The Dark Side of Girl's Basketball

Gimme a break - these dainty little high school girls are anything but delicate when playing at the varsity level. I thought it would be fun to explore the "darker" side of high school girl's basketball.

Make no mistake - I do not want one of these athletes mad at me. If they treated me half as roughly as they do each other when going after a rebound, this old man would be in the hospital.

(As always, be sure to click on the photo to see a larger version of it.)

And, when shooting these games, I try to stay out of the way. I like to sit on the floor near the baseline so I can shoot up towards the basket - but I worry that I will get clobbered one of these nights. A referee laughingly told me one night that I was due to get run over. (Actually, my only worry is that one of the players could get hurt running into my lens.) This player was tripped and was out of control when she made this shot - but she missed me.

Yeah - this may look like it was a soft place to hit, but at the velocity the ball handler was moving, this must have felt like she was running into a wall. The post player was big!

I wonder if these two reverted to three-year old behavior and kept screaming "Mine - mine!" at each other. (No - I would have heard it, I think.)

"Ooops - was that my foot you just tripped over? Hee hee."

"Lets see who can do a face plant first."

Comments

[Tom]

What a surprise!!!!! I got on the computer to see who else was begging Doug to get back to some regular blogging only to find some great photography of high school basketball.

High school sports are so much fun. My own children are 28, 30 & 32 so I'm a decade away from their participation. My granchildren are 4, 3, 6 months and 2 months so I've got a while to wait until they get started. Watching or coaching your kids to love sports for the fun and enjoyment of competition is a great gift. I can't wait to do that with my grandkids. Last summer I moved back to Florida from South Carolina specifically to be around when their sports activities start.

Thanks for the photos Doug.