High School Athletes Should Be Allowed In The Gym

Almost every evening during the fall and winter, there is basketball being practiced or played in the Cherokee County High School gymnasium. I see the sweaty players running up and down the court and hear the squeaking of shoes on the wood floor. When basketball is going on, the gym changes. If a basketball game is being played in the gym, the atmosphere is not the same as it is in any other circumstance. I oftentimes walk in to players with their hands on their hips, breathing really hard. The players oftentimes have soaking wet hair from sweat. After I look at the game in progress, I see the coaches looking at the game as if it were an impossible math problem. Then, I notice the student section filled with black and gold on excited fans, most of whom are on their feet, some of whom are on their phones. Next, after I sit down in the student section, I can see the game better. I can see the …show more content…
The gym is much quieter during practice, so I can hear the coaches screaming much better. The players are often more calm, but more frustrated with themselves because they cannot perfect any certain skill. I can hear the players communicating with each other, and encouraging each other when they mess up. If the players are running during practice, I can hear their heavy breathing as if they had just run a 5K. But, a 5K may be the same amount of running they do during practice. The sounds after a basketball practice are those of thankfulness, tiredness, and joy. The players are happy that the practice has come to an end because they know they could not go on much longer. The sights and sounds in the Cherokee County High School gym during basketball season are those of no other time or place. They change from practice to play, but there is no denying that no matter what the type of basketball being played is, the sights and sounds are different than any other setting in the