Ean will have to score a soccer goal before advancing, pick up toys stationed around the apartment and drop them into buckets elsewhere, or even execute a few pushups. Others are almost household versions of the NBA's Skills Challenge at All-Star Weekend. Some courses include stations for 20- or 30-piece puzzles. The family couch breaks apart, and Horford sometimes uses the pieces as obstacles to run around. 'Ean loves trying to break his own records.'
Horford has become a master designer of indoor obstacle courses, and he times both Ean and Alía. There are parks nearby, but on rainy and cold days, the Horfords invent ways to keep Ean and his 3-year-old sister, Alía, active and engaged. But when the COVID-19 hiatus and accompanying self-quarantining hit the United States, the Horfords found themselves together in an apartment in the Philadelphia area without a yard. How NBA players are parenting through the coronavirus shutdownĪl Horford never expected to become a live-in physical education teacher for his three children - especially for the oldest, Ean, his 5-year-old son. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser