Qatar Foundation Basketball

Besides their school teams, Max and Simon also play basketball for a couple of Qatar Foundation teams. Simon's Under 16 team played games weekly along with regular practices. Max's Under 19 team played in several exhibition games.  Together they participated in a 3on3 competition for National Sports Day in February.

Because of the variety of teams and leagues, it sometimes happened that Max and Simon would play against each other.  Picture on the left shows Simon in green #13 for Qatar Foundation and Max in red #13 for Qatar Academy. This occurrence was both exciting and stressful for Tim and Lisa.

Below is a video of 25 seconds of play during one of their last games against each other. Simon scores first and in less than 15 seconds Max returns the favour.

Simon's green team brings the ball down the court, the shooter misses and Simon "finishes" it for 2 points. Then Max's white team brings the ball in and Max takes it down the court. He attempts to pass but Simon tips it off. Then Max gets it again and puts it in the basket for 2 points.