The Importance Of Basketball

The sport that I have a positive attitude towards is basketball. Throughout my years of playing the sport of basketball I have had many different experiences. I have played on many different levels from recreational levels, school ball, travel basketball, and college basketball. I have played in thousands of tournaments. When I was a freshman, my travel ball team won an ADIDAS National Tournament, and later on we were sponsored by ADIDAS. My high school team was very successful throughout the four years of high school. My high school team broke a lot of school records, including a 33-year-span of not making it to the state finals. I spent so much time in the gym, so much time that it could have been considered my home more than my actual home

This sport has always been my stress reliever. At first, I was put in the sport as a form of entertainment, however it wasn’t until my senior year of high school, that I realized all the life lessons that it taught me. The game of basketball taught me how to work with other people, even when you didn’t agree with them or faced a tough situation. It taught me how to succeed and how to act when I do succeed, but most importantly it taught me how to accept and deal with failure. It taught me that things in life will not just come to you, and the things that do aren’t as important as the things you work your tail off for and earn. I learned how to be humble, sometimes this lesson was learned the hard

It is widely argued that cheerleading may or may not be a sport. I do not think that it is a sport, however it counts as a sport under the Title nine law at my former high school. When I was younger I was on a cheer and dance squad. I went to practices where we would tumble, stunt, and work on a dance and cheer. I thought the girls liked me, but I quickly learned that you had to have a certain “look” and act a certain way to be a good cheerleader. When I first started I really liked it, however the longer I went on my like turned into a form of loathing. I hated it because I’m the type of person that likes to be nice to everyone. However, being on the cheer squad, you had to act a certain way at school, so everyone knew who you were. This really bothered me because I didn’t like bullying and making fun of other girls just because they didn’t fit the “cheerleader” stereotype. These feelings later caused me to quit the team.

I believe that the sport can be a good thing for all girls, not just the “popular” ones. I feel that it is a great way to learn how to be positive and be sociable, which can help in future jobs later on. I believe that cheerleading is given a bad rep, because of this type of situation, where girls think they have to bully other girls to fit in, and that’s not the case at