What I Learned In Gym Class

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A few years ago, I practiced basketball. I thought I could be good . We had a basketball unit in gym class and I thought this class after school would help.

At the time I was in 3rd grade . And I knew a couple of people in the class. There were 6 basketball hoops in the gym. The gym teacher was wearing a blue shirt with white sleeves with blue shorts. I was wearing a sweatshirt and a pair of jeans because I had forgotten that that day was the first practice and I forgot to pack extra clothes.

The first couple of days, our teacher only told us how to dribble, which I learned from gym class. But soon we started playing it. I wasn't good at it. A couple of the other kids were better, some were worse. But I knew I could get better.

The teacher

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