Thursday, October 17, 2013

Practice Makes Perfect.... or so they say.

It has begun. 

Quincy has officially started playing basketball for the past couple of weeks. 

Let the sports madness ensue for the rest of our lives. 
Commitments every weekend to games...
Weekly practices... 
Oh the fun of sitting on bleachers. 
I write all this in good humor though. 

Truly, watching my oldest son play ball is so much fun. 
It makes me happy to see him listening, participating, encouraging others, and building confidence in the skills he's already practiced at home with his dad. 
Tyler loves it too, probably more than I will ever understand since basketball has been a love of his ever since he can remember. 

Quincy is playing through the YMCA and so he only has practice once a week and games on Saturday's. It's not a bad start up gig for sports, especially for his age group. His team ranges in ages 4-6, with Q being one of the oldest kids on the team (though not the biggest). The 4 year olds have a hard time engaging, while the other's are trying to do their best at listening to their coach. There are 9 kids on his team. It's pure chaos for his coach. I feel bad for her. She manages quite well with the kids and even has her youngest son on the team (the reason she got roped into coaching- poor thing). I think she'll be relieved when the end of November rolls around. 

Overall we are quite pleased with Quincy's enthusiasm, he responds better to other people teaching him, other than his parents, and can't wait to see how well he'll be doing at the end of season. 
This rock wall in the gym they practice in is a HUGE distraction for the younger ones... 



Practicing dribbling skills, Quincy's done great in improving in this area. He's one of the fastest on his team, though he working on keeping control of the ball while maintaining a good speed down the court. 
This little guy wants to play too. 
In addition to this one as well. 
Kickin back on the bleachers. 
Practicing shooting. Although Quincy doesn't make the majority of his shots, he's got better form and is more controlled than some of the other teammates. I'm sure with time he'll be able to gain more confidence and sink those shots which are ALMOST in there! 

Voting on a team name... and the winner (which was an idea of one of the kids) is The Red Stars! 
Braxton and Zayden can be seen frequently on the floor breakdancing... ;)

And although they are too little to play, yet, they are becoming great buddies while watching their big brother play. 

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