A rare act of sportsmanship

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

A few years ago we were winning by a significant margin at half time in the last game of the season. Some kid on their team hadn't scored all season. Their coach approached before me the start of the second and told me that, so I agreed to tell my guys to defend a baseline screen the wrong way so this kid could get open. After about 3 times, he finally hit an open shot at the rim.

Same thing happened last year with O's team (7 & 8yos) except at the end of the game, the other team completely stepped away and let the girl shoot 3 times until she made a shot. Girls from both teams celebrated the basket. Kudos to all coaches of young kids who try to instill the idea that sports is about more than winning. (As opposed to the coach of the team they played last week who coached and encouraged his team to shove and elbow our girls throughout the game.)