We are reaching the end of the basketball season. This time of year is always busy because we would rather the little kids stay home for a couple of reasons - 1.) They don't watch the game. The play the whole time and they eat stuff from the bleachers. They also cause havoc to us and the people that are sitting around us. (This seems like embedded reasons) and 2.) Financially, it would be tough to bring them to every game.
A couple of weeks ago Justin Dowdle broke his pinky finger on his right hand so this enabled Ethan to start the next couple of games. I am not sure what happened but he began to be not as aggressive as he should have been - blocking out, rebounding and blocking shots. He kind of sloped off a little and wasn't producing like he should. This resulted in him not getting as much playing time and not starting.
We decided to go to the park with the kids on Saturday and even invited Luke and Brian and brought their bikes. We played basketball with Ethan and hopefully, we gave him some coaching that he needed to get better. I realized that he is a big guy and is very hard to guard. I will have to make sure that he gets to be in more situations or practices to get better.
I think that sometimes he is a gentle giant, but I hope that he can find some time to improve down on the low post and improve his shots. A year ago we played with a church group at Bethel Baptist Church. One of my co-workers attends there and plays basketball on Thursday nights, I believe. I'd like for him to go to the Civic Center but, money is the issue there. We'll see how this plays out. Maybe that is something that we can help him with that will encourage him to go more often.
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