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Personal Narrative: The Sport Of Basketball

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One of the biggest parts of my life has to be the sport of basketball. I played every year I could since I can remember. I participated in youth commission, then modified, Jv, and all the way to my senior year. With this being my last year all I care about is the team 's success and making a push into sectionals. But the one thing I have not payed attention to is how much the sport has pushed to be a better leader and how to take criticism from coaches and teammates. I have never realized this until I had the opportunity to look back. I have never been the one to take time and worry about self reflection but looking at the younger players during practice really had me thinking. It was the first open gym of my senior year and we were all excited

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