basketball update from Jan 5th

Saturday saw the start-up of basketball games for the boys, Ewan included.  He was so excited to play a game just like his brothers.

The first game of the day was Cale's.  Cale played hard against a team that his friend was on.  Cale scored 12 points, shot the ball like the coach wanted him to, made lay-ups, made rebounds, dribbled the ball pretty well and had a couple steals.  If Cale's team had another player that played like Cale, they would probably win.  As it was, they came away with a loss 18-33.

Ewan and Marcus played at the same time.  Andy took Cale with him to be his "assistant", since his assistant coach was out of town.  A tweaked rotation helped balance the skill level of players on the court.  They came so close to a win, and actually led for most of the game.  Final score 34-37.  Bummer.  But, Andy is seeing improvement in some of the players and the kids are not coming away discouraged from the game.

Ewan's game was entertaining to watch.  The ref that works the little kid games is so nice and really works hard to not only ref the game, but teach the players the rules of the game, too.  He would stop the player every time they traveled and have them pass the ball.  He would tie shoe laces that came undone.  So nice.  Thank goodness for a running clock.  Most of these little folks don't have much of a clue and it will be interesting to see how they develop through the next 2 months.  Ewan was excited to play and did a good job trying to stick to the man he was guarding.  He also did a good job dribbling the ball down the court.  He did take several shots, but he needs a little more "umph" behind the shot to get the ball over the rim and into the basket.  He team won 18-14, mostly in part to a little man who must have learned how to do a lay-up as soon as he could walk.  Ewan is already excited for his next game.