New Basketball Season!

Here we go again, it's time for another eight weeks of basketball!!

Awhile ago, I signed Courtney and Christian up to play basketball through the local YMCA.  To say the least, things have been quite disorganized these last few weeks. Courtney has had two practices already and Christian had none. They had their first game today.

Christian's game was scheduled at 9:30 this morning at a YMCA about 30 minutes away.  We made it there in plenty of time, but since his team hadn't had a practice yet, we didn't even know who was on the team or who his coach was!! After asking each other who was who, we finally found his coach and a few of his teammates. He only had two other teammates there!!! Luckily, one dad said his 2nd grader could play, so they had four kids on their basketball team. Where was everybody else?? 

We spent the first quarter trying to figure everything out, so by the time that time ran out, the kids were organized and ready to play some basketball! Christian got to play the whole game! (obviously with only four kids!)  He tried his best and got his hands on the ball a few times. The other team was amazing. They were making shots from far out and actually had some plays going.  Christian's team lost 25-8.  He will have his first practice on Monday night.

A few hours later, we had Courtney's first game. She has had two practices already, so she knew her coach and who was on her team. There are seven girls on her team, and two were sick today, so just like Christian, she played the entire game.  They played against a team who had ten members, so they switched out every four minutes. By the time the game was over, Courtney was red and blotchy from playing so much! She did a GREAT job! The coach's granddaughter and Courtney are pretty matched up when it comes to skill level, so it was fun watching them both play and work together. Courtney has a friend who is playing with her too, so it was a great game to watch today.

The score was 12-6 and Courtney scored 10 of the 12 points!! She will have practice again next Friday night. Her coach has also asked if she can practice Tuesday nights with him and his granddaughter. We think it is a great opportunity for her, so we are going to try to get her there too.

This is going to be interesting!!

(And after asking around, other parents said that the Y is always this disorganized when it comes to basketball. UGH!)