How Basketball Changed My Life Research Paper

In everyone’s life, there are many ups and downs. The ups and downs can shape the way you live. For me, there are two particular instances where they ended up changing my life. The DIgital Academy and basketball have impacted my life and shaped me into the person I am today.
The Digital Academy is an online alternative to public schooling. At first, I was eager to start it, but that changed rather quickly. The Digital Academy made me very anti-social. I did not hang out with any of my friends and also did not communicate with them using any platform possible. It also was very boring, and sitting there for most of the day was not a fun task to participate in. You would just sit there and watch a video of an instructor and then proceed to do a few questions, and then repeat for every lesson you would have to do for the day. The Digital Academy made public school look fun, which is the exact opposite that I thought it would do. I

was lead to believe that this would be an easier task than going to public school everyday. This was wrong as I missed both the communication with friends as well as teachers. Because I did not enjoy it, I thoroughly showed that by placing forth no effort at all for my tasks at hand. I just wanted to attend public school as the option there were far better and I would also not be confined to an area by myself. This showed me that I should persist through tough times and not just instantly give up and try to move on to something else so easily.
Although the DIgital Academy was a low point of my life, basketball, however, is a very high point.

Basketball has taught me so much in such a little amount of time. It has taught me a lot about teamwork and communication. It has shown me that no one man can be greater than five put together who have solid communication with one another. Basketball has also shown me that I need to be in a better shape in order to play at my max capabilities. It has made me want to lose weight in order to play the sport that I love. The experience I have when playing basketball is like no other. It constantly makes me want to improve my skills in order to beat higher competition. This has forced me to constantly play everyday. Basketball has also taught me to have great sportsmanship, as there is no point in trash talking if you cannot back it up. Sportsmanship is key in any sport, as being a sore loser will make anyone, including your teammates, to dislike you to a certain degree. Basketball is probably the most beneficial thing that I have done in my

life.
All in all, the highs and lows in life will help form you into a better person. You will figure out both what to do with your life and how to change it for the better. If you have moments like me, it should be easy to decide what and how you want to do things later on.