Why Basketball Is Important To Me

I am a senior in high school, who constantly gets bullied day to day, due to how I look or act. I have come to the point to cope with myself having a disorder known as asperger's and the thought of people needing to remind me about being different and not fitting already, aggravates me. Basketball for me had been passion for my whole life. It is something that I use to turn to when I am having a rough day. Throughout the three years that I have been in the school, I did not try out for the basketball team because I was nervous of what others would say or judge me for how I play. The first month and a half had past and the bullying situation was ongoing and it has not stopped. I thought high school was going to be different for me. Maybe I …show more content…
The end of the day approached and I headed towards the locker room. I had laced up my shoes, got a ball, and leaded over to the courts. “Hahah, why is he trying out?” spoke a few boys in the corner
“It doesn’t even matter, it’s not like he is going to make it,” answered another. The coach overhears them and says nothing. I ignore the fact that they were talking about me and put my best foot forward. We begin the workout and personally thought
I was doing pretty well for the first hour and a half. The second part of the tryout was scrimmaging, which I was pretty nervous about. First, we started off as one v one. I proceed with the directions and begin going up against the opponent. “Did you really think that you were going to be able to pass me?” the guy asked as he pushed me down. Next, we have moved on to a five v five scrimmage. To be honest I was extremely timid to go out onto the court, not knowing how the other players are going to act with me while playing. The coach began to break us up into our teams and my team was on the court first. Of course the team that I was going up against were the boys who were talking about