Basketball coaches

My seventh-grade year I tried out for our middle school basketball team. I was very confident that I was going to make the team. The coach told us that the list of people who made the team will be on his office door on the next day. I could not wait to go to school the next day and see my name on that list because I felt like I made the team. The next day my friends and I went to look at the roster. I was disappointed to see that my name was not on the roster me and my friends were astonished.…

behind disguises rather than being their true selves. Devon is a prime example of this notion as he even goes by a nickname, Jump shot, at school and in his neighborhood that he does not feel represents him as a whole person. Though he is a great basketball player, that is not all he wants to be known for and much too often he is painted into that corner. He expresses this in his monologue by saying, “I’ve got good height and good hands, that’s a fact. But what about the rest of me? Forget who I…

I asked Emily if she felt she was intellectually curious and was pleased that her response included providing an example of a discussion that she was part of, outside of a classroom format (where in-depth verbal analysis might otherwise be a requirement for a high course grade). Emily seemed self-motivated to engage in the exchange of ideas both inside and outside of the classroom. Emily recounted a rap session with her friends when the group dissected the movie “Still Alice.” In the movie, a…

championship game, Hannahville inbounds the ball, and I steal it. Three, two, one, I have a wide open layup, and I choke. Preparing for the championship game was a struggle, physically and mentally. We all put in hard work, and were determined to win. Our basketball team hadn’t won a championship game since 1992. It was my senior year and my last shot at redemption against the defending champs. The whole season we only lost one game, we were projected to lose, and we were the underdogs. We had…

One evening when I was about 11 years old, my parents came into the living room where I was watching television with my twin sister Chanell and they told us that they had something very important to talk to us about. Being so young I really did not think that it would be something too serious. My parents informed my sister and I that they would be separating and my dad was moving out and would no longer be living with us anymore. Instantly my world shattered, my dad is my best friend and my…

Leadership on the Court The movie “Coach Carter” is based on the real-life story of Ken Carter who returns to his former high school to bring back the basketball team. This school was in an African American community, where graduating only occurred about half of the time. The school allowed the players to walk around like they were above the law and saw basketball as the best times of the lives of many of the players- not the potential of them to be successful in school, let alone graduate or go…

Every person on Earth is given the gift of courage. However, there are very few that take advantage of this gift. To be courageous does not necessarily mean to be daring or reckless. An act of courage could be as simple as saying a nice thing about someone. It is important to have courage because of the fact that our society is lacking courageous people. Without people who will stand up against the wrong things in our society, those who do bad things will never change their ways. Unless someone…

to start. I walk. I walk. I’m okay now, but am I? By the way, the pain was in my knee, but next week I play basketball again. I’m doing little moves, it’s feeling strong. I do a little in and out and BOOM, I’m down. Pain, pain, pain. I get up and I walk. I still have the mindset of no one can stop me also, no one can guard me. I knew I couldn’t…

After a couple days, I was able to hit the rim but I spent years learning all the things a great shooter does to make baskets. Hand in the cookie jar, hand in the cookie jar, my five-year-old brain persisted when I practiced shooting in Upward basketball. At that age, I focused more on what kind of cookie was in the jar than how my follow through looked. A season of practicing my finish allowed me to move on to the next important aspect of shooting: grip. I would strap on my junior-sized NFL…

we are off school it's almost like we don't have a break because basketball takes over. We get a few days off but the rest of the days are hitting the gym early in the mornings for two to three hours a day. The days I have is the best thing in the world because I get to relax and do something fun for once. This break consisted of me and my family going to Indy to shop and celebrate a birthday and going to a Notre Dame girls basketball game. I was very excited and looked forward to doing these…