Justin's 1st basketball practice

We signed Justin, now 7 years old, up for the town basketball program this year.  He was very excited to join.  This is his first practice (before he got his official shirt).

 

I am always a little surprised by Justin.  He has such confidence and self-assurance.  I know he's athletic, but I think I always hold back in my expectations so that both he and I won't fall short of them.  Of course, he always pleasantly surprises me.  He did well at his first practice.  Of course there were rough patches, but he was eager to learn and tried hard.  I loved watching him!

He was very intent, focused and comptetive.  He'll go far in any sport with that attitude!

Samantha and Andrew also enjoyed watching.  Samantha really wanted to get in there and play with him, so we will be signing her up as well and she can play next week!

Andrew played with his cars the entire time.  He loves those cars (thank Angie M. for getting him Cars 2 movie and Alyson for getting them the model cars for Christmas.  He watches it almost every day ... )

Justin learned a lot of basic basketball skills.
Of course there was shooting:

And dribbling (even when you're supposed to hold the ball):

And passing:

And the ever important boxing out and rebounding:

I was really very proud of my little man today!

January 7th, 2012