Basketball (May 2, 2012)

I had the leisure of sitting by for basketball practice today and found the experience quite rewarding. Of course ,missing out the chance of competing in the regular schedule could potentially harm myself in the future, but I will not dwell on that thought. INstead, I will focus on what is good about this practice. I got to practice shooting baskets this class and found the process quite rewarding( As I said previously). I found out that I am a much better shooter than I give myself credit for . It turned out that with practice, I could get a lot further than I ever imagined. Lesson of the day : Practice and Get Better! In basketball team the girls were always divided into teams in accordance to their basketball skills. Now that the year was quickly coming to an end, the system was rearranged. At the beginning of the year when many competitions were alined for us, the strongest and the ones with the most experience gets lined together in one team regardless of your grade. A twelve grader could be in the same team as a ninth grader, if the ninth grader is great enough to make the pact. You would and should be honored to be invited into the team of the best and experienced. The rest of the girls which consisted of those who were not as good and those who were less experienced will be grouped into another team. There, they will learn the taste of defeat the hard way and eventually grow accustomed to that. Now the end of the year is approaching, the system changed. The least experienced people were grouped with the most experienced people that will either be leaving the team  next year or graduating. The remaining girls, which are the second strongest from this year, will begin working together at all times as they will become the forte for next year's competition. I never made the first string:P and had plenty of time to observe this. It seemed like I panic and don't know what to do whenever I was officially playing. Anyway, I wish good luck to the rest of the basketball team :)