Last year Tyler's PE coach told us a funny story about how he (the coach) had finally beaten him in a game during PE. When I looked a little confused he went on to say how proud he was at finally beating Tyler because Tyler is so good at basketball. I was shocked because Tyler has never played basketball. So at the Coach's insistance we put him in a league at the Church where they played but they also taught him. Tyler loved it! So we encouraged him to play for his school't team and boy is he good! The Coach wanted to put him on the A team (similar to Varsity) but thought that he would have far more playing time on the B team. We agreed. I thoroughly enjoy watching this action packed game. It was interesting to watch the first few games because Tyler would rarely (I would pretty much say never he might have once) steals the ball or gets into his opponents face in order to prevent the shot. 7 games later, he is all about stealing the ball, packing the ball (slapping the ball out of someone's hands when they are preparing for a shot-much different than blocking a shot) and going up for layups. He loves to shoot the ball and often makes it averaging 15-20 points per game. The Coach says that he needs to practice dribbling because well, he can't. Not ever playing the sport doesn't really help the cause. With Tyler already a little over 5 feet 7 inches at age 12, this is a great sport for him to enjoy. :)
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