Shoot! GCA Beaver team!

I love basketball, I love watching NBA and talking about it with others, I love the speed that basketball player runs and shoots, I love the power when they slam dunk, I can lose myself when I watch a basketball match. These reasons made me have no doubt to join the Basketball Club in GCA. To be honest, I did not doubt my ability at all at that time. However, this kind of confidence disappeared gradually in my following experience.
First the basketball club coach---Mr. Saxby let us do was to run around the track for 11 times. Although it was quite surprised to me, I still insisted to run the completed numbers every time from October to November. I thought I was quite excellent that in the matches I must be the most potential player! Soon in November, the competition was coming. Our GCA girls’ basketball team---Beaver, had two rivals, one was team from Jiaxin GCA, the other one was from Hangzhou International School. That was our first formal competition, so I felt a little nervous and much cold sweat appeared in my palms. As a new member in basketball team, I sat on the chairs with other Grade 10 players, including my best friend---Zoe. Through I watched the match with HIS, I gradually realized that this rival was not as simple as I imagined, and it was really not. Until Mr. Saxby asked Grade 10s to play, my confidence before disappeared at all. As I expected, HIS was really competitive, Grade 10s did not how to grab the basketball, dribble, or shoot at all. The score of HIS increased rapidly, but our score was still the same. There was an opportunity existed suddenly, the ball was in Zoe’s hand and every HIS players were behind her! I ran forward quickly and caught up Zoe on her right. A HIS player tried to stop her, then she passed the ball to me accurately, I tried to do a three-step lay-up, however we did not train this before, so I did not get that. The following match until we changed the players, we nearly did not dare to see Mr. Saxby or other players’ eyes, felt afraid that they would blame us. I suddenly regretted that I should not be so confident then became proud. Then in the following competitions I took part in, I did not dare to be proud any more, just learned and listened to Mr. Saxby.
In general, our team won the team from Jiaxin GCA but lost in the match with HIS for two times. Although we did not get the best achievement, I got the valuable information about myself that I cannot be so proud and overconfident any more, or would get the most disappointed results. However, I was determined and good at admitting the disadvantages. Then I should keep these advantages I have, without the proud, I believe I can conquer almost all the difficulties in the future.
Basketball is a kind of sports that really has many amounts of exercise, it helps players to develop the fast movement and judgment, also build the muscles. However, it is suitable to teenagers and young people, but it will be harmful to the old.
Now I am careful and serious to all the training, only want to prove myself in the next competition. I steadily believe that we will win through the difficulties and faults we have met, so do not give up, GCA Beaver team! Just do it!

physical activity log

I am a member in Basketball club. The supervisor is Mr. Saxby.

physical activity photo

Nanjing GCA female basketball team is on the right.

I was the rightest.