Personal Narrative: My Trip To A Basketball Team

A favorite experience I had was going to Greensboro, North Carolina this summer to compete in Seventh Grade Nationals with my Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball team. I always enjoy tournaments when we stay at a hotel for the weekend because I have a strong relationship with my teammates. However, this trip was something special. For almost a week, I had the opportunity to bond with my teammates, play basketball, relax, and explore Greensboro. In addition, I met some of relatives, who live in North Carolina, for the first time that I can remember. During the tournament, we competed well despite losing all three of our games. We also won one game by forfeit. We even had a double-digit lead at one point, and stayed within five points almost the whole game against another opponent, but we let both games slip away from us. Despite us not actually …show more content…
It was a great accomplishment because I made it to the most elite level of basketball play for my age. My team qualified to compete against the top AAU teams in the Eastern United States. This is very helpful towards me being recruited for basketball, since this portrays me as an elite player and gives my team a better reputation. Both of these could potentially be substantial factors that assist me in being recruited or receiving scholarship money from a high school or college to play basketball for them. The experience taught me what the most competitive level of basketball equates to at my age. In addition, I learned how much better I must perform to be able to lead my team to victory. To be successful against teams as skilled as we played in Nationals, my team and I must stay focused, confident and relaxed. Something else I have taken a grasp of is that I have made it to a considerably high level of competition, so that if I push myself to the limit, I can become a highly skilled player as demonstrated at the