Basketball

Gina loves playing soccer in the fall and spring. This year I asked if she wanted to give basketball a try in the winter by playing in the local YMCA league and she agreed. She is the tallest player on her team but she doesn't have the same enthusiasm for the game as some of the other players on her team.

In the first game, she walked down the court to get on offense and then walked down the court to get on defense. She touched the ball twice in that game. As the season has progressed though, she has improved. Before each game, I tell her to focus on running to get on defense and then on offense and that has helped. I've also tried to tell her to imagine that the other team are her brothers and she needs to get the ball from them. That just makes her laugh though. In the last game, she finally made a basket which made her day. One more game to go and then she can focus again on soccer.