My First
Basketball Game
I open the
door and step out onto the courts. In my
dark blue school basketball uniform I feel a mix of nervousness and excitement.
I see my team somewhere on a court, training. After getting some rebounds people on my team
say well done. I feel as warm as someone
in front of the fire. More and more of
my team come and we do some shooting practice.
Eventually
we get a glimpse of our opponents for this game. Their uniforms are green. We get together for
a bit of a team talk. Everyone in my
team are basically my friends.
Our starting
team is called out. I’m in it! I feel a mix of feelings bottling up inside me
at tip off. The game starts; everyone runs and marks and stays in support
and tries to keep up with the ball. I
pick up some rebounds. Jacob then scores, again and again. The other team get
into a good position and are just about to go for it when Aston blocks. Then Stephen and Deegan score some goals. Between that I get some touches. Then I get another rebound, pass it in and
after a few moments I get the ball. I’m
under the goal. I shoot and… it goes in
the net! Inside I feel really,
extraordinarily, brilliantly happy. After a bit more play I get subbed.
The first
break is called. I feel great. We go
through a team talk.
As the game
restarts I spend a little bit of time on the bench before I come back on. I run hard down the court. I mark.
The first half ends. As the third
quarter begins Finn scores twice and so does Rohan. We run up and down the court. I get subbed again. The last quarter begins. I stretch.
I go back on and some people are saying, “Let’s get forty!” We surpass it. The game ends. I had a great time. The final score was 42 – 8.
After shaking hands we go to a place to choose
a player of the day. I’m excited for
it. After talking about how everyone
deserves it it comes down to the final decision. They say my name! I smile a hugely happy smile. They say the reasons; there were quite a few. That is great too. I feel fabulous. I feel fantastic. I thank my coach and we walk out of the
arena. I had so much fun. It was amazing, a magnificent first game I
feel.
By Billy
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