Ryan Plays Basketball

Ryan really enjoyed playing basketball. We signed him up in January and he played 7 games. His team was the Wolf Pack. His coaches were great. They made sure every player played an equal time and that each player actually got to get the ball a few times. This was a really good thing because there were 3 or 4 kids on his team that wanted to be the hero. They would not pass the ball and they would tell the more passive kids to pass them the ball.

Ryan struggled with offensive. Like I stated in the previous post, my kids are very passive. Turns out that basketball is a very aggressive sport. Ryan would not be one to get in the mix of players and fight for the ball. Add this to the fact that some of his teammates were not great at passing (sharing) the ball. However, during one game, one of Ryan's teammates passed him the ball and he made a basket! It was awesome.

Now Ryan loved basketball because he was awesome at defense. You should have seen the hustle on that boy was he was told to guard a player. It was awesome to see him play play with such determination.

He was not going to let anyone get around him.

Here he is fighting for the basketball.

Here he is ready to guard.

I love this picture. Look at everyone's face. It is like this is the shot that determines the national championship. Even the coaches are leaning over trying to see if the ball is going to go in the basket. Look at Ryan jumping in the air.

I am glad he had a chance to experience playing basketball. We did not sign him up for the next session. Instead, he is moving on to baseball. Stay posted for those pictures.