Triumph and Trials: My Sixth Grade Basketball Journey

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Sixth Grade I remember in six grade I was really interested in basketball. So before the basketball tryout I practiced very hard every single day to make sure that I can make the basketball team. I still remember that every single day I would practice for 2 hours everyday. So as the tryout got closer I felt like I improved a lot. It was in October when the tryouts took in place. I still remember that it was a 2 day tryout Friday and Saturday. On Friday night while everyone was stretching and getting ready to do drills. I felt very nervous and I felt like I didn't have any strength and I almost couldn’t move my foot. When the tryout begin I did terrible, I couldn’t make layups, I traveled, and I was scared to do anything when I got the ball. The tryout continued, every time when I got the ball I just passed it right away. I didn't even think about if I had a good look at the rim. So after the Friday night tryout I was so mad at myself because I knew I could have done better than what I just did. So that night I went home and just imagined what I could have done better and I was trying to get my mind ready for tomorrows tryout. On Saturday when everyone was stretching I was thinking about being confidence and shoot the ball if I had a good look. …show more content…

But 1 week before the tryout I heard that this year its only going to be a 1 day tryout. That made me very nervous because I thought if there was only 1 day the coach would basically have his team pictured out. When tryout came I felt like I did way better then last year and that night I couldn’t go to sleep because I was just thinking about if I was going to make the team. I still remember they posted the result in 2nd hour when I was in history class. All my friends told me that they posted the result and when I went and checked I didn’t see my name on there. At that momentum I was really

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