My 14 year-old son Dalton has started playing traveling basketball for a new team called the Iowa Corn Sharks. Previously he has been on about 3 traveling teams. He started out playing for the All Iowa Attack, then my husband started his own team, the Iowa Elite, and then finally he played for The Kingdom of Hoops. The first team, All Iowa Attack, was a very expensive team to play for. The monthly fees were about $100. In addition to this we had to pay for uniform and all traveling expenses including gas, hotels and food. This team traveled extensively outside of the state.
My husband's team, Iowa Elite, was a good strong team. At the last tournament they played at there was an argument between one of the dads and my husband, the coach. After that the team split up and there wasn't enough players left to keep the team going. With the Kingdom of Hoops Dalton played about 3 tournaments. We pulled him out after that due to the family being separated a lot for tournaments. It was creating some tension. The new team, the Iowa Corn Sharks, play all of their tournaments within the state so there isn't a lot of time apart.
Over the course of all this Dalton somehow lost his confidence in playing the game of basketball. On his 8th grade school team there are a lot of very talented boys who are very competitive. He feels inferior to two of the boys. He has always gone toe to toe with them over the years.
Anyway, today was his first tournament with the Corn Sharks in Fort Dodge. Honestly, without bragging too much, Dalton is the best player on his new team. I believe this is a very big boost to his confidence. Hopefully this new found confidence will carry over to his freshman team next year, as well as upcoming baseball, and currently track season.
During Dalton's last game today he score half of the teams points, a total of around 24. :)
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