It's About More than Basketball

Tryouts for the travel basketball team were tonight. Danielle would like to play for the school team next year when she's in jr high, so she's hoping she makes this team again this year. It will be good practice and she always learns a lot. She looked a little rusty at first, but she fell into a groove after a few minutes and looked pretty good overall.

 

 

What I loved more than anything tonight, though, and what was more important than any shot she made, was listening to her encourage another girl who was obviously in over her head. The girl was new, not as fit as the other girls, and had a hard time understanding the drills. We could hear Danielle's single voice shout out encouragements and saw her high 5 the girl several times. It made this mother's heart swell.