Ty's First Basketball game

Ty started playing Upward basketball this past weekend. For opening day, they called out each team's name and had them run through streamers and a spirit line. Ty had so much fun and is beginning to learn a little bit of the basics of basketball.going through the spirit line

Jeff is the head coach and here they are waiting for all of the teams to come out. There were four different teams, we play on a half court. These men are not all on our team, in fact Jeff is the only one of our coaches that you can see.

Ty getting lined up so he can see who the player is that he is suppose to guard. They put little colored straps on them so they can see who has the same color as they do.

Ty dribbling down the court.
Ty's team has 7 players so 2 sit on the bench each quarter.

Ty guarding his player.
Giving "good games" to the other team.

Upward is great for Ty's age and younger elementary age because they don't emphasize on the winning as much and all get "awards" which are little stars they can put on their jersey each week. This is one of the coaches giving out the stars.