Sports University AAU All Stars Mission Statement

Many people believe that sports, public education and politics are the three most dominant and pervasive social forces that shape our society and influence the quality and character of American culture. We the executive and coaching staff of Sports U realize that the love of sports is so deeply embedded in our national consciousness that the values of millions of people — participants and spectators — are directly and dramatically affected by the values conveyed by organized sports. This places a significant social responsibility on our coaches who influence our basketball players to assure that athletic competition helps build the character and ethics and gives each of our players a clear understanding of what their social contract is to their communities at large.

Many aspects of American society are competitive, including our free enterprise system, and our views as to what is permissible and proper in the competitive pursuit of personal goals are influenced strongly by the dominant values of high-profile athletic competition. We commit that our program will be more than basketball and build character by living these principles. Never minimizing that we have been entrusted with exceptional future basketball stars and our goal is to see them all awarded NCAA basketball scholarships. Five principles of our program are.

Striving to Win. Though the program will stress how win-at-any-cost strategies inevitably degrade sports, it will not trivialize or devalue either the desire to win or the importance of winning.

Winning Is Important. For athletes and coaches who devote huge portions of their lives to being the best they can be in the pursuit of individual victories, records, championships and medals, it is demeaning to dismiss the importance of victory by saying "it’s only a game." Winning is important. Trying to win is essential. Without the passionate pursuit of victory, much of the enjoyment as well as the educational and spiritual value of sports would be lost.

Ethics Is Essential to True Winning. We believe the best strategy is not to de-emphasize winning but to more vigorously emphasize that adherence to ethical standards and sportsmanship in the honorable pursuit of victory is essential to winning in its true sense. It is one thing to be declared the winner; it is quite another to really win. Victories attained in dishonorable ways are hollow and degrade the concept of sport.

Cheating and Bad Sportsmanship Are Not Options. We believe that cheating and bad sportsmanship are simply not options because they rob victories of meaning and value and replace the high ideals of true sport with the degrading and petty values of a dog-eat-dog marketplace.

Principles of Ethics and Sportsmanship Are Ground Rules. The responsibility to demonstrate and develop good character should never be subordinated to the desire to win. Principles of ethics and sportsmanship are ground rules governing the pursuit of victory. The vital lessons and great value of sports are learned from the honorable pursuit of victory, from the competition itself rather than the outcome.
 

We have based all of our basketball operations out Sports University in Fairfield NJ. The gymnasium we use is within the Sports University complex. Sports University is an athletic performance facility. They work with adults and youth who are looking to not only improve their performance in their preferred sport of choice but also focus on the total athlete and the improvement in speed agility and power. It is often to be on the basketball floor and see a local pro athlete from any one of a number of pro teams.

We invite you to stay abreast with us as our program grows.