I'm trying to bring the jock out of my ballerina. We've tried softball, soccer and now basketball. She grasps the concepts of the games but is just too polite. It seems outrageous to her to take the ball from another girl while she's bouncing it. And even rude to get in her face when she's trying to make a basket. We have made progress though. She will now grab the ball if it happens by her and she politely waves her arms in front of the girl she's guarding. She still won't swipe the ball but there's always next year. Our incentive for this last game was that if she made a basket, grandma, Sierra and I would have a girls day out with manicures and lunch. We were all pulling for just one basket; the people around me even on the opposing team were cheering to "get the ball to Sierra." It was a fun season and she had many attempts but no scores. The school is having a short bball season just for girls for the next 3 weeks so our nails may get pretty after all.
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