Basketball Game Analysis

I walked into school to be greeted by a janitor vacuuming the floors. It was time to start thinking about the game and getting my focus level up. My pregame ritual wasn’t always the same beside for one thing, be the first to the locker room to have time to think to myself. Walking into the light blue and worn-down locker room it was almost like I could feel the emotion from all the players who had been there before myself. I was greeted by a wave of smell, the smell of victory, defeat, and pure hard work. It was quite musty but I was used to it and had grown accustomed to it. I sat myself down and began to think about how I would perform tonight and what I had to do in order to be victorious. I pictured myself going out onto the court and seeing all the fans packed into our old wooden bleachers. All I wanted to do was make them proud of the team they came to watch. I looked out the window to see the vehicles of my fellow teammates driving into our dirt parking lot. Soon, the locker room would no longer be quite and it would be filled with the shrieks, laughs, and giggles of my

In my first beginning days of highschool, I became interested in playing soccer for my first time ever. I’ve had no prior experience with playing soccer, only that many of my friends and my idealistic brother also played, so this was a major part in my beginning.I began training as rigorously as could have imagined. When the time came when my highschool team announced tryouts for the school I knew I couldn't resist. Many other players that I knew suggested that I didn't tryout for the sake of my dignity, but of course I shrugged them off , excited to prove them wrong.When tryouts came,I pushed the hardest I can. I sprinted the fastest I could,I ran the longest I could, and I put everything I had in me right on the field. I didn't want to leave with any regrets or doubts those few days. It was finally time when the team's roster was announced and possibly the worst day of my life when I saw that I didn't make it on the team. I ran home after school that day,slammed my door shut,and compltely confined myself in my prison, crying in my darkness,alone. I fell into a state of depression and overwhelming of hatred for myself that was impossible for me to escape from. I worked three times harderthan everybody else just so I could get close to the level that they already were. I felt the need to quit and hang up my cleats before my friend came up to me. He said to me that I surprised him how much more I improved and that I should have made the team since I was better than some of the others. He told me not to give up but to continue to strive to improve myself because at this rate I will exceed to impress everyone that doubted me and to show myself that I can accomplish my dream. I was in a really low place for myself that I felt that I thought I should throw away my hard work and accept my failure, although with the help of the single light

Even though Football is a Fall sport the season really begins in the summer of 2015 where our team was preparing for a once in a life time opportunity. We are the only team in the country that gets to play the Japan High School All-Star team in a special event called the Pacific Rim Bowl. From The end of May to the beginning of July we had been focused on not just representing the town of Ashland but

I worked out everyday and practiced every chance I got. When the first day of tryouts came around again, I woke up that morning like every other day, but I knew today was different. I knew that today was the day I was going to redeem myself. When I got to the field most of the guys looked familiar, a few of them even joked around with me and asked "you're back for more?" Unlike the previuos year, I was ready for this tryout. I proved to everyone that doubted me and said I couldn't and I earned my spot on that team. The moment I saw my name on the team's roster was one of my proudest

It all started when I walked into Island Coasts High School’s open house. I didn’t know what to expect, and was filled with trepidation about whether or not I would even know enough about football to sign up. I made my way to the cafeteria in order to sign up. I met the coaches,

Being on JV was not how I imagined my Junior season going during the offseason. During our preseason league, I would practice and play with the varsity team and I thought I displayed a strong performance. But this wasn’t enough, as when tryouts came around I was thrown into the JV group and was never truly given a chance to demonstrate my ability against the more skilled players. At the end of the three days of tryouts, I received the highly anticipated email labeled “Rosters: 2017 Season”.

