Top 5 things I have learned about 4 and 5 year old basketball:
1. Kids love the snack at the end of the game more than the actual game.
2. It is not uncommon to see a child lose interest in playing basketball and, instead, begin to flap his arms like a bird or walk on the black line along the perimeter of the court or do a dance move in the center of the court. (To be fair, I only used examples from MY four-year-old.)
3. Nathan Trevett deserves a bajillion dollars for coaching 4 and 5 year olds.
4. Some kids that play in the 4 and 5 year old basketball league are actually 6 or 7 years old and have really big calf muscles and score all the points for their team which makes our team lose by about 20 points.
5. Since the refs don't really care if the kids ever really dribble, it's best to just pick up the ball and run as fast as possible to the goal.
Aw! Love... I can't wait for Steven to start basketball :)
ReplyDeleteChristy, I'm laughing OUT LOUD!!! Matthew just finished coaching Philip's basketball team and you are dead on with all five things you learned. Hilarious. I thought Philip was going to make it through this season w/out becoming "something" else on the court (last year he played half a season b/c of becoming a Transformer near the end of every game. Well, the last game of this season he was doing good until he started shooting with his hands like guns! What?! Funny kids.
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