The Love Of Love : My Love For Basketball

It was a normal spring night and my baseball game had just started. It was senior night and I was pitching, we had just finish the first half of the first inning. My teammate struck out, it was my turn to hit, I swung for the ball and my leg popped twice. I went down and didn't get back up, My leg was stuck to my chest and I couldn't move it. The visiting team's coach was an EMT he ran over and said ¨this is going to hurt¨ and pulled my leg straight. What had happened was when I swung the bat my leg didn't move and my kneecap dislocated and instead of my ligaments tearing, they stretched and broke my kneecap. This was a challenge for me because this was the first time I had never broken a bone in my life. I went to the doctor and he said nothing was wrong, so my

Soon after I asked how long something like this would take to recover from, because I was worried about basketball, my favorite sport. I was told it would take some time, and that they didn’t know exactly when I would be back to playing. After that, the paramedic even told me how he had just moved here and that this was his first football game to try and help get my mind off of the pain. Then came one of the worst parts, putting me in an air cast. The paramedic said that once it was on, I shouldn’t be able to feel pain for the ride over to Mason City. To do this they had to take off my cleat (which hurt enough as it is), cut off my sock, then lift up my leg to be able to slide the air cast underneath it. I screamed in pain. Then all of the sudden it was under me and they could put my leg back down. They got me and my leg all strapped up and ready for the ride.

Final minutes of the first half winding down, my team was marching down the field with a purpose. Across the gridiron was our rival team, Mayfield, who we had beat the previous year in the state championship game. It was a cold November night and the stage was set, playing on their home field, “The Field of Dreams,” in Las Cruses, New Mexico in the semi-finals of the state tournament. Up 14-0, we had the ball and were trying to score before going into halftime. I was handed the ball for a running play and then it happened. Falling to the ground as if I had been shot, I had completely torn my hamstring. I was in complete shock as I lay on the ground. As the pain

One important thing in my life is when I tore my ACL the first time in eighth grade basketball. It was November 15, 2015, when I first tore my ACL. I was at basketball practice and we were doing a rebounding drill. I jumped up to rebound the ball, because I can hardly jump I landed before most of the other players and Charlie, one of my teammates, came down on my knee. I heard my knee pop. My knee caved in and I fell, feeling excruciating pain as I fell to the ground I just saw the ground moving closer and closer. As I fell to the ground I felt my body hit the hard gym floor. All that went through my head was ”That hurt really bad!!!!” I was really sweaty, I could smell the sweat from the bodies, and I was tired from previous things we had done in practice but I just sat there screaming and balling. I started screaming and balling because my knee hurt so badly. I could taste the saliva from my mouth while I was lying there balling. One of the other players went into the locker room and grabbed my phone, I called my dad but he couldn’t make out anything I was saying because I was still crying. My coach, Ms. Bolton, carried me to the bench while my dad was on his way. My dad carried me out to the truck then inside to the couch when we got home. Brock, my brother, went and picked up some crutches for me. I ended up going to the doctor about a week later and then on January 4, 2016, I had my first surgery. Coming out of surgery and waking up in recovery was the worst pain I’ve EVER felt. I came out of recovery and was screaming in pain because they didn’t keep track of when I had last had morphine so I wasn’t on track and I felt my whole leg right after surgery. Tearing my ACL was important because it made me who I am today and made me stronger by

We only had two games left and I was determined to play. By the next game I was suited up and ready to play. My ankle was still swollen and still a bit tender. By the end of the first quarter I was practically in tears. What was I to do in this situation? The team was counting on me and I refused to let them down. Nothing was the same, I couldn't run as fast, my reaction time was slower with the fear that I might injure my ankle even worse. We won the game by a landslide a girl on my team was fouled shooting a Hail Mary. There was no time left on the clock and she made all 3 free throws giving is a one point lead. The next game coach noticed me limping a little and insisted that I stay out and rest for a little because track season was right around the corner. Of course it had already started it always runs into basketball season. I thought long and hard and determined I would I test the water. I went through warm ups, ran up and down the court a few times, did some ankle exercises, I still wasn't sure if I should go for it or not. I told my coach and she looked bummed but she told me she cared more about my health and told me to sit up closer to her. This was one of the most important games of the year. In order to get into playoffs we had to win this game. Everything was looking bright until two of our starting five fouled out in the beginning of the fourth quarter. I was nervous and really anxious to see how this would unfold.

