Coach Smith CAM

[Coach Cole @CoachColeCC]

‼️ THIS IS A REMINDER TO ALL HS BASKETBALL PLAYERS‼️ Summer is where you separate yourself. Stay disciplined. Get in the gym an hour a day. That’s all you need. You will separate yourself. Look at your screen time… you got an hour to spare.

[Coach Smith CAM @CoachSmithCAM]

@repkingtrep33 Congrats to a former colleague & great coach!

[Aaron Britton @NestoHoops]

The https://t.co/QUF82sTCEt spreadsheet is vacant. Ready for 26-27 schedules and transfers. 🏀 🏀 🏀 🏀

[Coach Smith CAM @CoachSmithCAM]

Former Raider 👀! 👏

[CCIW @CCIW_Athletics]

Four CCIW baseball standouts earned a place among the nation’s best in 2026. ⚾️

Gavin Houchins and Michael Ossenfort were named https://t.co/LkmgxYp3co Second Team All-Americans, while Caleb Akins and Jackson Bland also received national honors.

https://t.co/cq8gHkXICo

[Jacob Turner @TheJacobTurner]

A PARENT’S JOURNEY THROUGH YOUTH SPORTS:

Age 5: “He’s got a cannon.”
Age 6: “He’s the fastest kid out there. Coach said so.”
Age 7: “Rec ball isn’t challenging him anymore.”
Age 8: “We tried out for select. Obviously made it.”
Age 9: “$2,800 for the season. Plus uniforms. Plus tournaments. Plus hotels.”
Age 10: “Cooperstown is basically a family vacation, right?”
Age 11: “He needs a hitting guy. And a pitching guy. And probably a mental performance coach.”
Age 12: “I’m not a crazy sports parent. The OTHER parents are crazy.”
Age 13: “We changed schools. For academics. (And also baseball.)”
Age 14: “Showcases are a requirement at this age.”
Age 15: “Ya his ranking just ticked up. We’re cooking.”
Age 16: “He just needs to get seen by the right school.”
Age 17: “The D1 schools want him to walk on. He’ll earn a spot by sophomore year.”
Age 18: “Okay, D2 is actually really competitive.”
Age 19: “He’s redshirting. Strategic.”
Age 20: “He’s focusing on school now.”
Age 21: “You know what? He’s so much happier.”

Roughly 7% of high schoolers play in college.

About 1.5% of those get drafted.

Less than half of draftees ever play one day in the big leagues.

The odds of our kids going pro are somewhere between “struck by lightning” and “find a $100 in old shorts.”

I love youth sports (all my kids play a bunch of them) just keep a good perspective my friends. ✌️

[CoachLync | Tools & Playbooks @CoachLync]

The Finer Points of Basketball

via Dick DeVenzio

[MYGOLFSPY @MyGolfSpy]

Twitter needs a button that's "bring back that golf tweet I was just starting to read before you automatically refreshed."

[Maroa-Forsyth Boys Basketball @MTFHoops]

Due to a change at A-O, we are now hosting a shootout on June 5th and looking for 1 more team to replace them. Please reach out if interested.

[Ace Spinner @acespinner2027]

Thank you @scottybscout for the write up.
@PrepHoops @PrepHoopsIL @PHCircuit @CoachSmithCAM @IllinoisWar1012 @IL_recruits @ny2lasports @Elite40boys

[Coach Smith CAM @CoachSmithCAM]

Going to miss this kid! Great to coach. Worked hard, great teammate and A+ attitude. Bad luck injury, but fought through it.

[Ace Spinner @acespinner2027]

Thank you @scottybscout for another write up!!
@PrepHoopsIL @PrepHoops @PHCircuit @CoachSmithCAM @IL_recruits @IllinoisWar1012 @ny2lasports @Elite40boys

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

There’s an old Chinese saying that I love:

“The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.”

[Ace Spinner @acespinner2027]

Thank you @scottybscout for the write up.
@PrepHoops @PrepHoopsIL @PHCircuit @CoachSmithCAM @IL_recruits @IllinoisWar1012 @ny2lasports @Elite40boys

[Ace Spinner @acespinner2027]

Thank you @Gibbs_Dan_ for the write up.
@PrepHoops @PrepHoopsIL @PHCircuit @CoachSmithCAM @IL_recruits @IllinoisWar1012

[Polymarket Football @PolymarketBlitz]

The biggest winner of the draft is this old dog who got his spot on the couch back.

[Coach Smith CAM @CoachSmithCAM]

@wandtvnews Homerun hire for @MillikinHoops @coachnoonan will build. 👏

[Coach Smith CAM @CoachSmithCAM]

@thewillfoley @MacAthletics_61 @MTFHoops @acespinner2027

[Will Foley @thewillfoley]

Here’s your 2025-26 All-Macon County Boys Basketball Team. @MacAthletics_61, Warrensburg-Latham, Unity Christian and @MTFHoops all with strong campaigns.
https://t.co/NcWBD1jQFq

[Steve Collins @TeachHoopsBBall]

The number of girls playing high school basketball is a crisis no one is talking about.
Programs are drying up. Teams can barely fill their rosters.
We can't grow this game if we can't get kids to believe it's worth their time.
What are programs doing to fix this?

[Rapheal Davis @RaphealDavis3]

Without making a shot, Ben Humrichous was one of the most important players on the floor in the 2nd half.

+16 in his 20 minutes tonight, without scoring the ball. Big time.