2020 Hindsight: Basketball Development

There was something surreal about the evening of the 8th day of 2020.  That is because, at 8:30PM, I found myself in the Ben Mark Gym, of the Collingswood Middle School, helping my friend by running the clock for the 4th-6th grade girls Rec Basketball.  I thought back to when Alexa and Anna played in this league, and now Alexa is a varsity starter, Senior Captain on the Collingswood HS Basketball team (for whom I also run the clock and who won tonight against Audubon) and Anna is the manager of the team.  I thought about how many of the players on the HS team had their start in the Ben Mark Gym.  My 2020 Hindsight is the course of basketball development.  It all starts with a spark, in the Ben Mark Gym, the teachings of Rec and then Travel and then Middle School coaches and it ends with the HS Team.  Alexa's Collingswood basketball journey is about to come to an end and I am wistful about this.  I have had so much fun watching her and her teammates' development.  But, tonight, I found myself trying to figure out how many of the young players I saw tonight would soon end up in the Colls Gym, playing for the HS team as Alexa has.  I realized that, although Alexa's journey is coming to an end, there are a lot of journeys about to begin on 1/8/2020 and they will be fun to watch as well.  Not as fun as Alexa's and Anna's, but fun nonetheless.

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