The girls from the 13U Shock team fired up the courts with a successful, 28-4 AAU travel basketball season.
‘We had a really great season with quite a bit of success,? said head coach Stu Hastings.
Hastings has been getting the girls ready to play basketball on the high school level.
As a coach and a teacher, Hastings has also taught the girls principles they could use on the court as well as in their life.
He gave the girls a constructive discipline and taught them the success principles.
‘If you allow the success principles carry into life it carries from one sport to another. It carries over to all aspects of life.?
Most of the players have been on the team for the last five years. A few of them joined the team this year after playing for Hastings on the Oakland Sidewinders softball team.
The girls don’t play in a league. They play games in independent tournaments against girls in their age group.
Being part of a travel team prepares the girls for playing on the high school level because they have already been playing against girls at the same level.
‘It gives them a step up,? said Hastings. ‘It allows them to walk into high school and play right away.?
Another step up for the girls is being surrounded by coaches, teammates and parent with the same success skills.
‘It helps you succeed,? he said.
The girls? season has changed in the last year because the athletic equinox changed the schedule of the girls? basketball season in high school.
They ended their season in June, but only played for four months. They used to play for a longer length of time.
Even though their season just ended, Hastings is unsure when their new AAU season will begin.
But he is sure of one thing ? the girls won’t get the same length of experience they once had.
Shock players are from Clarkston, Lake Orion and Detroit Country Day.