Isaac Astorga Research Paper

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Isaac Astorga standing at 6’4 never thought of becoming the basketball player he is today, as a fact he never thought of becoming a basketball player at all. When he was in the 7th grade Isaac Astorga only seem to like soccer, he fell in love with the sport since he was little, “My family seem to only like soccer, I mean we also watch other sports, but my family had history of only watching and playing soccer.”(Image 1A) When I asked him what made him switch sports, his answer was simple, “ One year, when I was in the 7th grade, some classmates convinced me to play and form a summer team for the hoopla 3vs3 tournament, at first I didn’t feel like it was going to be a good idea because I really didn’t have a lot experience playing basketball, …show more content…
As he was getting ready to try out for the South Salem Basketball summer team, he faced many challenges, sometimes he just wanted to quit, but he didn’t and he kept going. “Sometimes I would get home, and just locked myself in my room and not come out until the next day. I just couldn’t take it, but over time all my worked paid off and I became a better player.” Over time, Isaac truly feel in love with the art of Basketball, he would just be in the court for hours until he perfected a play or a shot. All the hard work had paid off as he tryout for the South Salem Basketball team, and made it. “ I was just happy, one of my biggest accomplishments in my life, till this day I remember when I received the news that I made it to my first basketball team.’’(Image

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