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Alright, now don't expect all of the coolness @THE HCP was able to share of his awesome kids, but my wife just put together some Instagram pages for our daughters to share basketball clips. Not many right now, but she's working on them...

https://www.instagram.com/kaitlencarns2024/
Kaitlen (Kait) is a junior this season for Oregon City High School, hoping to be back in the next week or so after recovering from ACL reconstruction

https://www.instagram.com/alixecarns2026/
Alixe (Al) is a freshman at Oregon City High School

https://www.instagram.com/liviecarns2027/
Olivia (Liv) is an 8th grader

All great students and good kids. I'm incredibly proud of them.

I'll start adding some more (and larger format clips) if anybody is interested.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Alright, now don't expect all of the coolness @THE HCP was able to share of his awesome kids, but my wife just put together some Instagram pages for our daughters basketball clips. Not many right now, but she's working on them...

https://www.instagram.com/kaitlencarns2024/
Kaitlen (Kait) is a junior this season for Oregon City High School, hoping to be back in the next week or so after recovering from ACL reconstruction

https://www.instagram.com/alixecarns2026/
Alixe (Al) is a freshman at Oregon City High School

https://www.instagram.com/liviecarns2027/
Olivia (Liv) is an 8th grader

All great students and good kids. I'm incredibly proud of them.

I'll start adding some more (and larger format clips) if anybody is interested.
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Fine looking kids...you and you're wife must be real proud!

My neighbor girl played for that OC team that was a juggernaut under Smith. I actually would play hoop with her my my kids all the time.
Brianne Meharry she went on to star at Oregon too.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Alright, now don't expect all of the coolness @THE HCP was able to share of his awesome kids, but my wife just put together some Instagram pages for our daughters basketball clips. Not many right now, but she's working on them...

https://www.instagram.com/kaitlencarns2024/
Kaitlen (Kait) is a junior this season for Oregon City High School, hoping to be back in the next week or so after recovering from ACL reconstruction

https://www.instagram.com/alixecarns2026/
Alixe (Al) is a freshman at Oregon City High School

https://www.instagram.com/liviecarns2027/
Olivia (Liv) is an 8th grader

All great students and good kids. I'm incredibly proud of them.

I'll start adding some more (and larger format clips) if anybody is interested.
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Lemme guess--the youngest one developed into a gunner 'cause her older sisters never passed her the ball?
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Lemme guess--the youngest one developed into a gunner 'cause her older sisters never passed her the ball?
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She's just trying to keep up. Her sisters started playing when she was a 2nd grader and she decided she didn't want to sign up.

After she watched them play a couple games she decided it looked like fun, so she wanted to play. But it was too late to sign up that season.

So she watched practices and copied them from the sideline.

Then the following spring her sisters started training with a trainer, but he said she was too young. So again, she watched and copied from the sideline.

About 6 months of that and he finally told her if she could make 20 full speed layups in a row with proper form, including 10 with her off hand, she could join in.

2 weeks later she did it.

Then she's always been there for the older sessions and practices when possible. When they need an extra player to scrimmage or even up numbers for drills she is available.

Being the youngest has perks.
 
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Phatguysrule said:
She's just trying to keep up. Her sisters started playing when she was a 2nd grader and she decided she didn't want to sign up.

After she watched them play a couple games she decided it looked like fun, so she wanted to play. But it was too late to sign up that season.

So she watched practices and copied them from the sideline.

Then the following spring her sisters started training with a trainer, but he said she was too young. So again, she watched and copied from the sideline.

About 6 months of that and he finally told her if she could make 20 full speed layups in a row with proper form, 10 from each side, she could join in.

2 weeks later she did it.

Then she's always been there for the older sessions and practices when possible. When they need an extra player to scrimmage or even up numbers for drills she is available.

Being the youngest has perks.
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Our granddaughter plays 4th 5th grade round ball. They are out of Stevenson WA and they travel and play tourneys. It cost us $7 dollars as seniors $10 for average Joe, to get in and watch at a recent tourney at Clackamas HS.
 
Hoopguru said:
Our granddaughter plays 4th 5th grade round ball. They are out of Stevenson WA and they travel and play tourneys. It cost us $7 dollars as seniors $10 for average Joe, to get in and watch at a recent tourney at Clackamas HS.
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Yes. It's not cheap. Nothing about it is cheap.

But they love it, and it keeps them busy and in shape. They work with high level professionals, so they get an idea of what it takes to be successful.

Hopefully the payoff is that it eventually turns into an extra 4 years of competitive basketball somewhere and maybe a smaller bill for that college degree...

