Why Are Basketball Angry

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One time that I have been really angry is when I lost my starting spot for basketball. Basketball was always my favorite sport and I was already struggling with shooting at the time so this was a really difficult thing for me to swallow. I have always been a very good shooter and everyone just expected me to make my shots. All of the plays for a three-point basket used to be ran to me, but I started missing more and more shots all year. Soon, some of my friends started making fun of me because I wasn't shooting well, and they acted like it was all a joke. I tried to just laugh it off, but in reality, it made me feel even worse because I realized everyone around me knew how bad I was doing too. My coach originally tried to talk to me about

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