Basketball

The boys just finished their first round of basketball through the YMCA.  Neither of them have played before but we do lots of practice in the basement with our little plastic hoop and we were looking to keep them busy during the winter months so we thought we’d give it a try. 

Wyatt participated and had a fun time.  He wasn’t quite as into it as Gavin but there were no tears and he tried and liked being around other kids and was always excited to go.  The session was only 5 weeks and they had 2 weeks of practice and 3 weeks with the first half practice and the second half a game.  His age group of 3-4 year olds was pretty entertaining to watch and all the kids seemed to have a fun time working on dribbling and shooting baskets.  I think he’ll be excited to play another round next year.

Gavin loved basketball this round so we decided to go ahead and sign him up for another session starting in January.  This is the first sport where the coach asked him if he wanted to sit out for the subs and he said no.  Usually he’s the first to run out even if he likes the sport he’s playing.  It was really fun to watch this age group and see how much their team improved just over the 5 weeks they played.  Their last game they did such a great job actually playing as a team, passing to each other, rebounding and making baskets.  Gavin has really improved on his shooting, dribbling and rebounding.  I’m excited to see how much more he improves over the next session.