During Cpher and my long journey to Happy Valley and back we had, well, lots of time to talk. We talked about many different things, and basketball was one of those things.
Cpher confided that he had a pretty simple goal, he wanted to score a basket in every game.
Dad confided that he thought Cpher’s goal was, well, pretty simplistic……and that Cpher should be getting ten points a game, and maybe THAT should be the goal.
Wednesday: A home game against Fowlerville. It is 28-1 at the half only because the refs are nice and gave them a shooting foul with 2 seconds to go in the half.
At the half, Cpher has 2 points.
But, during the 3rd quarter, Cpher pours in 6 more. The picture above links to video of his day….this image from that video is of my favorite….he has received the entry pass and faked it, getting the guy up in the air, and is now going to straighten up, bump the guy back for position, and make his shot.
So, eight points going into the fourth quarter. Joke with Suzanne that the boy is very goal oriented!
With 2 minutes to go, he gets his chance. And is fouled. We watched the tape tonight, Cpher says you can see him kind of groan when he realizes he gets two shots. There’s no pressure when you are up 47-5 or something like that, right? Not when you know that you have to make both of these to hit your goal!
Swish. Swish. First words out of Cpher’s mouth when he came over after the game “I got 10!”
New goal is now 12……
Thursday: A make-up game from Monday when Holt was closed due to the storms. Figure this will be closer than any of the games so far and I’m right….we’re ahead 17-7 at the half and end up holding on to win 26-22.
Only 3 points, all in the first half. Holt had two guys as big as Cpher and I think (I know) he ended up a little intimidated…..there was one moment where he did everything right, got the entry pass, made a move, came up for the easy shot and didn’t take it. Passed it off. Ugh.
Was not the kid he should be rebounding either…..so we’ll be discussing a rebounding goal for next Monday’s game!
There is nothing pretty about his free throws. His shooting form is bad, he shouldn’t be jumping, etc. But he is, I think, four of six on the year. So, in the end, results are all that matter I guess….
