once aau started we had practice during the week, pretty much every day. then we had tournaments on the weekend. it was getting tiring. I went from one game directly to the next. the good thing was they was always in the same gym. I just went from court to court changing my uniforms as I walked. when we played the game were fast & long. it felt like they were never going to. on my age group team we played a lot of teams that weren't really good. we always blew them out.
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then there was this one team. it was the very last tournament we were going to play that season. the team we played was called Lady Stars. they were pink and black. when we started playing it was really hard to beat their press. all the lasses were getting stolen. finally I jut started dribbling through it because I was faster than everyone else. I started scoring almost every play. there coach was getting mad. I had brought my team back into the game. we were down by 2. their coach calls a timeout. my coach is telling us to stay calm & take what is open. their coach is yelling so loud, we could barely hear what our coach was trying to say. he was pretty much saying to do whatever they have to do to stop. there was only 5 seconds left. my coach believed in me even though they were saying all this stuff. we go back out onto the court
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they are pressing us again. one of the girls are face guarding me. my teammate hits the ball, I keep trying to get open. finally the girl slips and I get the ball inbounds. all I'm thinking is I have to get to the 3 point line. everyone is cheering & screaming. as I dribble doesn't the court they clock is slowly running down. I get to the 3 point line stop. I shoot. everyone stops cheering as the shot goes up. it's silent. the shoot goes in!!! everyone is ecstatic I fall to the ground. I'm so tired I have been playing all game. I haven't got a break. my coach runs out on the court and picks me up. everyone is screaming. Achante runs over and screams. she keep saying omg. everyone was so excited.
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Daily Basketball Struggles
Short Storywhen I was little I grew up around basketball. my dream was to always play basketball in the WNBA. I didn't want to have to wait on anyone. as I got older I had to work even harder. I didn't have the best relationship with my dad. he was a a basketb...
