Scott Drew Basketball Biddie Ball Camp at Baylor 2014

LittleBear has had a busy couple of weeks lately with VBS (his request), swim lessons (my idea of fun, for sure not his) and now something new!  I'll admit, this momma is ready for a few quieter weeks that will come toward the end of the summer!  This week he got to go to Scott Drew's Basketball Biddie Ball camp for ages 4-7.  Baylor Men's basketball coaches and former/current players helped teach the kids skills like dribbling, shooting, passing, defending as well as the kids got to tour the locker rooms and play on the Ferrell Center court!   LittleBear loved it!   Really, it seemed like everyone was having a good time :)

Each morning, all the kids met together as a big group for a pep talk with Coach Drew (they also have a day camp that goes longer for the older kids)...

Then the younger ones exited and got high fives from the current and former players...

 

Then they went off to learn skills.  Here he is making his first basket...


He learned the basics of dribbling...



Ball handling...

And even did pretty well at a game I am calling "musical baselines..."



He got a t-shirt and his very own real Baylor basketball, which I foresee getting a lot of love in the future around here.

You might wonder what LadyBear did while all this was going on.  Well, after I convinced her that she wasn't old enough to play (sad times), she sat with me and played with some "busy bag" type activities I brought along with me.  Her favorite is this wipes case of different fabric squares that I cut up for her.  There are lots of different colors and textures and she loved pulling them all out and then laying them flat on the back of the basketball goal or my lap.  She'd tell me what she saw on each one and then start over when she ran out of squares...Cheerios were also a great  diversion :)



LittleBear's words about basketball camp yesterday?  "Mom that was way more fun than swim lessons, can I do it again next year?"