Basketball
May 22, 2008Basketball is another sport that I like to play. Like I told you on the previous post, I am not very athletic. I am super slow; I have very bad aim, so I can’t score when I try to in games; I could tell you tons about how bad I am when I play sports. However, I just like playing sports because they are fun to play, they make me to exercise, and they get me away from laziness. Also they make me to feel… good, I guess, afterwards. I really do not know how I could describe the emotion and the reason why I feel that way. But honestly, I bet all we care about is how much we feel happy by doing something that we like ourselves, isn’t it? Similar to volleyball, I started playing basketball last year. It was when I just moved to CDS. I did not know how the school was at that time, but I wanted to be doing some school activities. Also, I was interested in basketball, so I joined the team. Our team literally ROCKED. The 8th graders from last year were so good that we won every single game we had last year. I did not get to play that much though, because I just entered the team, I didn’t know any rules of basketball… Let’s say I didn’t know how to play at all. I tried to be like them, but it didn’t work well how I wanted it to. I wanted to give up whenever I felt left out, but at the same time, I tried my best to be like them. Right now, the basketball season is going on. I am the one and only 8th grader on the team, but I still am not very good. But I can tell you that I have been improving a lot. I guess I became a little more aggressive when I play. I didn’t know what was going on last year when I played, so I was more like standing there. But since I have learned more the rules, I can play in the court! :] Sometimes I wanted to give up playing basketball. It was just too much for me. I had to have a lot of upper body strength to keep the ball from the other team, I had to run fast, and aim the little black rectangle on the board. Also, I had to learn all the strategies. It was just too much for me. But once I started thinking positively, I realized that the only way I can improve is to practice more and more until I can play how I want to.
Tags: basketball, effort, passion, practice
