In 3-on-3 tournaments, play with teammates from your school team... players whose abilities (strengths and weaknesses) you are already know and whom you will be playing with next season. Learn to play together and "read" what each other is doing.
Strong defense and rebounding will win many of these games. Outside shooting is difficult on windy days outdoors, or when looking into a bright sun... get the ball inside.
Parents... let the kids play. Nowadays I see parents coaching 3-on-3 teams! I think this is not a good trend. Kids today have almost all their play-time structured by parents and coaches. When I was a kid (long ago!), we would just get a bunch of kids together, choose up sides and play. We worked out any close calls or differences of opinion on our own.
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