When preschoolers play basketball

ZZ just finished "basketball season."

We use that term lightly because it's really just four 45-minute "practices"
with one 30-minute game.

None-the-less, it was worth every bit of that $35.

This picture alone is worth it.

Lots of videos today!

They are only a couple seconds and we highly recommend them if not solely for a good chuckle.

I mean, you haven't lived until you've seen preschoolers play basketball.

This was Day One. We have a lot of work ahead of us.

This is what most practices looked like.
Hello?! Pay attention!
You look like a couple of 4-year-olds out there.

Okay. He's getting the whole "dribbling" thing down.
And when I say down, I mean way down low.
It's almost a talent in itself.

One thing he has going for him - he has a great shot.
We do have two basketball hoops at home. It's just that our basketballs don't have enough air to bounce, so we can only shoot hoops.

GAME DAY!!

Zac is number 7.


Navy Blue VS Royal Blue.

(Really? I mean. Really?)




The kid has improved! There is hope!

Check it out! He's finally getting the whole dribbling thing!
(every time I watch this, I find my head bobbing... anyone else?)

Gotta love the layup.
And their passing game, so gentle yet effective.

When one of your best friends is on the team - it's all good.
Zac and Jake - it's like Graham and Crabtree.

Now.
Before we show a video of the actual game... a few things that might differ from your traditional view of basketball.
1. There are two balls.
2. There are no rules.
3. It's really just mass chaos.



Zac was a HUSTLER.
This kid had a ball the whole time. He was rebounding, stealing, shooting, passing. We thought we had video'd more, but we were laughing so hard, I guess we forgot.


He has the determination, the drive, the focus, the I-want-it-now attitude that you can really only find in an only child.


Basically, Zac would steal the ball from someone, run all the way around the back of the group. Mentally come up with a game plan to get back to the hoop. And he would either go in for a layup (again... using terms very loosely here), or would pass to Jake.

And no, he would not pass to anyone else.

Big difference from the Soccer Drama of 2007.

And to end things off in true Zachariah-fashion... the Red Raider dance. Feel free to ignore where exactly he points his "guns" and just take a moment to appreciate his fly dancing skillz.

Hey! Who was that NBA star in the background?
Man, this kid is lucky.