The 2nd week/4th day of my son’s basketball camp is complete; 1 more week/2 more days to go. He’s loving it. And, he’s kicking butt. They do many different games where the kids can earn “trophies” or trophy points; at the end of the camp, they’ll add them up, and I believe, the kids who have the most will get an actual trophy. If I had to guess, after the 2 days this week, my son has the most.
The first day he didn’t get any; that’s all it took for him to kick it into high gear. Each day since then he’s received 2 each day; this last day he was 2 shots away from getting 4! Yeah, the one competition got to the end, he rolled a die, and had to make 6 free throws in a row to earn a trophy; he made 5… as the 6th one rattled out, he just laid on the ground… haha. In the last game of the night, it was down to him and another kid; let me try to describe this game to you. There are 6 baskets; each kid picks one. The coach rolls the die. If your # comes up, you must make a three pointer to survive. If you are one of the other 2 even/odd numbers that match with the dice roll, you must make a free throw. The other 3 even/odd numbers that do NOT match with the roll, must make a bunny/lay up. So, it’s a little bit of luck, as the field gets trimmed down; there are about 25-30 kids. However, when it comes to the end, I advised my son what to do. If it’s down to 2 kids, like it was this last day, go where the other kid is. Since you can switch baskets between each roll, eliminate the “luck” from the roll at the end. If my son got lucky the whole round and WASN’T a good shooter, then keep trying to get lucky. But, since he IS a good shooter, and I would take him against any other kid, then stay together with that kid. He didn’t listen, and… his basket was rolled, so… he had to make a three pointer and the other kid a layup; now the playing field isn’t even, and regardless of how good a shooter he is, a layup is easier than a trey. The kid made the layup and my son missed the trey. I hate to say “I told you so”, but… I really hope he listens the next time. I know, as a kid growing up, I didn’t listen either… I had to learn for myself in some cases; that will always be a part of it. But, in some cases, maybe taking Dad’s advice would be smart… haha.
But yeah, regardless, he still added 2 more to his total; he’s really been killing it. After the first day this week, we played one of the games; I beat him… he was mad. This kid hates to lose let me tell you; I guess which kid doesn’t hate it, but my son… yeah, ultra competitive, which is why he’s excelling at this camp. Much more to come on the basketball front I think. Until then, 2 more days of this camp to go; let’s get that trophy!
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