Back again
These last few weeks have been very hectic, mostly to do with work.
Anyway, here we are back again.
Since last time I wrote here Addam has had a few more training sessions at North Sydney and has played another game at Bankstown.
The team lost the Bankstown game but the refereeing was much better. We had one of the refs from earlier weeks who has a problem with our big Ellie. After he called a foul that was clearly not, I called a time out.
I went over to the referees and said that if this was going to be a repeat of last time then I would go straight to the court officials.
After that it was excellent. Certainly there were some bad calls, but they went both ways.
We got smashed by the opposition but it was played in a good spirit and all the kids walked away happy, which was a lovely change.
We had an On Fire game the following week but, as mentioned before, Addam did not play following our earlier decision. There is no reason to play nasty teams where the possibility of injury is so heightened, especially with reps and the metro games.
Back at reps, Addam has really taken his play to another level.
He doesn't know it yet, but Addam has already been selected for division one by the coach Olly.
Olly chatted to me about how intense his training sessions were and explained that some parents found the going a bit tough at first for their kids.
He doesn't know Addam, he will thrive on this, although he will whinge at first. Then he will consider it a challenge and excel.
I can't wait to see his face on Thursday when he finds out.
I'm going to give a Christmas party a miss just to see that smile.
He played a magnificent game for the Cool Cubs on Saturday. The team beat a team that has always defeated them with some great defence and passing.
Addam was often the first to each end of the court, which was a great change. He rebounded and had an outstanding offensive game, with shots from the outside, drives and a couple of three point plays. He missed only one from the field and hit all five from the free-throw line. I suspect he scores well over half of the team's 35 points.
The other great thing was that players on both sides played hard, but still smiled, chatted and enjoyed the game.
Anyway, that's it for now.
I'll catch up again soon, probably after the Thursday celebrations.
Anyway, here we are back again.
Since last time I wrote here Addam has had a few more training sessions at North Sydney and has played another game at Bankstown.
The team lost the Bankstown game but the refereeing was much better. We had one of the refs from earlier weeks who has a problem with our big Ellie. After he called a foul that was clearly not, I called a time out.
I went over to the referees and said that if this was going to be a repeat of last time then I would go straight to the court officials.
After that it was excellent. Certainly there were some bad calls, but they went both ways.
We got smashed by the opposition but it was played in a good spirit and all the kids walked away happy, which was a lovely change.
We had an On Fire game the following week but, as mentioned before, Addam did not play following our earlier decision. There is no reason to play nasty teams where the possibility of injury is so heightened, especially with reps and the metro games.
Back at reps, Addam has really taken his play to another level.
He doesn't know it yet, but Addam has already been selected for division one by the coach Olly.
Olly chatted to me about how intense his training sessions were and explained that some parents found the going a bit tough at first for their kids.
He doesn't know Addam, he will thrive on this, although he will whinge at first. Then he will consider it a challenge and excel.
I can't wait to see his face on Thursday when he finds out.
I'm going to give a Christmas party a miss just to see that smile.
He played a magnificent game for the Cool Cubs on Saturday. The team beat a team that has always defeated them with some great defence and passing.
Addam was often the first to each end of the court, which was a great change. He rebounded and had an outstanding offensive game, with shots from the outside, drives and a couple of three point plays. He missed only one from the field and hit all five from the free-throw line. I suspect he scores well over half of the team's 35 points.
The other great thing was that players on both sides played hard, but still smiled, chatted and enjoyed the game.
Anyway, that's it for now.
I'll catch up again soon, probably after the Thursday celebrations.
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