Even with his many duties as Commander in Chief, President Obama seems to have taken on a new responsibility – coaching his daughter Sasha’s basketball team, reports ABC News.
On weekends, President Obama routinely travels to his daughters’ sports games, or if there are no events scheduled, he often takes the children and their friends to shoot hoops on their own. Presidential assistants are often seen lugging sacks of athletic gear into his motorcade.
On Thursday, First Lady Michelle Obama said the First Dad has taken a stronger role than previously known by actively coaching Sasha’s team.
“He hasn’t missed a game,” the First Lady said. “I think he was hoping to get this weekend off, but I’m gone.”
Mrs. Obama is traveling this week and is currently in Florida.
A year ago Obama and his then-personal aide, Reggie Love, once acted as substitute coaches when the team regulars both couldn’t make it to a game.
It is well known that the president is an avid basketball fan. A young Obama played for his high school in Hawaii. Now he seems to go out of his way to spend free time on the court. In 2010, another player accidentally hit him in the lip, resulting in 12 stitches.
Sasha Obama, 10, attends the prestigious Sidwell Friends School in Washington with her older sister, Malia. Past presidential daughters Chelsea Clinton and Tricia Nixon Cox are among the private institution’s alumni.
