Kinsey's been dribbling basketballs for a long time...and we always thought she'd be good at it if she was interested in playing down the road. She is very athletic and somehow sports seem to come natural to her (except, of course, her tendency to fall when running...constantly:).
Last year she did cheerleading and really didn't love it. From day ONE out there she said she changed her mind and wanted to play basketball instead. A year later and she's on her first basketball team loving it!
I actually FORGOT my camera the first week (ridiculous, I do realize) AND the video camera..which I will now be taking to all her games. But just so we don't forget (for when she gets a basketball scholarship to UNC as Brian says:) I want to write down the account of her first game.
She's started...she's playing with Upward which means the baskets are lower...still. She was crazy amazing. There were some things that she had to learn though, such as it's not a good idea to steal the ball from your own teammate:).
So the clock starts and her teammate has the ball. She goes and dribbles it out from under him, continues to the basket and makes her first one!! Mama was cheering like crazy and she had the biggest grin on her face! She does some more stealing...and some double dribbling (and is instructed by the coach) but by the end of the game she scored 10 points! In her first game ever! That was MORE points than the other team scored all together!
Her last basket was scored by her rebounding it, dribbling all the way down the court (she remembered not to double dribble) and shooting...SWISH! It was SO VERY fun to watch!! Her last four baskets she didn't even stop to smile..though we were all excited and cheering for her. It's almost like the excitement had worn off for her because she was so used to making baskets. HILARIOUS! Next week I WILL bring the camera and hopefully I can catch her sinking the ball!
Update...here are pics from game two!
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Go Kinsey!
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