My Journey

I have been thinking a lot about my past and how I have gotten to where I am. I decided to put it all into a short blog post. In 2004, I moved to NH and I had never played organized basketball. When I was in 3rd grade, I played for our little league but still had not worked at all on basketball. I was pretty good as a 3rd and 4th grades and ended up in the major league one year earlier than everyone else. In 6th grade I tried out for for our travel team and made it. I wasn't confident at all and didn't play very well. In 7th grade, I started for our Junior High team. Once again, I wasn't confident in my ability to play or lead the team. Our team wasn't successful and only one 4 games out of 15. We lost by almost 20 in the first round of the Farmington Tournament. That Summer I committed to working every day. I didn't know how to practice and what to do during practices but my coach gave me a workout to do daily and I committed to doing it for a while. After a while I stopped doing it and stopped working to achieve my dream to play College ball. In 8th grade, I started once again for my Junior High team and had a successful season. My coach motivated me to become great. We ended our season with a great record of 11-2. We went into the Farmington Tournament confident that we going to win it all. The first game we played was against a great team with a great three point shooter. I played defense on him and only allowed him to score 7 points. We ended up losing by 1 point and were very disapointed. That day was the day that I decided to put my full effort into becoming great. That Summer I tried out for a nearby AAU team and was cut. Instead of allowing this to make me discouraged, I used it to motivate me. Every time I practiced, I was thinking about being cut and how I never wanted to have that feeling again. I decided to try out for my school AAU team and started and played almost the whole game. I was the leading scorer and Assist but the team wasn't good and we only won 1 game. I also went to 5-Star Basketball Camp and Point Guard College. They were both a great camp and I won the 6th man award at 5-Star. During my freshman year, I wanted to play Varsity Basketball as a Freshman. I was told by my friends that I wouldn't be able to because I am only 5'6". During the pre-season, I trained at a clinic called Integrity Hoops. The founder of IH was a great trainer. I learned a lot from that clinic and am now good friends with the trainer. I still worked as hard as I could and was rewarded by being a starter on the Varsity team. My teammates were not dedicated and our team went 2-17. This Summer, I am going to work harder than I ever have. I want to lead Farmington to a great season. I am attending PGC again and training with a few personal trainers. I am also attending IH again for an off-season clinic. My goal is still to play College ball and I am willing to do whatever it takes to achieve that goal.

2 is better than 1

Before I went to Point Guard College (now known as PGC: A Basketball University), I thought that I could get through n my own. I thought that I didn't need anyone to help me. At PGC they taught us to work with each other to become great. They taught us that we couldn't get by on our own ability, but that we had to rely on others to help us. I came home from PGC and was still trying to get by on my own. Now, the best thing about PGC in my opinion, is that you get to come home with a notebook full of notes. A few months ago, I was going through my notes and found one paper on teamwork. I read through it and saw one section that talked about working together with others. I wrote that I couldn't get by by myself. I decided that I was going to see how true this was. I called up some friends to work with me a few days a week and so far it has been very successful. They provide a harder challenge when I am driving to the hoop or shooting. I also help them. I think that together, we can reach our goals of playing in college. I am so glad that I read that paper of notes that I took from PGC.