This past Saturday was Jake's first basketball game........mind you - it's for Kindergarten and 1st graders......they don't know much about the game - it's basically for fun........OR SO I THOUGHT!!!!
Good night nurse - I couldn't believe how many parents already push their kids for excellence. I mean - I know that it's important to push your kids for excellence - but at 6/7 years old - they barely know what it means to "guard the other player", steal the ball, don't let them in front of you, knock em down, they are going to beat you if you don't pay attention"....just a few of the nice words that I heard this past weekend. I was shaking my head cracking up!!!!! What happen to let's have fun - everybody is a winner at this age....I mean - I know that isn't good when they are bigger - they have to learn the difference in winners and losers - but they are freaking KINDERGARDNERS!!!!!!!!!
Picture this: Jake in his cute jersey and black shorts....looking all like a basket ball player and NOT HAVING A CLUE WHAT HE IS DOING.....but, having a great time running back and forth from one end of the court to the other........"guard your man Jake" the coach would say.....and off Jake would run to his "man"....once he got there - he would just kind of run around the other player.....we were cracking up!!! He had a blast - that is all I care about. I do know that next year - he will be with upward - a christian based sports group......much better place for him. This competitive stuff right now is not for Jake (or better yet - not for MOM!).
I do, however, like the coach that he has. This man is not about the score board (yes, they keep score - electric score board and believe me - the parents are watching it and keeping score themselves!). When the game was over - the kids were asking what the score was and he told them it didn't matter - that they all played very well. He also rotates his players - even the good kids - the ones that actually have big brothers and have been playing basketball for their 6 years of life - have to sit out and rotate (which I think they rotate every 4 minutes).
Pray for me - he has 4 more games and I need prayer so I don't knock the crap out of some of these parents!!! LOL.....actually - one parent almost got kicked out of the room - he was bickering at the referee and the referee told him not to talk to him and he wouldn't stop -so the referee told him if he said one more word - he would be asked to leave!!! HELLO DAD - this is for KINDERGARTNERS!!!!!!!
help me Jesus!! LOL
Hope everyone has a blessed day.
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