Personal Narrative: Beneficial Decision To Stop Investing Time Into Basketball

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Beneficial Decision to Stop Investing Time into Basketball BASKETBALL! BASKETBALL! BASKETBALL! This rolled off the tongues around me from the time I was born, and at the age of five, it became all I knew. My older sister was a basketball prodigy, and everyone was expecting me to follow in her footsteps. Throughout elementary and middle school, I attended summer camps, endured lengthy practices, as well as participated in tough games. I worked during my off season as much as I could to keep progressing.
` As the end of my eighth grade year approached, I was ecstatic to begin my high school career of basketball. Once again, I attended summer camps, followed by open gyms to further my fundamental skills even more. Fall had passed, and it

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