My year at ICSB has led to some interesting opportunities for me. Probably the most surprising is that I took on the role of Assistant Coach for middle school girls basketball. Mainly, I wanted to spend my time with the girls and take advantage of a few extra workouts a week during practice. I'm not sure how much help I was at teaching, as I'm sure I learned more about the sport than some of the girls!
We had 13 6th-8th graders on our team. Ability levels ranged, but I was very surprised at how dedicated the girls were and improvement was very apparent by the end of the season. This past weekend the team participated in the final tournament of the season. We took a 2 hour road trip (an encountered a bit of Kansas on the way!) to Vienna. The girls won 1 game and lost 2 giving them 4th place out of 6. The highlight of the day was when Sadie made two free-throws "granny" style!!! I was very impressed by how the girls encouraged their own teammates. Also, I was so proud of how polite they were to their opposing teams. It seemed clear to me that winning was not a priority for our team, but a good time and kindness were!
Personally, this was a fun challenge for me! I had to draw back on my years of basketball from elementary school. Usually I don't really care about basketball, but one day I found myself watching clips of pro-players on the internet! I'm glad I stepped out of my comfort zone and onto the basketball court!
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