What a difference a year makes

Yes, I was hoping he'd get it more this year, but I wasn't sure how much better he'd be. We had Trevor's first basketball practice/game on Saturday. There was a bit of a learning curve trying to place how he did it all last year. He actually has two coaches, a mom and a helper. Granted, he could be a dad of one of the kids, or he could just be a YMCA instructor learning the different sports.

Anyway, it was interesting to see Trevor try and dribble the ball, pass it, try to catch it, and then take his shots. Now they have youth sized basketballs, so we aren't talking the regular sized balls. But it isn't the small toy-sized ones either.

He's still in need of practice with dribbling, that's for sure. I wonder if that will come along in the next few weeks. He also still has a fear of getting hit hard with the ball when it is coming towards him, like in a pass. He puts up a big flinched look when the ball is coming towards him. But I think slowly he is stopping that. He was able to catch quite a few, and then let a few more go past him.

But the big thing is that now he can score a basket ;-) The coach really helped him with his form, and he knows how to line up his hands, jump, and push the ball into the basket. He doesn't get it close every time, but the times that it hits the rim or goes in, really gives him confidence. The first time it happened, he was looking around to make sure I was cheering for him. It was so cute.

And now it's a fun story he gets to talk about. I think he would prefer to keep score so that he knows who wins and loses but then that might cause some arguments or hurt feelings. So we'll just work on a few more things and have lots of fun the next few weeks. It's a nice change of pace from swimming lessons.