For years, I never thought I would have a niece that looks up to me. Until two years ago when my little niece was born. Everyday I come home to that little rascal begging for me to play with her. But, little does she know, she’s going to be facing a tough and difficult life like all of us. Life isn’t just Trolls and Moana, there are many rough patches. School is complex to your everyday life, friends are going to be a huge part in your daily routine, and I encourage you to join basketball.
Everyday I face the challenge of waking up, getting ready, and heading to school to start learning something new. When you first enter kindergarten, it will mainly be simple shapes and numbers, but once you get to Middle School, that all changes. You get two more classes added to your schedule and the things you learn start getting strenuous. Soon after all of those, you get even more classes once you hit the seventh grade. You get four more classes added and your recess time stops. School can be rough but, if you go through with your head held high I think you will do tremendous.
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Although you have to juggle your grades and your classes, make friends to get you through it.
Please pick the right people because you can get caught in a mess. Your aunt has chosen wrong friends a lot of times and that leads her to get heart broken and I don’t want that for you. People go around spreading things that shouldn’t be spread and that happens all the time. I want to give this advice because it is a crucial to your everyday life. They impact you a lot, like your own personality and your
interest. Basketball has influenced the way I am even though I have just started. Everyday we get together in the gym to get better at what we do. This sport has shown me what it feels like to be a part of something important. I want you to experience something like that because it helps you find yourself and be happy about something that you didn’t know could impact you so much. I honestly encourage you to start young so you don’t embarrass yourself in front of the whole team. But being in basketball requires good grades and good behavior, so like I said before, please do good in school and choose the right people to be with. Also this gives you a chance to see places if you are on a travel team. Do you now see how school will soon be a huge part of your life and how significant it is to decide on good and bad people? You will find that once you are a part of a basketball team, your life will change for the better. I want you to succeed in life and I don't want people bringing you down. I know you will conquer the world with how astonishing you are. Please take this advice into consideration, you’ll need it.
Starting my freshman year at County High School, I played basketball and loved every minute of it. I wouldn’t be conceited enough to say I was good, but God did bless me with the talent to play. My life revolved around the sport of basketball; some would say I slept, ate, and breathed every part of it. I spent all my time training and practicing to make myself a more dedicated athlete. This dedication not only helped me as a player, but also molded me into the person I am today. It somehow helped to prepare me for what defeat I would face with back surgery in the future.
As most children did, I had the choice to play whatever sport I wanted. Considering my height, 5’10, most would assume that I played either basketball or volleyball. No one expected me to play tennis, and was surprised when I said that I did. During my elementary years, I played softball for seven years, and when I hit eighth grade, I decided to play tennis. My decision came about because of my sister. I had always followed closely in her footsteps because I looked up to her a lot, so when I saw she was playing; I wanted to try it out too. I had never really thought about what it would be like to play tennis. I didn’t hate it, or really know what it would be like to play it. And little did I know that playing would demand so much time, energy, and effort.
When I was growing up, I struggled a great deal in school! In third grade I started a new school. They had three tiers of classes. One with the regular kids, another with kids that needed a little bit of help in math and reading, and thirdly, a category that had mentally retarded children learning life skills. I was being placed in that third tier. I absolutely loved school before they had placed me in that class. All that
I had a good year in first grade. I became the best artist in the class. I started getting better at English. My first word was “bathroom.” I made two friends Michelle Sherman and Karen Calle. After that I started feeling better and actually liking this school. Everything felt better and worked out great!
When I reached seventh grade, basketball took a different role in my life. I played on my junior high basketball team and absolutely loved it. From November to March, my life revolved around an orange ball. From seventh grade to eleventh grade, this was winter to me. I was a true student of the game, learning and improving constantly. I became fairly good, and even won some awards my eighth grade season. During my freshman year in high school, I once scored 29 points in a junior varsity game. When I stopped growing at 6’, however, it became fairly clear that there was no future in it for me as a player.
“The odds of a high school basketball player making it to the “next level” to play college basketball (DI, II, or III) is slim. In fact, only 3.4% of high school players go on to play college basketball. Taking it even further, only 1.2% of college basketball players go on to get drafted in the NBA” (Winters, 2016). There are two types of players in the game. There are the kids who play basketball because they are athletic, and all they are seeking to gain is the recognition and awards. They want to be known. Those players are self-centered, they do not play for the team, and generally don’t play because they love the game. These are the types of players who don’t usually go on to play at the next level. On the other hand, there are the players that absolutely dedicate their life to the game of basketball just because they love the game. That is what coaches are looking for in a player, and that is the kind of player I am striving to be.
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