En Fuego!

A special Kevin post...

En Fuego means "on fire" in Spanish -- it's a basketball term used to describe a shooter when he hits a hot streak and just can't seem to miss a shot...Well, that's the term to describe Brayden yesterday at his basketball game - "en fuego"! Brayden caught an incredible hot streak and made six (yes 6!) baskets as his team ravaged the opponent 54-4 (they don't keep score in this league at their age level, but my friend with whom I co-coach the team, has his wife video tape the games and we like to add up the score afterward - yes, we are slightly obsessed with it). We have been working with Brayden on his form to help him better shoot the ball versus just throwing it at the basket -- we call it putting his "hand in the cookie jar" (envision reaching up and into a cookie jar on a high counter top) it sounds silly but Brayden totally gets it and it appears to be working (Melissa says it just makes her want to eat a cookie -- she's hopeless from a basketball standpoint :-)

So here they are, all of Brayden's 6 made buckets from yesterday - enjoy! (He and I have already watched them all at least 3 or 4 times each) -- watch for the clip where after his shot, Brayden runs back down the court, gets in his defensive position and then gives a sly peak and smile to his Mom who is watching from the sidelines -- what a Ham!