Winning the Game February 23
My 10 year old daughter played basketball this year for the first time. In fact, it was the first time most of the girls on her team had played. Needless to say, the year started out a bit rough. The big concern was what their uniforms would look like, and how hard it was to remember to take off their jewelry. To make it worse, most of the teams they played had a few years experience palying the game.
Their first game left them completely confused. whent he referee blew his whistle, they had no idea why, nor what to do next. They expected their opponent to stay in one place, and were completely surprised when they moved to get the ball.
After that first game, my daughter took practice more seriously. She even watched a couple of games on TV with her dad to get a better feel for the game. Earlier in the season, they played one of the best teams in the league, and they lost 34 to 0. They ended up playing that very same team for their last game. A determination emerged from our girls that we had not seen before. They played their hearts out. They lost, but only 14 to 5. They could not have been more pleased with themselves if they had won the championship. That’s the way to “win the game”.