Postgame Reflection

The game last night was nerve wracking, to say the least. The girls have faced some decent teams over the season but this was really the first time they had to work, the entire time, for a win. But work they did. The first game was a nail biter, with the lead going back and forth a few times before the Dragons cracked it open and held on. But we were all sweating by the time it was over. The second game was much more comfortable. They never lost the lead. More to the point, they never got cocky. They hung in and played it til the last whistle. Then there was lots of jumping and squealing of an excited pubescent girl nature. And that was just The Spouse.

Yesterday morning, to back up, I had a little sports related "come to Jesus" with The Child. Because she sucked in the first play-off game. She hadn't played that poorly since she first learned the game. She knew it, too. She knew exactly what she was doing wrong that made all her bumps go so wild. She wasn't even making excuses or blaming Coach for keeping her on the bench most of the night.

I told her that if she expected to see any play the rest of the tournament she was going to have to get under her bumps, keep her head in the game and show what she can do. And last night that is exactly what she did. She nailed every ball that came to her, she saved points, she scored points, she was hot hot hot. She was so hot that she even got a two finger "you da man" sorta thing from Coach as they came off court for a time-out. I didn't expect to live long enough to see him give her that sort of credit.

So there you go. Game tonight at 5:30.