Ben's Basketball

We had the opportunity to put Ben on a basketball team this year. A friend of ours from church who has twin boys Ben's age called me back in December to see if Ben wanted to play basketball. Luckily for us it was super cheap and we were able to put him on the team. His team consists of 8 boys and 3 girls, all kindergarten age. It's been perfect and he has really enjoyed it. Another good perk of the whole thing is that Kenny gets to be the assistant coach. It's something he enjoys being a part of and Ben enjoys getting some Daddy time.

When we signed up we were told the league was for kindergartners and some first graders, depending on experience. We thought this would be perfect because our team was all kindergartners who have never played and have NO experience. Our first game, which was the beginning of January, was against a team of 1st and 2nd graders who clearly had played before. I felt so bad for our little team who didn't get to do much of anything during the game. As the season went on it just got worse and worse. Apparently they didn't have enough teams sign up so the combined league so our team of kindergartners got to play teams as old as 4th graders. Not an ideal situation, but it did help our team learn more and become better than they probably would have otherwise.

Warm-ups before the game. Ben's going in for the shot.

I've included some pictures of one of their games. I didn't get many good pictures, but there were a few decent ones. This game was on Tuesday January 26th. They were playing against a team of mostly 2nd grade girls. The game started out rough, but shortly into the game the other team decided not to play so seriously and let our team have a shot. They didn't just take the ball away at every turn and even let our kids get the rebounds sometimes (that's very hard to do with the huge height difference between some of the kids.) I thought it was very nice of those girls and it sure made the game more enjoyable.

Kenny giving the team some pointers before the game begins.

Ben dribbling during the game.

The Little Kids

AJ (Our friends boy whose 4 months older than Gracie) Gracie, and Hannah

They're great friends and so goofy.

Cheering for the other team after the game.

Sarah Kate and her friend Clarissa. What a goof ball.

Ben practicing his shooting after the game.