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.