How Basketball changed my mindset on life…
By Clifton Birkeland “Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers
Whenever someone asks me what my favorite sport is, I always exclaim that Basketball is my favorite among all the sports I participate in. I have many reasons why I think Basketball is a amazing sport that should be loved and enjoyed by everyone. But also, people wonder why Basketball is my favorite sport and I tell them it made me think more about my future and how I can improve my chances at getting a brighter future. It all started on the year of December 8, 2015, when our first basketball meeting was announced. When we all arrived to the meeting, we all were skeptical about what the coaches were talking about and drawing out for us on a dry erase …show more content…
We started practice discussing what we were planning to do this basketball season, and afterwards we ran through a few basketball drills that we would do later on in month that would be effective to our shooting accuracy. When the end of first practice, our coach made an offer that seemed almost real but was just a joke that was just misunderstood. Our coaches made a promise to us to receive a soda and cookie for making it through first day of practice, but instead of getting those things, our coaches made us to a running exercise that lasted about 15 minutes. We had to run fast up and down the stairs, and whoever walked would have to spend more time doing the workout. I was the only person on the team that actually ran long mileage before basketball season. I was in a sport called cross country, and all we did in that sport was run long distances on roads or golf courses. So I was used to running hard during practice and was up with the seniors when running our
By Clifton Birkeland “Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers
Whenever someone asks me what my favorite sport is, I always exclaim that Basketball is my favorite among all the sports I participate in. I have many reasons why I think Basketball is a amazing sport that should be loved and enjoyed by everyone. But also, people wonder why Basketball is my favorite sport and I tell them it made me think more about my future and how I can improve my chances at getting a brighter future. It all started on the year of December 8, 2015, when our first basketball meeting was announced. When we all arrived to the meeting, we all were skeptical about what the coaches were talking about and drawing out for us on a dry erase …show more content…
We started practice discussing what we were planning to do this basketball season, and afterwards we ran through a few basketball drills that we would do later on in month that would be effective to our shooting accuracy. When the end of first practice, our coach made an offer that seemed almost real but was just a joke that was just misunderstood. Our coaches made a promise to us to receive a soda and cookie for making it through first day of practice, but instead of getting those things, our coaches made us to a running exercise that lasted about 15 minutes. We had to run fast up and down the stairs, and whoever walked would have to spend more time doing the workout. I was the only person on the team that actually ran long mileage before basketball season. I was in a sport called cross country, and all we did in that sport was run long distances on roads or golf courses. So I was used to running hard during practice and was up with the seniors when running our