The big question in the pre-season was whether or not new faces could fill the shoes of the graduated seniors. Since these players were all talented in their own ways, it seemed impossible. Fortunately, all of these positions were filled with young players that had determination and

As we walked in the door we were greeted by the second year head coach Chris Murdock. He was very friendly and shook all of our hands. He explained how the next 12 weeks would go. He told us that the goal of being here was to become stronger, faster, and skill full in football. Next we walked into the weight room and met a guy who would be helping Coach Murdock out with the lifting program this year his name was Yuri. Yuri was only about five foot tall, but he was the most muscular man I had ever seen, and I was immediately intimidated by him. The first few weeks went by smoothly as we learned all the new lifts. Until around week four, that’s when it became hard. Yuri also picked up his intensity. He would yell in your face one minute and coach you up on how to do the lift the next, but i guess that’s what he was paid to do. Near the end of July we had our first camp and being a freshman you go out thinking you are going to stomp all the other teams out there, but in all reality lots of the kids had no idea how to

This football camp I attended was only for the elite offensive linemen in the state of Massachusetts, but I received an invite my senior year to attend this. I was nowhere near one of the elite offensive linemen in the state, but the coach that ran it was a coach in my league. I have been battling it out with his team for the past three years, and the last person I expected anything from was this man. I was the smallest left tackle in our entire league for my entire high school career. But this coach admired my hustle, passion, and perseverance of being a smaller player, I also stopped his top defensive end every single year. So, when I got to the camp, all the other players would look at me like I was a boy among men. That whole week I was doing everything in my power to keep up with them, but my skills weren’t comparable to theirs. The thing that got me noticed at the camp was I went up against the biggest and most skilled guys there and didn’t care for one minute about getting shown up. I wanted to be the best player I could be, and the only way that would be possible is if I went against the best.

As we wind down this C-USA basketball season this article is taking a look at who has the hottest coaching seats in C-USA. This article and discussions similar to it are vital to the future of basketball in this conference. Don’t think so? Then you’ve not been paying attention to a historically bad season for C-USA basketball. Right now UAB at the top of the conference is projected only as a 14 or 15 seed in the NCAA Tournament, and NO TEAMS are currently projected to make the NIT. Before you try to blame this situation on conference realignment, consider the previous basketball success at several of our member schools. I do realize realignment has hurt us. This is the 20th anniversary of the C-USA basketball tournament and only two teams currently in C-USA have won that tournament. UAB is one team and the other left

Western Conference third and fourth leading teams Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clipper have tested the waters, as potential playoff showdown with the two ballclubs is fast approaching.

The summer of seventh grade changed my life drastically waking up at 6:30 AM to go to football camp in the morning was completely new to me. But i knew from the very beginning that i wanted to have this sport in my life as long as i could, something about putting on football pads and running for a touchdown or tackling someone i just absolutely loved. And while football practice to

With the Oklahoma City Thunder taking a 3-2 series lead in the Western Conference Finals against the Golden State Warriors the reaction is split between counting the Warriors out and expecting a comeback. I'm counting the Warriors out and my argument is convincing, just watch Game 5. Two of three of the next games may be in Golden State where the Warriors set a record by staying undefeated in the regular season for a long time, but the Warriors can't hang in OKC and the Thunder only need one win. The Thunder is clicking in so many ways, and it should lead them to a title.

In 2014–2015 season in the NBA (National Basketball Association), Golden State Worriers won the NBA championship. Last time they won the championship was back in the 1975, so some people are still suspicious of their talents and skills. However, especially for the 2014–2015 season, their championship had already been decided before the playoff starts because of one tactic that most NBA champions have. These teams are the NBA champions from the past five years: San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat (a consecutive champion), Dallas Mavericks, and Los Angeles Lakers. They are all unique, but they have some aspects in common, a solid three-point shooting percentage and a high three-point attempt per game. For Golden State Worriers, they had the best three-point

You could see them mumble, “Do we have to pick them”. We finally were out on teams and ready to finish practice. My team put me in a position that they never had to pass me the ball and I wasn’t in the way. So, I just went along with the practice not knowing at the time how this would be something shown throughout the whole season. As the practice came to an end we huddled together, and talked about the next practice and our first game on Saturday. As we left you could hear the boys talking. Saying things like, “Why are they on our team?”, and “They are going to make us lose”. We just kept going to our cars and went home.