In keeping with my goal of introducing Lia to the three, basic team sports this school year (to help figure out if she is going to pursue team gymnastics this spring or kick it to the curb for good), I signed her up for rec basketball. We convinced her friend, Sienna, to join Lia and off they went to their first practice the beginning of December. After practicing twice a week for a little over a month, the girls had their first game today. Ironically, it was against the other team that practices in the same gym at the same time as them. Lia did a really good job defending her assigned player (you can tell who she is guarding by the matching bands they are wearing around their waste), but had a hard time figuring out that she should break away from this girl while playing offense. In fact, the one time she made a basket is while she was standing close enough to Ron and me to hear us tell her to break away from her defender. She listened to us and got free enough to have the ball passed to her. She then promptly dribbled it up to the hoop, shot the ball, and made a basket! We were so surprised and excited. So, although Lia is absolutely loving basketball this season, we still need to work on helping her get down some of the basics of the game.
Lia dribbling the ball down court.
Heading toward the basket.
Lia passing to another teammate.
Lia trying to guard her girl.
More guarding...
and some more guarding.
Since I was busy yelling at Lia to get open, I didn't have my camera up and ready to go. So, this was the only picture I managed to take of Lia's basket made in the game. Here she is looking on as her throw goes through the basket!
We were lucky enough to learn from Sienna's mom that another girl, Peyton, that they both went to preschool with had signed up with her mom as the coach. So, I quickly requested to have Lia put on this team. Coach Ashley is a fabulous coach and is really helping the girls this winter with their game. Here she is talking to the girls during halftime.
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