Instructional Basketball League

Ben LOVES basketball!
He is still too young to play in a rec league, but enjoyed

playing in the Instructional Basketball League through South Davis

Recreational Center. The winter Instructional League ran for 6 weeks. It was

6 weeks of bliss for Ben.

Ben informed me that every basketball player absolutely must have basketball shoes. That is.... shoes that are exclusively worn for basketball. You carry them on your back in a shoe bag to change into before you enter the basketball court.

Michael and I decided to take him to Target and convince him that the boy's tennis shoes were basketball shoes. He was not easily convinced, rather his eyes overflowed with tears. These were not basketball shoes.

He begged me to take him to Big 5, I acquiesced. We looked on only the sales table and these are the shoes we found. Shaq and a basketball on them....true basketball shoes. The smile on his face as I purchased these inexpensive basketball shoes was priceless.

End of the shoe story? Nope! Ben only wore them a couple times when he found his brother's old basketball shoes. He switched between his Shaq shoes and Mike's old shoes that he wore in 6th or 7th grade. As you can see they were a few sizes too big, but that didn't bother Ben.

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