Be Someone ELITE UA rISE TEAMS

 David McMullen has been involved with grassroots basketball in the Houston area for over 15 years. His extensive experience includes coaching AAU levels from 10u to 17u on both circuit and non-circuit platforms, and assistant coaching for multiple high school varsity programs. He is also the Owner/Trainer for one of Houston’s most prominent basketball training programs, McMullen Basketball, regularly hosting private/semi-private lessons at his private facility for developmental and elite players of all ages. 

 Basketball continues to become increasingly popular amongst youth and opportunities to play beyond high school and college on are on the rise, both in the US and outside the US. The sport also provides a gateway to attend a wide range of colleges, including some of the most prestigious schools in country (ex: schools in the NESCAC). Players who commit to playing basketball year-round, specifically on the AAU platform, tend to have a higher chance of achieving the opportunities to play beyond high school and college.  

 If more players and parents are properly prepared and educated for navigating the AAU world, players and their families will have more opportunities available to them in the future using basketball as the driver. Players and teams who are successful on the AAU platform are much more prepared for their high school games.  College basketball coaches spend more time recruiting success players on the AAU platform than directly attending high school games.  College coaches from ALL levels, including Division 3 and NAIA. Strategic scheduling of AAU games can lead to playing in front of coaches that more likely to recruit players on your team.    The Be Someone platform is built around giving opportunities for ALL talent levels interested in playing basketball and using it as driver to directly and indirectly impact career paths. If playing AAU is a necessary step in the basketball development of players of all ages, Be Someone can create the ideal accelerator program to educate, train, and support its existing players on a path to give them a competing chance in an unstable AAU world.    A program led by someone with multiple levels of successful basketball training/coaching experience, that understands and can implement the formula that developing skillsets need, will not only change the course of the Be Someone community, but also change the course of the Houston basketball landscape.   

 The vision of the Be Someone Elite program is NOT to seek out a big shoe company sponsorship, with an array of 5-star players, playing in tournaments all over the country. The demands and control associated with those programs is not what Be Someone represents. We DO, however, have the vision to compete against such programs. In order to do so, with a lesser array of pure talent, it will take a few years of serious commitment to player skill improvement and buying into a team-driven system of play.   We feel that the third, fourth, and fifth grade cohorts and the prime groups to initiate this for a few reasons. First, these kids are very smart. They can retain information and execute it, if properly communicated. Second, this time frame of a few years puts them in the prime position to have an enhanced team and individual skillset that typically puts them ahead of the curve by eighth grade, going into high school. This gives them an advantage at the opportunity to play beyond high school.   This goal and vision of this program is truly attainable with the right guidance and commitment in the short and long term. Having this program directed by a reputable top basketball skills trainer, with a proven knack for coaching and developing youth at the beginner and advanced levels is critical and invaluable. The southeast region of Houston is very much missing a powerhouse basketball development program. With the buy in from the players, parents, and community, the Be Someone Elite will achieve this in the next five years.