All Girls, All the Time

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Hawks Coach
There are plenty of 8th grade bys in AAU playing above the rim. I had a lower level travel team where one of my 8th graders could dunk (and had to resist the urge as it was illegal under league rules!). Higher level teams had even more players of this caliber and leaping ability.

Coach, I've seen my fair share of very high caliber AAU teams, and I've got to say at the 8th grade level virtually no one can dunk the ball. Yeah, you run into an 8th grade kid every now & then who can go over the top of the rim, but their "dunks" are usually missed attempts. Very rarely you'll see an 8th grader who can dunk reasonably well. In my experience.