Miss K… hmm… what can I say, she struggles every practice and at every game, but she loves to do it. Basketball is just not her sport. Now, it is her first year playing organized basketball, just not the family driveway basketball we normally play, so I completely understand she is still learning, but I have seen the other first-time players progressively getting better with each practice and game, not my Miss K.

She stands and twirls and skips down the court, yes it can be very cute, just never very basketball-like. Thankfully her coach is only worried about one thing - dribbling. Well, honestly, her dribbling would be a lot better if she would stop skipping. That darn skipping gets her every time.

I believe with Miss K, she goes more for the friendship and seeing the other girls then she does to actually play the sport. You know what, that is completely fine. I will continue to fire up the shiny red ride to continue driving her to every practice and game as long as she wants because I believe the camaraderie is just as important as the sport. Hopefully though, one day basketball will click for her.

The only other organized anything she has tried is Ballet and she really liked it when they got to do “ballet” moves - basically she hated learning the techniques - first position, second position, and so on. I supported her and explained that you had to learn the techniques in order to put it all together. After two years, I gave her the choice to continue and she clearly told me “No.” Well, last month she asked, “Mom, when do I go to ballet again?” WHAT?

Kids can be so confusing. Anyway, I will wait patiently for the next sport she wants to tackle, whatever that may be. I will keep taxing her around to which ever sport is in-season for her, all with the hope that Miss K will find the click - the one that makes sense to her. If none do, I will still support her for at least trying.

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