Another Active SG Basketball Program

Zaky said that he is keen to join the basketball team in SST. I hope it is easy to get into the basketball CCA, since every other person in SST would be eyeing the robotics club. I fully support Zaky's inclination towards the basketball CCA; SST's canteen and cafe are selling too much good food and he needs a CCA that gets him moving. 

Many moons back, he was also interested to do basketball and we signed him up for the Active SG basketball program. He joined 2 seasons and the last one was right before covid. He then lost interest bcos any sports is hard work and he doesn't like hard work. Lol. 

It is the after PSLE season and covid restrictions have eased up. Zaky has suddenly asked to bring a basketball to school and enjoyed some basketball playing during his short 30 mins recess. Riding on his interest, I googled and found the Active SG basketball program nicely falling in the Nov - Dec period. I signed him up; the extra exercise will do him good. Hoho. 

The season started in beginning November and we have already missed 2 sessions by the time of signing up. No problem. We will miss another 3 sessions bcos of the Melbourne holidays. Never mind. Bcos the fee is so cheap and there is a 30% subsidy. We ended up paying $90ish for the remaining 5 sessions that we would be going. Can lah, can lah. 

Yday, we headed to the 1st session at JW Sports Hall. Zaky was exclaiming that he remembered this and that place as we exited the MRT. We started reminiscing the old times. He was a pre-schooler when we moved away from Pioneer. 

In the previous seasons for younger kids, the parents waited and watched their kids during the sessions. Now that these are 11 to 14 YOs, I was almost the only parent. I still enjoy watching my kids doing their sports lessons. 

The group was small, about 10 of them. 

Only 1 boy was a decent basketballer and he looked like a pro in that group. Majority of them looked like they have 2 left hands and legs. Lol. 

The highlight must be the basketballs getting stuck in the loop. 

The boys spent the 1st 30 mins on drills and the last 30 mins playing games. The drills were tiring, they were basically running up and down the court and passing balls but I didn't see any of them using the skill in the later games. Lol. 

The games were so funny. They were like a flock of bees moving from one end of the court to another. They looked like 6 YOs playing basketball. Hahaha. 

Well, Zaky had fun and he had the exercise that he needed. OK, objectives met. 

Mummy Lim