First Basketball Game

Austin played in his first basketball game today.  He's had two team practices and today was the first real game.  There are 6 players on his team so they rotated in and out so that everyone has a chance to play.  Here's a picture of Austin sitting on the bench for the first 10 minutes of the game...

4 out of the 6 players were "pros" as far as 5 and 6 year olds can be.  Austin and one other boy were definitely on the beginning of the basketball learning curve.  Still, I'm so proud of him.  Anything that the coaches asked him to do, he did it.  You can see that by him (#5) guarding #2 on the blue team in this video.  Well, he did great guarding her until she caught the ball...

I think Austin only touched the ball 3 or four times, but that's pretty good considering it was his first game in his whole life, he is only five years old, and his father doesn't live and breathe basketball like I think some of the other dads obviously do.  

So far Austin seems to enjoy playing ball and I hope it continues, because his Mama loves to watch basketball!