The First B-ball experience

During recess today, Xue Wei, Jovi, Clinton and I went to play besketball. Jovi and I were eating lunch together at first, then he told me they were playing so I just tagged along to have some fun. Fun... not really the word to use though. When we got there there was a Sec 2 boy playing. He challenged us 1 vs 4. First to seven won. Well he got it and thrashed us 7-2. Fortunately Xue Wei saved face for us. He scored a sweet three-pointer and the other was just an easy shot.

The REAL test began though. The Sec 2's friends came and we dicided to play a match. Two of his friends joined our team. So it was 6 vs 3. They got straight to us right from the start and took a deserved lead. The tall guy was a strong man. He did so many turns and even bounced the ball under my legs... and I was left stunned there.

However, we sooned grew our momentum and started to follow the speed of the game. I left Xue Wei and the others to attack as they mede me the last man but i made a shot or two. But i missed all those shots. Defence was, I found out later, my one and only strength in the game. I had to run and try to grab any loose ball and rebound or even snatch the ball. I did managed to do that on some occasions. Imitating someone's(I'm not mentioning) strategy, I managed to cause the older ones a little trouble. They even praised me for having a good defence!

After a tough battle of about 25 minutes, my team emerged 7-6 winners. For me, my confidence in Basketball Defending increased slightly!

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