Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Basketball

I bet you didn't think you'd ever see a post titled that :) Bailey is now playing basketball at her school.  She had a tournament today.  It has been a very long time since I had to watch kids play that don't really know how.  Her team lost all 4 games but she got better as the day went on.  There were some pretty aggressive girls and parents there.  I mean they still have 6 years to perfect their game if they plan on playing in college.  But this one girl and her mom were hecka crazy.  Hacking at the other girls, pushing and shoving and man was she a ball hog. And her mom was encouraging it.  But I guess she wants her daughter to be one of those players.  I on the other hand would rather Bailey learn how to be aggressive the right way.  Not trying to hurt the girls, just get the ball away and score :)
She played pretty well defensively.  Got rebounds and boxed out, they only play 1/2 court press so once she had control they had to back off.  She scored once.  Now she just needs to learn to dribble the ball.  Hopefully Nick will be able to work some drills with her if we can find a gym with courts open when they both are available.