But even if not, the life lessons will be invaluable
 
Hoopguru said:
Our granddaughter plays 4th 5th grade round ball. They are out of Stevenson WA and they travel and play tourneys. It cost us $7 dollars as seniors $10 for average Joe, to get in and watch at a recent tourney at Clackamas HS.
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Its definitely a money grab....all club youth sports is. Always hope these kids have a blast making new friends and traveling to places they would never get a chance to. If they aren't able to get to the next level to play in college, at least they can look back on that.
 
Hoopguru said:
Our granddaughter plays 4th 5th grade round ball. They are out of Stevenson WA and they travel and play tourneys. It cost us $7 dollars as seniors $10 for average Joe, to get in and watch at a recent tourney at Clackamas HS.
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We have kids on my daughters club team whose parents have paid close to 100k over the past 4 years EXPECTING their kids to get to play in college....well this is the last few months before they graduate and some have not been contacted by SINGLE college recruiter yet. Ooooooo that would suck.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Yes. It's not cheap. Nothing about it is cheap.

But they love it, and it keeps them busy and in shape. They work with high level professionals, so they get an idea of what it takes to be successful.

Hopefully the payoff is that it eventually turns into an extra 4 years of competitive basketball somewhere and maybe a smaller bill for that college degree...

But even if not, the life lessons will be invaluable
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AMEN FAMS!
 
Phatguysrule said:
Thanks, will do!
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Congrats! you must be proud! Well done but do they really know you call them Baby Phats? Might want to keep that one under wraps...anyway we're all sort of proof that evolution is a real thing. You, HCP and me all married up the DNA chain! I hope your girls all the success the hard work can give them!
 
She looks great out there! One thing…. Stop holding your phone like a god damn soccer mom!!!
 
THE HCP said:
She looks great out there! One thing…. Stop holding your phone like a god damn soccer mom!!!
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I hear you. I'm with you 100%.

I record horizontal. Those shorts and reels have been edited to vertical to allow for decent quality on Instagram and TikTok.
Here is the full size horizontal clip from the games.
Note: YouTube is still processing, so it may not be HD for a few minutes.

 
THE HCP said:
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Please for the love of all that is holy ... follow this advice! The two guys that work full time in video know what we are talking about. Unless you're doing a video and only want to watch it on TikTok/Shorts/Reels than by all means keep the phone vertical, but if you want to watch on any other platform and especially if you're sending this video out, than go with the landscape mode!
 
bigbailes said:
Please for the love of all that is holy ... follow this advice! The two guys that work full time in video know what we are talking about. Unless you're doing a video and only want to watch it on TikTok/Shorts/Reels than by all means keep the phone vertical, but if you want to watch on any other platform and especially if you're sending this video out, than go with the landscape mode!
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What THIS kid says!!!
 
HA! My brother sends me video of my nephew playing ball and it's hilarious. I try cutting it together for him and make a little highlight video. But it looks like shit when we try to show the family on the big screen.
 
In defense of this way if thinking, Dame has asked me to take pics of him and somebody 3 different things. And he cracks up and calls me out when I don't hold it like a soccer mom. I tell him to "stick to scoring 20,000+ points and the expert will handle the media management!" HA!
 
Kait's first HS game in almost a year.

There was an audible murmur from the crowd when she went to the table to sub in, and a big cheer when she ran onto the court.

We knew they were going to bring her back slowly. She only got about 3 minutes, but she immediately sparked an 8-0 run her first minute and a half stretch, hit the game tying free throw in the middle of that 8-0 run. Ended up going 3 of 4 from the charity stripe.

OC never trailed after that.

The team was noticably more confident and crisp with her on the court.

The Old Man is pretty proud.

One of our friends took the pictures, and did an awesome job!

 
Phatguysrule said:
Kait's first HS game in almost a year.

There was an audible murmur from the crowd when she went to the table to sub in, and a big cheer when she ran onto the court.

We knew they were going to bring her back slowly. She only got about 3 minutes, but she immediately sparked an 8-0 run her first minute and a half stretch, hit the game tying free throw in the middle of that 8-0 run. Ended up going 3 of 4 from the charity stripe.

OC never trailed after that.

The team was noticably more confident and crisp with her on the court.

The Old Man is pretty proud.

One of our friends took the pictures, and did an awesome job!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoauPrFBsCU/?igshid=OGQ2MjdiOTE=
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Did she have an ACL tear? Looks like she's doing a great job! I had a full knee replacement at the end of October so I know what rehab is like BIG TIME!
 
tlongII said:
Did she have an ACL tear? Looks like she's doing a great job! I had a full knee replacement at the end of October so I know what rehab is like BIG TIME!
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Yep. Full ACL tear. She worked her butt off to get back. Basically been a body builder for the last 6 months. Doesn't quite have her explosiveness back yet, but it's getting there.
 
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