First day of basketball practice

Jamie had his first ever basketball practice yesterday. The league is actually for kids in 1st through 6th grades but said that we could sign Jamie up, even though he's only in kindergarten. He seemed a little overwhelmed and intimidated because there were so many kids and most of them were older. He knew a couple of the kids, though, and it helped that his friend, Justin, was also there. Jamie & the other younger kids had a difficult time trying to keep up with the older kids. They randomly split the kids up into six different groups and they rotated through six different skill stations, including shooting, lay-ups, dribbling, passing, free throws & defense.



Once league play begins and the teams are divided by age, the younger kids will play on a lower hoop (I think they said it was 7 foot), which will give them a better chance of hitting something when they shoot.





It didn't look like Jamie was having fun but it's all he can talk about now. He's so excited...he's having a hard time waiting until next Saturday for the next practice.





We went last night and bought basketball shoes and a
youth size basketball. I raised his little Fisher-Price hoop up to the six-foot notch and he's having a great time!