My twelve year old, in junior high, has taken an interest in basketball and is on the "A" team for his school. By the way, he's 5'10'' which is quite tall for his age so he gets a lot of attention for it.
He has played two games and a total of about three minutes from both. He is so nervous/anxious/excited that he doesn't know what to do when he gets on the court. In fact, he puts his hands in his pocket while he's playing his position. Poor guy. So last night after his one minute span of playing in the game we decided to sew his short pockets shut. NOW, I am not a seamstress in any capacity, so it took me an hour to complete by hand. My husband thought it was funny when it took me thirty minutes to sew up six inches. Oh well. If it will keep my son on the basketball court, that's all that matters.
Anyhow, I realized last night I'm not a sports fanatic. Reason being, a woman I sat next to who grew up with my husband also has a son on the basketball team and he happens to be very good. They were very much into the game yelling appropriate sports phrases out like "re-bound" and "shot clock" and all this other stuff I'm lost on.
So, I'm going to do my very best to be a great sports Mom. I don't know much about the dynamics of basketball, but I know about being dedicated to something you enjoy doing, I know about team work, I know about not giving up and focus with determination. So those nuggets are what I'll be passing to my son, not necessarily what he should have done at the last possession of the ball.
I am very proud of him. Here's hoping he will get to play longer with those short pockets so beautifully sown up! :)
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