This winter, Garion is playing basketball in a local league sponsored by one of the churches. He has practices on Tuesdays and a game each Saturday from January through the end of February. When I say "playing basketball," what I really mean is that Garion puts on a uniform and joins a pack of other kindergarten-aged kids for a few rounds of loosely-regulated chaos that happens to involve a basketball and some baskets. Really, watching kindergartners playing basketball is liking watching....I don't know...a dolphin try to tie shoes? Something like that. Below is a clip from last Saturday's game. Garion is the tall kid the background who's just kind of standing around taking in the action. About halfway through the clip, he decides to get serious and guard his assigned kid from the other team. I'm sure we'll be hearing from the NBA any day now.
Thanks for the reminder of what's really important about basketball, life, and dribbling. I wonder what's taking the NBA so long?
ReplyDeleteIt went pretty fast...but enjoyed the action. Very cute!!
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh as in tears-were-in-my-eyes-I-was-laughing-so-hard-but-quietly-because-I-am-at-work.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderfully innocent, chaotic and funny! The only thing better is Kindergarten-aged kids playing soccer. Kids squatting to look at a bug on a blade of grass while a big know of other kids runs by chasing the ball.
ReplyDeleteDo the play soccer up there in the frozen north?
FJ