Courtside Revelation

Aiden had another basketball practice last night. He spent most of it working on the fundamentals – dribbling and passing. Here are some things I realized last night:

* Aiden is the youngest boy on his team…by far. The next kid is something like 6 months older than him, which is an eternity in boy-time. He’s on the tall side for his age, but when he lines up with his team, he looks itty bitty.

* In spite of his youth, he’s the best chest passer on the team. I’m not just saying this because I’m the proud papa. He has tons of room for improvement in all of the other fundamentals (especially defense away from the ball…how do you teach that when you can only play one-on-one? Any suggestions?), but he can pass the ball really well.

* Aly is not even four yet and she’d already rather play with the big girls than be with her Daddy. I’m sure this will lead to many years of heartbreak. You know, I was watching a tribute to Steve Martin a few weeks ago and realized I hadn’t watched Father of the Bride since Aly had been born. Then I realized I don’t think I want to watch it. I’m sure that day will come entirely too soon when I will be living that exact movie! Watching it now would probably just make me cry.

* Speaking of crying, let’s talk about Kentucky for a moment. Last season, I mentioned a certain Wildcat team that filled up on cupcake teams to pad their schedule before conference play. They must have listened to me, because they’re playing several ranked opponents before the SEC season begins. That being said, don’t expect them to do it again. They got beat by Iowa at Rupp. I fully expect them to go back to junk food next year. Scaredy cats

* IU is 2-0. Of course, they haven’t played anyone of substance yet. Regardless of your opponent, it’s impressive when you drop 100 points on someone. Especially when you’re IU. One week to go before the Dukies come to town. Here’s hoping for another #1 team to fall at Assembly Hall!

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Howdy. I'm Matt. My wife, Christy, and I have four kids and two dogs, I'm passionate about orphan care. I'm a die-hard fan of the Evansville Aces, the Indiana Hoosiers, and Star Wars. I'm trying to live life by the Todd family motto: "It behooves us to live!"
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