Showing posts with label girls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label girls. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Friday, March 02, 2007
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Girls Got Game
So we did it. We went to a girls basketball game. Highlands Ranch vs. Ridgeview. Great defense wins games.
First, some meaningless thoughts on the game. #1 for Highlands Ranch just looks like a basketball player. At 5'10" she's listed as the tallest girl on the team but she's got a nice outside shot and can bury the three. #11 for HR played aggressive and was a lot of fun to watch but she wasn't concentrating and ended up on the bench with a bunch of early fouls. HR has a sophomore that got plenty of minutes last night but you could really tell she was a sophomore. This girl must be good to get those kinds of varsity minutes but I sure could tell the difference in approach and in the way she carried herself vs. how the seniors behaved. Finally, HR has a young team with only 3 seniors. They looked pretty good. Short -- but good.
Now to the important stuff. My 4 year old now knows that girls can play ball. More importantly, my two year old now knows that girls can play ball. I'm not sure if this next sentence is true or not but the two year old seemed a bit shocked by the aggressive and fast play. I'm not sure she'd ever seen other girls run and collide the way the girls last night were running and colliding. I'm glad she saw it.
I think we will continue to alternate between girls and boys games as the season wears on. We also need to make it to Boulder to see the Buffs play.
First, some meaningless thoughts on the game. #1 for Highlands Ranch just looks like a basketball player. At 5'10" she's listed as the tallest girl on the team but she's got a nice outside shot and can bury the three. #11 for HR played aggressive and was a lot of fun to watch but she wasn't concentrating and ended up on the bench with a bunch of early fouls. HR has a sophomore that got plenty of minutes last night but you could really tell she was a sophomore. This girl must be good to get those kinds of varsity minutes but I sure could tell the difference in approach and in the way she carried herself vs. how the seniors behaved. Finally, HR has a young team with only 3 seniors. They looked pretty good. Short -- but good.
Now to the important stuff. My 4 year old now knows that girls can play ball. More importantly, my two year old now knows that girls can play ball. I'm not sure if this next sentence is true or not but the two year old seemed a bit shocked by the aggressive and fast play. I'm not sure she'd ever seen other girls run and collide the way the girls last night were running and colliding. I'm glad she saw it.
I think we will continue to alternate between girls and boys games as the season wears on. We also need to make it to Boulder to see the Buffs play.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Boys vs. Girls
I have a four year old boy and a two year old girl. Friday night I took them to see a high school boys basketball game. This was a new experience for my daughter but my son has been to multiple high school games and two college games.
As we drove away from the game Friday night I mentioned that this time we watched boys play basketball but that next time we would probably go see girls play. I want to make sure my daughter sees games with girls playing.
My son, however, surprised me. He said, "Girls don't play basketball!" When I told him that girls do indeed play basketball he said, "That's strange."
Now fast forward to Sunday night. I ask my son and daughter if they would like to go to another basketball game. They both said, "YES!" Then I mentioned that this time it would be a girls high school basketball game. My son immediately looked disappointed. I asked him why and he said that watching girls play just isn't that exciting. I asked why not. He said because they don't dribble or block shots.
Hmmm.
He was surprised again when I told him that girls do indeed dribble and block shots.
Wonder where he picked up those attitudes?
As we drove away from the game Friday night I mentioned that this time we watched boys play basketball but that next time we would probably go see girls play. I want to make sure my daughter sees games with girls playing.
My son, however, surprised me. He said, "Girls don't play basketball!" When I told him that girls do indeed play basketball he said, "That's strange."
Now fast forward to Sunday night. I ask my son and daughter if they would like to go to another basketball game. They both said, "YES!" Then I mentioned that this time it would be a girls high school basketball game. My son immediately looked disappointed. I asked him why and he said that watching girls play just isn't that exciting. I asked why not. He said because they don't dribble or block shots.
Hmmm.
He was surprised again when I told him that girls do indeed dribble and block shots.
Wonder where he picked up those attitudes?
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