Natalie Update

Natalie is in basketball for the second year now and she is improving all the time. Yes she does have the advantage of being a full head taller then most of the kids but her skills and aggressiveness are coming into play too. She has made several baskets this year and is getting better about getting in there and getting those rebounds.

At the beginning of the season she was really timid and basically hung back and let everyone else do the work (not really playing). Paul and I have worked with her about being a little more aggressive and her last game she was on fire.....maybe a little too much. I should say first that in basketball at this age there is not a lot of calls made. Generally they can double dribble and it is only traveling after 5 or so steps and getting them to line up for a foul shot is down right hilarious. But Natalie has put her practice to good use and this last game she was all over the place. She was rebounding, going after the ball and even stealing the ball. Then I saw something we are going to have to work on. Natalie got so into the game she started stealing the ball from her own teammates to dribble in and take the shot. Yeah....we can't have that so much! hahaha 

 

In other Natalie news....she tested into the gifted program at school!!! We are so proud of her! I am however a little nervous about homework. I have heard that it will be a lot more then what she has now so she is going to be a busy girl.

She has a membership to a local gun range. Every weekend she goes shooting with Paul and sometimes Grandpa. She will be entering competitions this summer. She really seems to have taken to it and Grandpa bought her her first gun for Christmas. That is just another activity for this girl.