She Got Game

Despite being three years older than my sister Amy, she's been taller than me for as long as I can remember.  She sprouted past me sometime around kindergarten and never looked back.  At 6'1", she's got an inch that she'll lord over me at least until we get old and start shrinking.

Amy was always the tallest girl in her class, so naturally she found basketball - or basketball found her - at a really young age.  Now that she has a niece, and a tall one at that, basketball is one of the first things Aunt Amy has tried to pass on.  Amy gave Grace her first basketball and a hoop as a gift, which Grace absolutely adores.

 

As you can see, however, adoring something doesn't necessarily equate with being good at something.  Gracie doesn't really have much of a feel for the game yet.  More like a taste for it, as she's prefer to eat the basketball than dunk it.  Now, maybe scoring isn't Grace's game, you might say.  Maybe she's a distributor, a slick dribbling floor general that should be running the point.

Nope, even away from the hoop Grace is more interested in chowing down than dropping dimes.  On top of that, she's got absolutely no handle whatsoever.

Looks like you've got your work cut out for you Aunt Amy.  Only 4 more years until she's in school and can join a team.  Time to start whipping your niece into shape!