My first practice

On Friday I had my very first basketball practice...and as a result my thighs still ache!LOL!All I can say is that I didn't really expect it to be this intense!!We started off by doing dribble exercises, which at one point we had to run and dribble the ball at the fastest speed possible, in which I was forced to confront the fact that I was indeed out of shape. We also did more movement based exercises in which were a bit complicated for me. For the first one, which involved three people passing to each other, after I passed the ball to one of the girls I was supposed to go behind the player. I thought I was going behind the other girl but Mr Tingley kept shouting at me to go behind and not to the side. I couldn't understand the difference. Then we were mostly divided into small teams. At first, I was made to watch how everything was played, since I missed all the other practices. Then I got the chance to join a game. I was a bit nervous at first, since I was no expert at this game and I have a tendency not to focus. Things didn't go that bad, and I coincidentally shooted a hoop. I believe that this was the first time that I actually got the opportunity to understand basketball a little more. But the only problem I face now so far is that I am not that good at being aggressive, which is an important skill you need to have when playing basketball. I generally have a tendency to be nice to people and I get afraid that if I get aggressive I will take things too far!!At the end of the day 14 girls that could possibly be part of the team were chosen. Those who were one of them had to come back on Sunday at 10 am while those who weren't were to come back on Tuesday after school and they were to be trained with Mr Shipley. The girls who didn't make the official team are known as the developmental team. The team of girls that get a chance to develop their skills and fill in for one of the official team members if one of them breaks a leg, gets into academic trouble, or gets sick. I, of course, wasn't one of the 14 girls that was on the list. So next practice for me will be on Tuesday. I guess I really need to work on being more aggressive, because at the moment I am a bit uncomfortable in being aggressive.