【看娃】 篮球课

绫子

【看娃】 篮球课

绫子 1/9/25

昨晚跟着乐乐和Archer父子俩去看Archer上他的第一节篮球课。在我们伊州奥汝拉体育馆，儿童篮球课通常一个班只有5-7名学员。西雅图肯特市这边一个班竟然有18名学生。而且还是3-6岁组。3岁和6岁的孩子无论在身高体重，智力发育上都非常不同，居然放在一起上课。简直就像一年级和六年级在一起上课一样。Archer比所有的儿童都矮一头。

教练是个高瘦的高中生模样的青年。乐乐说他很同情教练。太多孩子了，可教性水平相差太大。很多孩子或不理解指令，或不想照指令行事，或根本就我行我素。现场几乎一片混乱。

18个儿童里有4个女孩，14个男孩。有3个亚裔男孩。家长来了一大群，每个孩子都有2-3个家长跟着。都拿着手机录视频。有一对中东家长还带着学篮球儿童的哥哥，强迫哥哥趴在球场边做作业。还有学篮球儿童的弟弟，未注册篮球课，却擅自跟着18罗汉满场跑，被野马奔腾似的运动员撞倒了。

观察家长的种族很有趣。和伊州比，西雅图是十倍多种族地区。芝加哥不过就是白黑黄人加老墨四种人。而这里再加上中东人，乌克兰人，印度人，还有近期从非洲移民来的黑人。这些黑人虽然黑，但与美国黑人很不一样。他们没有美国黑人那种“你们祖祖辈辈世世代代欠我们”那种天生受害情结。这些黑人和我们华人一样，希望融入自由世界。

课程很长45分钟，我觉得三岁的孩子，如Archer坚持不了那么长的课。前半部分课程，Archer和其他几个孩子一样很胆怯，教授一发口令，他们不是向着目的地跑，而是向着父母跑。直到后半场，Archer才克服了恐惧心理。教练后来也注意到了他很小，有意让他站在排头。

对于教练的课程内容，我还是很满意的。训练项目有：快跑全场，曲线跑，带球跑，带球曲线跑，传球，跑停交替，三步上篮。 有些项目对3-6岁孩子来说太难了。他们能听懂指令并照着做就已经很不错了。

昨晚是第一节课，每周一节，共有八节课。共收费$88。不算贵。乐乐口口声声地说，“我们肯特市是低收入城市。” 照这样上，估计八节课上完，儿童们都会有长足的进步。

【Baby Sitting】 Basketball class

1/9/25

Last night, I followed Rocky and Archer to Archer’s first basketball class. In our Aurora gym in Illinois, children's basketball classes usually have only 5-7 students in a class. In Kent, Seattle, there are 18 students in a class. And they are in the 3-6 age group. 3-year-olds and 6-year-olds are very different in height, weight, and intellectual development, but they are put in the same class. It's just like first graders and sixth graders taking classes together. Archer is a head shorter than all the other children.

The coach is a tall and thin young man who looks like a high school student. Rocky said he sympathized with the coach because there were too many children, and their teachable levels varied too much. Many children either didn't understand the instructions, or didn't want to follow the instructions, or just did what they wanted. The scene was almost a mess.

There were 4 girls and 14 boys There were 3 Asian boys. A large group of parents came, and each child had 2-3 parents following. They all took videos. A pair of Middle Eastern parents brought the older brother of their child who was learning basketball and forced him to lie on the side of the court to do his homework. There was also a younger brother of the child who was learning basketball. He did not register for basketball classes, but he ran through the court with the 18 warriors without permission and was knocked down by the athletes who were like wild horses.

It is interesting to observe the races of the parents. Compared with Illinois, Seattle is a region ten times more diverse . Chicago is just four types of people: white, black, yellow, and Mexican. And here, on top of those, there are Middle Easterners, Ukrainians, Indians, and blacks who have recently immigrated from Africa. Although these blacks are black, they are very different from African American. They do not have the innate victim complex, such as "your ancestors owe us for generations." These black people like us Chinese, hope to integrate into the free world.

The course is very long, 45 minutes. I think a three-year-old child like Archer cannot last such a long class. In the first half of the class, Archer was very timid like several other children. Whenever the professor gave a command, they did not run towards the destination, but towards their parents. It was not until the second half that Archer overcame his fear. The coach also noticed that he was very young and deliberately let him stand at the front of the line.

I am very satisfied with the coach's course content. The training items are: running across the court, running in zigzag line, running with the ball, running in zigzag line with the ball, passing the ball, running and stopping, and three-step and shooting . Some items are too difficult for children aged 3-6. It is good enough that they can understand the instructions and follow them.

Last night was the first class, one class per week, total of eight classes. The total fee is $88. It is not expensive. Rocky kept saying, "Our Kent City is a low-income city." At this rate, it is estimated that after eight classes, the children will definitely make great progress.