On a cold November day in Savage, Minnesota 2000, a 17 year old boy named Cody was playing basketball in his driveway. Cody was 5’11, had long brown hair, green eyes and had a handsome look. He was always smiling and he was a nice guy, but very competitive. Basketball was Cody’s one passion and basketball was going to start soon, so he needed to shape up for basketball. He was working really hard, because he knew that he was going to make the varsity team and the basketball season was starting tomorrow. The next morning came and Cody felt good. He got to school and the day went by fast, except the last hour which felt like it was forever, but then school ended. Practice started off with just some basic drills and it was pretty easy. After …show more content…
Then he called Cody in to give his side of the story. Cody told him what happened and the Coach said, “Cody I know you're better than this why are you letting him get to you?” Cody replied, “ I’m sorry coach, but he's just messing with my head and I just can’t take it.” The coach says “ If this happens again you're off the team, but I know you can block him out, so I have faith in you Cody. Now get out of here.”
Cody left and when he got home, he played basketball to let all the angry out and after a couple of hours he went inside. He finished his homework and went to sleep, still a little bad at Kevin. He woke up the next morning with a clear hit and everything seemed to be going great. The school day went great and nothing seemed like it could go wrong, expect it started snowing in the afternoon so Cody couldn't play basketball outside
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It is May now and school is almost over. Cody couldn’t wait for summer where he could train all summer to try to get better and better at basketball. Summer came fast, but it went even faster Cody got really good at basketball and is now the best one on the varsity team, but he will still continue to work hard no matter how good he is.
Basketball is in two months and Cody can’t wait to show off his new skills and be able to play again. The two months felt like forever, the school days felt longer than ever. Then after two months it was finally basketball season. He got to the first practice and the coach was amazed by his recovery and improvement. He played his senior year of basketball better than any one. He led the team to state and they won.
After that he got offers from colleges to play basketball and he ended up deciding to go to Duke which offered him a full scholarship. Cody never made it to the NBA, but he was a starter on the Duke basketball team for his whole college career. Today Cody looks back to the day he tore his ACL and thinks it helped him learn how to work hard no matter
Remember that boy in high school that was the star of the basketball team? He still holds most of the records for the team. He scored more points than anyone else in the school’s history. He never studied much because he was an athlete. His basketball skills were going to take him places. But high school ended and there are no more games to be played. Where is that former all-star now? In his poem “Ex-Basketball Player,” John Updike examines the life of a former high school basketball star. Flick Webb was a local hero, and he loved basketball. He never studied much in school or learned a trade because he was a talented athlete. Now years later, the only job Flick can find is working at the local gas station. He used to be a star, but now he just “sells gas, checks oil, and changes flats” (19-20). The purpose of Updike’s poem is to convince the reader that athletes should also focus on getting a good education.
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It was the middle of November, 7 p.m. and very chilly outside. The team was walking into the court. “The basketball court looked and felt brand new. It smelled like it was just built and ready to be played on,” Rashim excitedly explained. It was Rashim’s first game of the regular season against Wissahickon High School. Usually Rashim doesn't care about the regular season, but he found out that this could be the most important game of his life. 76ers recruiter, Matthew McLane, came to watch the game to find an incoming star to bring to the NBA. Rashim knew it was his chance to show how he is good enough for the NBA, but he was very nervous. The game
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After many hours of hard work and practice on the court, he was selected to start on his high school’s basketball team
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Hoop it Up It was a warm sunny day, Thompson could feel the extreme heat even before he left the house for the first day back in school. As he stepped outside he saw the court on the end of the street. He had made some good memories there, playing one on one with his childhood friend Eldred Carter or beating his sister in a game of horse. Basketball was a huge part of Thompson Bradley's life but his father didn’t necessarily approve.
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The team was ready, we had been working extremely hard for the past seven months for this. We were all in great shape and very rested. A few of the returning players were meeting me at my house to carpool to the final game of the state championship tournament. Everyone knew that the hard work had paid off when we won the semi-final game the preceding day.