I played for a team called the Centreville Tigers and we were on the second game of the playoffs. During the 3rd quarter of this game I went to sack the quarterback and when I tackled him I fell right on my right shoulder and broke my collar bone. At first I didn’t know that it was broke until I tried to get up and then I realized that I wasn’t able to get up so I laid there until my coaches came over to pick me up. While picking me they asked me what was hurting and I told them it

As many know, I had surgery this past week. Surgery is extremely rough, especially for those who have been constantly battling their problem. My knee has been a mystery for my doctor for over two years and I can not fathom why this crazy mishap happened to me of all people.These last two years have been the worst years of my life due to unexpected illnesses and surgeries.

It was April 2010 and I was playing in the South Atlantic Conference Basketball Championship. I left the ground for a layup and when I came back down, I was in excruciating pain. I couldn’t walk for a few days and when I went to my doctor, he told me my knee was sprained. I spent months reading a plethora of articles online. I nagged my parents for months to take me to a different doctor. They finally

As I sat there and let the doctor examine my knee and diagnosis me with a “left knee sprain”. I started to cry. I already knew the outcome that I had a torn ACL (anterior cruciate ligament). I tried to continue to play on it until one time I was playing in a tournament, and I went up to block a girls shot and landed on my

Just as we reached the middle of the game I went for the halftime layup and the moment cost me one of the worst memories in my life. As I landed, my ankle met the ground and my knee twisted like a vine. I heard an unpleasant sound from my body. Pop! Knowing I had made the worst possible decision two days before graduation I didn’t even try to get up. Everyone yelled and knew that I was done for the night and my injury might have become worse than just my ACL tear. The many times it popped before, I would be able to walk it off painlessly, however as I tried to get up my knee couldn’t support me anymore, I fell

Then came my 9th grade year I was so excited to start high school. Football was going great and I was making new friends. At practice one afternoon I broke my right middle finger and when I say broke it was mangled requiring surgery with pins and a cast. This happened 6 weeks before basketball started, so in a cast I did everything

It all started one day with my first high school tryouts. I had thought something was wrong with my knee for a while however never took any interest in it. We were playing a scrimmage against each other so that the coach could see our skill level. Not trying to brag or anything , but I was rocking it out there. After a few minutes my knee started to feel strange

We were only up by four points with around 25 seconds left. The other team had the ball but on their possession they luckily didn't score. We got the ball back and they just kept fouling our team which lead to our made free throws to bring up the lead. We ended up winning by 10 points and we also qualified for the championship game the next day. When I arrived home we quickly entered back into the car to go to my appointment at Righttime. The specialist ran a few tests on me and I ended up being diagnosed with a concussion. Right after the tests they gave me 6 stitches to close my gash. They told me that I couldn't do any physical activities for at least two to three weeks and to stay home from school for three to four days. I also had to go through a 5 step process to make sure I wasn't rushing nothing and so I could get back on

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2013 was the best year for my high school basketball team. A small high school in my hometown Pula achieved the biggest achievement in its history. That same small high school has the biggest heart in whole country. Everyone breathes for that school: students, professors, school staff. No matter what they were always for us and supported us like we were a big family. My school was crazy about sports especially about basketball; it was more than a game for the school. It was my senior year there, and we had a great basketball team. My brother Franco and I were the two best players in school, of course everybody else was good but still we were the leaders. We set the goal in the begining of the season, to goal make national tournament. Only the six teams from the whole country could go on to the national tournament, and it wasn 't going to be an easy job for any of schools.