Basketball

If you ever want to have an hour of sheer fun watching a basketball game, go watch an Upwards Basketball game when the teams consist of 5 and 6 year old boys. My 1st grader plays Upwards Basketball and they had their first game on Saturday.

We knew coming in that he is NOT a basketball player. None of these kids have ever played before but the ones who are more athletically inclined or have older siblings who play clearly stand out.

They play 4 on 4 for 6 minutes. Each boy wears a sweat band of a certain color and he guards the boy on the opposite team who has the same sweat band. The two teams wear different colored shirts.

It is hysterical to watch these boys guarding their own team mates, trying to score a basket in the opposite goal, trying to snatch the ball from anyone who has it and my favorite, the fumble where all the boys pile on the ball and refuse to let go of it.

Iain was upset that no one passed the ball to him. I told him that just about everytime a ball hit him in the back, it was because the ball WAS passed to him and he was not watching.

This is a non competative league so score is not kept but I can tell you that the Tigersharks did not win despite our one goal that was shot.

ORN: beautiful running weather, it will hold for tomorrow