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Passion For Basketball

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Imagine there are less than ten seconds left in the game and you are down two points. You are in front of a large crowd. Many of the spectators are people you know, adding to the pressure of the moment. Your mind cannot think straight as adrenaline is rushing through you. People are screaming words which you cannot make out. You dribble up the ball, your thoughts are surging through your mind at the worst possible time. Not knowing what to do, you stop dribbling well behind the three-point line. You heave up a deep shot, with two kids charging at you with their hands up, nearly blocking the ball. However, none of that matters as you just nailed the game winning shot to win the championship game. The crowd erupts for you. Your mind …show more content…

It has always been my dream to get paid for playing basketball, the sport I love. Basketball is a sport which has never bored me. I have constantly used basketball as a source of entertainment whenever there was an opportunity; on a hot summer day or a cold and dark night. My passion for basketball has been with me since Kindergarten and I believe it will stick with me for the rest of my life. One of my other passions as a kid was to cook (even though I could only cook something with the help of my parents), but basketball has always been my number one passion and has stuck with me to this day, and I plan on continuing to enjoy the game for a long …show more content…

In the past I used to play many different sports which I all enjoyed (besides tennis, the one my parents forced me to try) and recently I have made the tough decision to focus on improving my basketball skills and cut some of these sports. An explanation for why I chose basketball is that I love the game, I am good at the game (which always helps you enjoy it more), and I have won two state championships in basketball. Having rarely lost a basketball game over the last few years, I have enjoyed the game a lot more because it is never fun to lose. Currently, I am playing basketball at Xaverian Brothers High School on the Freshman A team. I put a lot of effort into getting better at every practice and I feel that my coach can help me improve, as he as already started to make me an even better

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