Today was the opening day for Upward Basketball. It was different without Madison playing in this league this year. She played for 4 years and will play at the Sports Center this year. Quinn's game was at noon. Tony is coaching and Quinn and Nate are on the same team. They had fun and their team looked really pretty good. Better than his CDBL team from this morning. After each game they receive a special colored star which will be ironed on to their t-shirts. Tony gives a different colored star to each player after the game. They sit in a circle and he tells the player things they did well and why they earned their colored star. Upward is big on "Everyone is a winner" and so this is one way to build up self-esteem with an adult complimenting them in front of their peers. Quinn was awarded the gold star today which is for good sportsmanship. He gave high-fives to his team mates after they scored, passed the ball well and encouraged other boys to shoot the ball... not always calling for the ball (which is what they often still do at this age). The players will get green stars to iron-on if they repeat their Bible verse. LOVE this program!!!!
Our team is the Sooners... there actually is a Hawkeye team and Quinn is all worried about playing the Hawkeyes already! Ha!
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