouth.net for coordination. 

Again, we wish you much success during your tournaments and we hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,


George H. Zeigler, Jr.
Co-Founder & Operations Officer
Atlanta Select Basketball Association
(770) 808-4444 office, (770) 598-8511 cell


Just Go Select!!!
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