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Influence of role models on young people
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Ever since I was three, I could never be caught without a basketball in my hands. My father played in college at Syracuse University. My mother played basketball at Syracuse as well, that is where my parents met. That is probably where my love for the game stems from.
I grew up an only child and got full attention from my parents. They hoped for me to not just follow in their footsteps, but make it to the professional level, something neither of them were able to do. For Christmas I would get basketballs, shoes, anything basketball related. I can even remember the Christmas when I was six years old and they got me signed up for an AAU basketball team as a present.
I played through elementary and middle school, excelling and being awarded
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I’m fine”
“Okay. I love you.”
“I love you to. I’m gonna go to my room now”
“Okay.”
When I was talking to her, I wanted to tell her how basketball was taking up all my life and it was keeping me from having friends, going to parties and having a normal teenage life, but I could not. I knew how much it meant for her and my dad to see me excell at basketball and I didn’t want to disappoint her by making it seem like the “bad guy” in my life. Plus, I loved basketball and I did not want them to think that I didn’t want to play anymore because that was not the case. I just wanted to have a normal high schooler life.
Junior year ended, summer passed and senior year began. I continued to miss out on all the social events in favor of basketball practice, both for my school and my personal practices. The season came and we started off undefeated which brings me to the current day. We just finished our last practice before we go on New Year’s break and we are sitting in a circle with our Coach doing a team bonding exercise. Our Coach asked all of what our New Year’s resolution was for the New year and we went around the circle answering.
“I want to improve my free throw.”
“I want to read a book a
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