Atlanta Select Wears Point 3

http://www.point3basketball.com/

Recently, members of several Atlanta Select Teams participated in a video and still picture shoot for Point 3. Marquise Lanier, son of Coach Wallace Lanier and a member of the 2011 Atlanta Select Tenth Grade WHITE team, was one of the featured players. Click on the link above to see the new Point 3 advertisement and video featuring Marquise and several other Atlanta Select players.. The spot has been released by SLAM magazine today. Check it out. http://www.slamonline.com/online/news-rumors/other-news/2011/11/kicks-point-3-basketball-launches-brand-anthem/#1

Recommended Viewing by all Men and Women Concerned About our Youth.

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/vanishing_black_male#

Another New Head Coach - 2012 AAU Season



Atlanta Select welcomes Head Coach Ameer Aziz to the coaching staff. Coach Aziz will be preparing for "Tryouts" during the month of December. Boys in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh grades should attend Skills Development training in December to meet Coach Aziz. In the meantime you can contact Coach Aziz at 626-808-3701.



7 Pictures from Skills Development Camp from 2006-2009



Training October 2007



Training at MLK, Jr. Rec Center  September 2006



Training October 2009



Training November 2008





Training September 2009



Training September 2009



Training October 2009

Will You Be There? - Skills Development Camp - Sunday, November 6

ATLANTA SELECT - Why We Do What We Do - We Must Change These Statistics

So Sad: 1-in-4 Black Male HS Dropouts Ends Up in Prison


October 24, 2011 By James 

Black Like Moi reports.

The schools in urban America have become virtual feeder systems for America’s prisons. There is no greater source of feeding than the black male, especially when he remains uneducated. Some experts wonder if these men and women are deliberately uneducated, since the prisons are able to earn billions from free labor being provided by those who are trapped in the system.

Annsonita Robinson at RollingOut.com highlights the disparities quite well:

For the health of the economic future of the country, lawmakers know the high school graduation rate must improve. It is estimated that nearly a quarter of those who entered high school this year will not graduate according to a new report by the National Center for Education Statistics. High school dropouts cost between $320 billion and $350 billion in lost wages, taxable income, health care, incarcerations, and other social services. The difference in lifetime wages between a dropout and one who earns a GED is approximately $630,000.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, the 2009 dropout rate for African Americans stood at 9.3 percent compared to whites at 5.2 percent. Also in 2009, the dropout rate for low-income students was five times greater than their high-income counterparts — 7.4 percent compared with 1.4 percent.



Atlanta Select Basketball Association is committed to fight this battle and prevent our young men of all colors from going to prison. We must emphasize the need to stay in school.

The Classroom and the Hardwood - Video Shoot.

Atlanta Select's Videographer is busy recording an Atlanta Select Special.

 See it soon.

Stay Tuned.

 Atlanta Select is up to Something.

Go Select!

ATTENTION - Sports Authority - The Official Sporting Goods Retailer for Atlanta Select.

Attention Atlanta Select Family and Friends.

Effective today, October 27, 2011, "The Sports Authority" is the official sporting goods retailer for

the Atlanta Select Basketball Association.

Atlanta Select welcomes the partnership that has been formed with the Sports Authority organization. Atlanta Select Family and Friends are requested to visit your local Sports Authority in the local Atlanta metropolitan area for your sporting goods.

Take Note!

 November 19-20, 2011 will be the Atlanta Select Appreciation Event Weekend at the Sports Authority stores throughout the Metro Atlanta area.  Sports Authority stores (Northlake, Morrow, Conyers, Stone Mountain, Buckhead and Gwinnett County) will provide 20% off your entire purchase. Just down load the event flyer/coupon from our website or from our email blast. Coupons will be issued at the Skills Development camp on Sunday, October 30, to camp participants.

We are proud to be associated with the Sports Authority organization, the official sporting goods retailer for Atlanta Select!

See You On Sunday, October 30 at Skills Development Camp.

We are Six years old - Sunday, October 23, 2011

Atlanta Select Basketball Association celebrates its Sixth anniversary on Sunday, October 23, 2011. No one envisioned that we would have grown to over 40 teams and more than 400 student athletes in six years. Thanks to the committed, dedicated and professional coaches, team parent coordinators, student athletes, parents and friends that have supported our programs.

Go Select!

Education, Life Skills and Sports.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph6D0e_nxXQ&NR=1

Skills Development Camp is On For Sunday, October 9, 2011

Training at Price Middle School
 beginning at 2 PM, Sunday October 9, 2011.
 You are invited.