Did you know every human body has 206 bones? Instead of having 206 bones, I have 206 ½ now. This is definitely a story I was never going forget about, with all the pain, tears, and laughs involved. In P.E. one day in 8th grade, for our unit we played basketball. We got all warmed up and ready to play but first we had to go through the instructions. I thought I would volunteer to help out the teacher, and show other people what to do and how to play. A few of us showed them how to pick spots on the court, some moves to do, and how to play. One other person and I showed them how to guard the player with the ball. My job was to make sure they did not get the ball in the hoop. After we shown people how to play and the rules, we had to pick our teams along with what court we wanted to be on. I was chosen to play with some kids that had no idea what they were doing and one other girl. Her name was Marissa. Marissa was in basketball since she was a little girl and she’s very competitive. She also is really nice, caring and shows respect to others. …show more content…
We were in the middle of a basketball game when Marissa threw me the ball. I tried catching the ball, but instead of catching the ball, it hit the tip of my middle finger. All at once, I feel my finger slowly but painfully collide will the ball. My eyes started to water and I was standing right in the middle of the court where everyone could see me. I felt so embarrassed because I thought everyone was looking at me. “I’m so sorry! Are you okay?” Marissa said with a crack in her voice, but I did not respond. As I walked away, I had tears running down my cheeks, tears in my eyes and I was holding my finger. I went to the P.E. teacher and asked her if I could go to the nurse, she asked me if I was okay instead of writing me a pass right away. Then painfully I told her what had happened and then she wrote me a
“Why can’t we get into our freaking offense!?” This is all I really remember from Coach McKendrick at halftime last year against Niles North in what was a tough night for our basketball team. Prior to this, we beat New Trier at home and then went on the road and beat the pre-season unanimous vote to win conference, Highland Park, in our first conference game. Before the New Trier game, our game plan was simple: we were smaller, but faster, so we were going to run the court and make this is a fast pace game. We executed our gameplan, and we won.
and then she turned around, running towards me, and fell on top of me. When she fell on me it sprained my knee, and that’s how I got my crutches. Got Sick When I got sick, I was the same age as I am now, which is 13. It was during summer break when I was going into eighth grade. My family started noticing me getting skinnier.
" I asked. She continued to cry, not even attempting to calm herself enough to answer. I repeated the question repeatedly, but she never would answer. Her heartbreaking crying continued on for what felt like weeks. I kept on the phone, hoping to get an answer to the question I had tried to ask so many times.
They were smiling at me, hoping that I would stay in for the rest of the game. That’s when power ran through me, smiles started to appear on my face. And that’s when I knew I was going to play the rest of the game ,and I was going to play the rest of the tournament. Even if my arm ached. When I looked at my coach she gave me a thumbs up ,and I gave her a happy thumbs up back.
I was ready for this challenge that I had to face as the new team leader. Our coaches, Bethany and Jay, were not very experienced in basketball whatsoever, so I was basically considered another coach. I created most of our plays, and even our defense. Surprisingly they were all effective against our opponents. Although our first game made me immensely nervous,
"You can leave." Mrs. Godwin said to the now exited class. P.E. Class had just started, and the basketball team came in the gym to practice. They were making teams for lineball, when discovered they had an odd number of people. Coach Thrash asked if I could play with the red team, and I accepted his invitation.
My mom put her arm around me and I lost it. I started sobbing
It all started in May of last year. I played in a basketball game down at Simpson College with my travel team called the Northeast Iowa Thunder. Playing in the championship game against a team out of South Dakota, we knew we had to play our best. Before the first half of the game came to an end, coach told me to give it my all since we were down by a few points. The floor resulted to be slippery due to the hot and humid gym.
I was set on helping my teammates realize that I could be a valuable asset to this team. As the season progressed, my teammates started trusting my decisions on the court and were confident I would try my best to make the right play. I earned their respect as a teammate and made some great news
I assisted the head athletic trainer with baseball, softball, and men's basketball games over the spring semester. I spent almost every day in the training room working alongside our athletic trainer with rehab and treatment because he was the only trainer. He inspired me in many ways, and
We needed some points and we needed them fast. We passed the ball around the perimeter we made sure to hang on to the ball so the other team could not get it. Jenna passed me the ball as i shot an outside shot and made it. The score was 18-20. As the game kept going on both teams scored after another all through out the third quarter and half of the fourth quarter.
It is about 5:40 when I made it to practice. My team was warming up and shooting the ball waiting for the rest of the team to get there. I set my stuff down and joined them, waiting for a couple more girls to get there. It is about 5:45 and all of us were on the field warming up. We did our stretches and and ran a couple laps around the field and started to do passing drills.
NBA vs NBA Who could forget the late great Chicago Bulls rivalry with the physical Detroit Piston’s, also known as the Bad Boys? How about the New York Knicks and Miami Heat never-ending hate rivalry. There were many rivalries, every team had that one opponent that would cause a basketball game to turn into a royal rumble. How could you forget the fundamentally sound seven footers, who could embarrass you with a great low post move or step back and knock down a fifteen foot jumper? Basketball was about X’s
Again, the girls were more concerned with socializing. Some girls were warming up, some were in the hall socializing with football players, and some were still in the locker room getting dressed. As a whole the girls did not look like a team and they did not look like they were serious about being a part of this volleyball team. Since, I have an unconditional love for volleyball I took it upon myself to gather all the teams and have them warm up as a team. By the time they began drills, the varsity coach was rolling in to practice.
I started to practice at my house—it was the only hoop available for me at the time. Everyday, I would go outside and just shoot as many shots as I can so, I could make my form better. A few weeks of practicing, I started to see progress in my form—I made more shots than usual. Since I thought I was getting better, I decided to ask my parents if they could put me in a basketball team. My parents agreed without any hesitation.