Liv's dad has wanted her to play basketball since she was in utero, so after 7.3 years of waiting he is getting his wish. This is Liv's first time on an actual team, but she plays pretty regularly with her cousins and Dad. Our first practice was Friday night, Liv met her coach and was very appreciative that there was another girl on her team. Until now all of her team sports have been with just girls, so Liv had an adjustment to make with all those crazy boys around. At this level, the goals are lowered to 7.5 feet and they run side to side across a court instead of the long way. There are also specific areas to defend from and they play five on five just like big kid basketball. Liv was super proud of her shoes--white Reebok high tops with neon rainbow soles and laces (all she was missing was the Pump, but she doesn't know about that little gem from 1989). Her coach is really nice and actually has them running drills to practice dribbling, hand coordination and offense and defense with the team. After that all the kids shot around for awhile and then we were done for the day. As I am not the basketballer of the family, the only time I've seen Liv shoot this much was at last year's Field Day (where she was the only kid in her class to make every shot she took) and I must say I was impressed. She's a good shot! Our season starts January 9th, and I'm excited to watch her have so much fun!
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