Hey all!
I had a bit of a "flash back" this afternoon. Tomorrow is my first basketball scrimmage as the head coach. As I had 21 young ladies circled at 1/2 court asking them about how they were feeling about our scrimmage tomorrow, I found myself beginning to talk about the first basketball scrimmages that I participated in my junior and senior years. I remember going to play the japanese all-star team somewhere off base... getting to eat teriyaki burgers before we played... the giant picture before we played... and then getting our butts kicked by 40 points. That was a tough year... And then my senior year (90) hitting a 1/2 court shot at the buzzer. It was a scrimmage, but it was the coolest thing ever. I remember that I was tired of practicing and wanting to get the games going. Remember all of those long trips that we had to take as athletes? 1 1/2 to 2 hours long! Kinda' spoiled with my 20 minute to 45 minute trips across town. I mentioned to my girls that they will look back and remember this time and wish that they could do it again... Great memories and just wish that you could do it again. But those are the things that I remembered today, and just wanted to share those. Only been 16 years or so... amazing isn't it? BTW... my high school basketball jersey hangs on my wall in my classroom. Sadly enough... there's NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO way that I could fit into it now. How on earth did I ever fit into it? Guess it's called 12 years of healthy married life and 2 kids! :-)
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