Max's first Basketball team!

Max just finished his very first basketball season! He was on a team called the Runnin' Rebels that consisted of kindergarten-2nd graders from his school. They improved so much as the season went on and only lost a few games, despite playing in the 2nd/3rd grade level through the area YMCA.

Max loved every minute of it and always had a smile on his face. He wasn't the star of the team, but you would have never known it. He was pretty sure he was the reason they won every game. Some of his comments were so funny. One game they won by a lot and he told me afterwards that he didn't shoot much because they didn't need any more points! One of the last games he was guarding a boy with just a few seconds left and our team was up by 2. The little boy traveled which allowed us to get the ball and let the time run out. Max was sure he was the reason we won the game despite having zero points and barely touched the ball the whole time:) I love this age for so many reasons. I know this will not always be the case. Both Chris and I could tell that he was starting to really get a feel for the game by the end of the season...often times going to where he "thought" the ball would go to get the rebound. He needs to work a little more on dribbling and seeing the ball and the boy he's guarding at the same time. He does not need to work on his confidence:)