Traveling Man

Josh has joined a YMCA basketball team for 6 and 7 year olds this season, and their first game was Saturday. They've practiced a few times, but we had no idea what to expect.

Josh was VERY excited to play. We soon realized, though, that the team has not learned about traveling yet. Josh made the first basket of the game, but it didn't count because he held the ball and ran about 10 feet before shooting it. This soon became a pattern with Josh, who I think got so excited when he got the ball that he forgot to dribble.

Josh is #10 in the picture above. Number 3 had the opposite problem: he's a chronic dribbler. His teammates had to steal the ball from him at times so they could play too!

This picture is blurry, but it illustrates the second issue Josh had in the game, and the coaches' reaction (the cop is our head coach). Josh would throw inbound passes across the court, not at a teammate. He eventually had to sit out for a few minutes after multiple crazy passes, but we're confident he can get it together with a little more practice!

We learned late in the game that they don't keep score in this league, but of course every kid and parent knew that the score was 8-12 in favor of Josh's team. I asked him later what his favorite part of the game was, and Josh said it was beating the other team. So much for delaying competitiveness! He might get that from his mom. . .

Chris took Josh to get a haircut immediately after the game!