Grassroots Basketball

Style of Play: The National Junior Circuit, National Senior Circuit, and The Platinum Circuit is one grassroots tournament with a variety of Canadian prep schools participating. It has an AAU type feel with a lot of easy fast-break and transition opportunities for teams to score. In the half-court, the teams that had success were the ones that could run a pick and roll or implement a drive and kick offense with multiple shooting options. The type of players that had the most

Crestwood Prep Lions Style of Play: Crestwood Prep played at their best in this game when operating in the open court and getting easy baskets. They have guards who can push the pace, get all the way to the rim, and utilize their athleticism. They played more of a half-court style of offense with different variations of dribble handoffs. The player initiating the dribble handoff would either set up their teammate for a catch and shoot three-pointer, run a dribble handoff and

Style of Play: iSchool is a team that plays at a significantly slower pace than other teams. They like operating more in the half-court than in transition. In the half-court they are a pick and roll heavy and jump shooting team from three-point range and mid-range. Their bigs set good hard picks, understand screening angles, and don't shy away from contact freeing up their pick and roll ball-handler. They can also score by rolling to the rim, slipping picks with their quickne

Style of Play: Albuquerque Prep is a team that plays fast in transition with its guards and ball-handlers grabbing defensive rebounds and speeding up the pace rather than having a big grab the rebound and find the ball-handler. They have quick and explosive guards who push the pace and convert easy fast-break opportunities. Their guards score more points in transition than bigs either as ball-handlers or leak-out guys getting all the way to the rim. They are more of an inside

Style of Play: Orangeville Prep is a team filled with athletes who rely on their athleticism rather than having skilled players who can create offense for themselves and others. As such, they are a team that operates best in transition using their quickness, explosiveness, and ability to fill the lanes well to generate quick easy baskets. In the half-court, they struggle to score. They have too many non-shooters, which affects spacing in the paint and clogs it for their athle

Style of Play: Royal Crown Prep has the personnel to play fast, with their guards able to grab defensive rebounds and be quick and explosive, pushing the pace for easy fast-break points. Their guards as ball-handlers either look to score in the paint using their athleticism and speed, find the big in the paint with a dump-off pass after attracting multiple defenders, or find the leak-out man in transition for a high-percentage shot in the paint or a catch and shoot pull-up th

Style of Play: Fort Erie International Academy is a team that thrives playing fast in transition with multiple ball-handlers. They have ball-handling guards and forwards with guard skills, allowing them to push the pace as soon as they get a rebound and secure easy fast-break points. They have many leak-out players who are catch and shoot pull-up threes threats or use their quickness, explosiveness, and ability to fill the lanes well to get easy catch and finish opportunities

Style of Play: The Star Alliance plays fast in transition, but it is a different kind of fast than other teams. It is a European and overseas style of play. Their guards play at a slow controlled pace, but they get out in transition, advancing the ball fast with quick passes and quick decisions to leak-out players for catch and shoot threes or the rim running big setting their teammates up for high percentage shots. In the half-court, they are a heavy pick and roll team compa

Style of Play: Mount Zion Prep plays at a fast pace and through its guards, who set the tone by getting out in transition without breaking stride. They use their quickness, explosiveness, and athleticism in transition to create runout opportunities. They play smaller, with multiple ball-handlers and playmakers, so naturally comes a faster pace they play at, one that other teams may have difficulty keeping up with. In the half-court, they run a lot of pick and pop to create ad

Style of Play: Southeastern Prep Academy is a team that prioritizes playing fast with a high-octane pace and space offense featuring guards who are quick and explosive pushing the ball, getting their own offense, or making reads to the leak-out player setting them up inside or for a catch and shoot three-point shot. They have many ball-handlers and playmakers bringing the ball up, so whoever gets the rebound can just start the fast-break rather than having the rebounder find

Style of Play: The Grind Session is an event that attracts a lot of high school talent, who get to show what they can do against some of the best competition. In this tournament, most teams played a very fast pace and space style of offense, getting up and down the floor quickly with either the transition ball-handler getting all the way to the rim or to his spot for a dribble pull-up shot, or the leak-out player getting looks created by their teammates for catch and shoot pu