Coaches

First of all, let me start out by saying, I love coaches. Coaches help coach us into doing a sport better. The problem is some coaches think that an 8th grade sports team is an all-star sports team. Right now I have a great coach, but in previous years.... not so much. 

I have had so many coaches who make such big deals out of you not passing the ball to another person when you should of... COME on?! This is a middle school team. Who on earth cares of someone made a mistake?!? Life goes on! It gets me so mad when a coach makes a player on their team cry. Over WHAT? No offense to whoever sees the good in the coaches plan, (which personally I think is just embarrassing someone) but I think it is a total waste of time. I know that the coach thinks by yelling at someone it is going to make them a play better. Actually, most of the time it makes them worse. Why? Because when that kid feels the embarrassment of being yelled at and they are not going to want to play, which equals playing worse (Personal Experience). Also, when that kid thinks back to their sport life yester-years they are going to remember their coach yelling at them for a simple reason that DOES NOT MATTER.

When you play on a team it is suppose to be fun, right? That’s what I thought. The one thing I truly hate is when a coach throws you in a play that you have never learned how to play  before and expects you to know what you are doing. Then if you ask what to do they get mad and yell at you.

 I am sorry if you think I am being too hard. It is just my opinion. I thank my coach so much for being a nice and fair coach. She really doesn’t care if you are good at playing b-ball or not. She doesn't care if we win or not. She just cares about if we try to play the game. I remember one time, a couple of years ago, I was playing a game of dreaded soccer and the coach started yelling at me because I didn't run after the ball quick enough. I don't like soccer. I don't like getting knocked down over a soccer ball. –Cheesy pun-line alert- It doesn't matter if we lose or win, it’s all about having fun... I told you it was cheesy, but it is so true. Whenever I have fun, like today, I play a million times better than normal. My coach congratulated Dani and I for actually making a true attempt to get the ball (Which is a once in a life time experience). I really like basketball. It is fun!

I don't know if I am over exaggerating or not. I just know it wasn’t a good experience having a tough coach. 

What do you think about tough coaches? Have you ever had any experiences like these?

Basketball Outcome.....

Let me first start out with, I am going back to swimming..... Basketball isn't my sport.... Let me tell you why....

This is how it started..... First, I am hyper as can be in the locker room getting prepared for basketball practice! Putting my new basketball shoes on and getting pumped up for my first practice. I go in the gym. I felt confident.

Then, we did some drills. I grabbed a basketball feeling a rush of nervousness and sacredness. I got in line for the drills. The drills were to dribble the ball down the court to the other end of the gym... Well, I was doing the drills incorrectly the whole time. I was so pissed at myself. I was saying to myself "come on! Do it right this time! Basketball is still fun, right?" Then I tried again, and did not succeed.

After the drills, we played half court games. I was so confused on what to do. So, Mr. C asked me if I wanted to go in and play yet. I said not yet because I am still confused on what to do. After about 10 min. he told me to join in. I was so discombobulated. It was as if I was the only one who spoke English. When people were talking in basketball language, I asked Dani “What are they saying?” She relied “I have no idea. Just watch everyone else!”  I did so and I still didn’t get what to do. So, in the game someone on my team passed me the ball and I had no idea what to do. My mind went blank. Mr. C was yelling "pass the ball over here," while he was pointing to a free person on my team.  I passed it and I was terrified for the next ball to be passed to me.....

I am so disappointed. I was very excited and eager to play this sport. This whole day I was so hyper and excited to play basketball. I was bugging Jen all day, saying “I can’t wait for basketball.” Her reply was “I am so confused? One second you hate basketball and now you love it? I don’t think you are going to like it as much as swimming” Jen, if you are reading this, you are SO right. Swimming is more my thing than basketball.  I have made my mind. Basketball does not run in my blood.

Swimming I think is the best alternative sport. I don’t want to spend another second playing basketball. Basketball felt like 5 hours long.

I guess I was always meant to swim!

Have you ever had an incident like this one?

The Misadventures of BasketBall!

I can't believe how many sport problems I have had this year! It’s like an ongoing cycle of unsure feelings about what sport is right for me. If you have been reading my blog I wrote about how I have joined the swim team as a winter sport..... That no longer is true! I have joined the basketball team!

I wanted to stop swimming because (although I still love to swim) I wanted to play something new. In the summer when I am bored, I always play basketball with my parents or siblings. So today I faced my fears and switched.

Basketball terrifies me but, at this moment I am excited to play! Today, my mom and I after school went to go and get basketball shoes. During that whole time I was screaming with joy and was so excited to be playing such a great sport.

There is a problem. People in my family aren’t so good at playing Basketball to put it nicely. My sister when she played basketball at my school she was the worst player on the team. She kept the benches nice and warm (which I am planning on doing). The coach I am going to be having, coached my sister. When Ange (my sister) was in a basketball game she had the ball and she was waiting for someone to get open so she could pass it on to someone else. She waited and waited. Then all of a sudden a girl on the other team was jumping in Ange's face. She was trying to stop Ange from passing it. So the girl was having a nervous breakdown because Ange didn’t pass it to someone, so Ange gave her the ball. After, I was so mad at her and I said "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!?!?"(Especially because that girl got a point by Ange passing the ball to her) She replied "if she wanted it so badly, she can have it." So basketball isn't exactly the best sport in my family.

 At the moment my basketball excitements is lacuna. I am so nervous! So I have decided to make a pros and cons list:

Pros (I thought of starting on the positive side first):

Get good exercise
Getting to know how to play basketball
Getting to be with all my friends
Just getting an overall experience of the game

Cons (I hope when you read this, you won't think that I am being ridiculous because these are true reasons why I don't want to play):

Getting hit in the face with the ball (meaning: getting a face injury like a broken nose or something like that)
Sweating (I am sorry. I don't like the sweat. Especially if I could be in a pool instead)
Running (I hate to constantly run)
Just embarrassing myself in general
Making my team lose

At the end of reading my Cons list you probably think I am crazy......... please don't reply to that thought.........

I am excited and nervous for basketball. I hope I do well. Wish me luck!!


What do you think about basketball? Have you ever played and did you like it?