Well our month of no sports has ended and though it was nice, it is good to have the kids involved in stuff once again to help with their endless bounds of energy.
Tanner has started 4 day a week baseball practices as well as practicing basketball for both his City League Games and Church Ball. I am so glad he decided he still wanted to play b-ball after not making the school team as it is one of my favorite sports. He had his first City League game on Saturday and will have both City League as well as Church Ball games this week.
Tanner is on the Celtics this year. His team lost their game on Saturday, but it was still fun to watch. Tanner is definitely the team leader-which is in itself a great thing for him. In the past he has been so shy and reserved-he now comes across as confident and in charge. The other players listen to him and you can tell he is in control of the game when he is playing-he knows when to shoot, or drive, or pass-he plays point guard whenever he is in. He played all but one quarter. It was good to see this positive change in him.
Chloe is on the Jazz this year and no I am not her coach, in a way I regret this, but in another way I am relieved as Chloe and I tend to butt heads a little bit and also I tend to want to be a little more competitive than most of the coaches and players. It is sometimes frustrating in City League because you have so many skill levels all playing together-some of the girls have no clue what is going on while some could play on a comp team if they wanted.
Chloe's team lost their first game by a lot. They won their second game 8-4-yep it was a real high scorer! If Chloe would had made all of the shots that just didn't fall for her, it would have been triple that. It was a frustrating night for her-she had so many steals and fast breaks, regular shots, and even two foul shots and she just didn't have the right touch going on-they would all ring around the rim and pop back out. She did finally end up sinking one at the very end. You can tell that Chloe knows what she is doing when she dribbles she definitely has control of the ball, she also is good at reading where the ball is going and following the game which makes it easy for her to get a steal and fast-break. I would say she easily had 20 steals in her game on Saturday. She is having fun and trying to be patient with those team-mates who are just learning the game-which is good for her.
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