http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ca88andra9229/The days, nights, dreams and disappointments of a mother supporting her son in his aim to play professional basketball.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ca88andra9229/326585My son’s Under 20s team played in a pre-grading game last night. It would have had a much different result if more players had turned up for it. Five players showed up, just enough for a team with no substitutes. The other team had nine players, the starting five plus four on the bench. From the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ca88andra9229/322927Last night my son’s Big V team played in their first pre season practice match. The match itself had been built up by others in the competition until it had grown out of proportion. There was a perceived rivalry between the two teams that certainly wasn’t reflected at the stadium. There are some...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ca88andra9229/317741Yesterday we met my son’s new coach. He came and watched the training session even though he didn’t participate. He is tall, rides a motorbike and appears to be very quiet. I have no idea what his coaching skills are like and it might be a few weeks before we get to see. This Friday the team are...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ca88andra9229/317111My son’s Under 20s team had their first grading match on Friday night. We travelled over an hour to get to the stadium – yes it was that far away. I hope we don’t have to make that trip too often! It was not an exciting game. My son’s team should have tripled the other team’s score, but they...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ca88andra9229/315633Last night saw the first night of training for the boys (in some cases men) who are trying out for the Big V team. It was a really good training session and I think, based on last night, it will be a good team this season, probably better than the one last season. I was so proud of my son. He...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ca88andra9229/314953My son’s school is organising a basketball tour of Canada and USA to be held at the end of next year. The school will be taking a team of 12 boys and 12 girls, two coaches and whoever else wants to go with them. They will be playing high school teams in Canada and USA, exact locations still to be...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ca88andra9229/313482In any area of life networking is important. With my son’s potential career it will be vital. The trick is to work out who to network with and how to do it. So far the connections we have made include my son’s school coach, his personal coach and an Australian player who is at present attending...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ca88andra9229/312344My son’s school and related basketball activities all cost a small fortune. Well, maybe not a fortune as people who send their children to private schools pay a lot more than I do, but a fortune to me. In the last two days I’ve received the bill from the school for next year’s fees and a letter...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ca88andra9229/310525Now just remember “sick” is good. “Sick”, as much as I can work out, is at least on a par with “awesome”, if not better. Last night my son had another training session with his personal coach. He has these one on one sessions once or twice a week, depending on each of their schedules. Last night...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ca88andra9229/309036This year I managed to get funding for my son’s school fees, which included the specialist basketball program he attends. Once again it’s the time of year that the school requires payment for next year, so I decided to see if the same trust fund would fund him again. I’ve written them a two-page...