Basketball is what helps me get frustration out and whenever I play I feel like the world around me has stoped and the only thing that hasnt stoped is the game. And I love when I get in the zone because I feel like nothing else matters but the ball and how to stop the other team from scoreing. I also love when I'm in a game my team is working together because me and my team havent had the easiest road to go down. With my team at first it was hard because my coach brought in players that where a little rough around the edges. And there was also problems of not all the girls showing up to practice so when we played in games it was hard to work together. Then after a few months we went to a UCLA basketball camp and during one of the games 2 of my teammates started getting catty with each other which brought of back to having to rebuild the bond with our team. And me as a team captain got mad at my team mates because they made my coach look bad and made of travel team look bad. Which also meant we had to develop trust on the court again and we had to make sure that that never happened again. Today a lot of things are better we win a lot more games and we injoy these wins because we had lost a lot of games in the begging.

The life of a basketball player is pretty tough because there is so much competition for the spot that you want. So you have to be willing to work harder than anyone else. For me luckily I have a coach who sees a bright future for me so he pushes me harder than anyone else on my team because he knows I am willing to work for it. When I started playing basketball I was 10 years old almost 11. But when I joined my travel team there was no team for my age group so I had to play with girls 3 to 4 years older than me. And that first game I had playing against girls 3 to 4 years older  I was working so hard on defense and offense. That is when my coach saw something special and made a horrible player into a great player. And sometimes it gets hard practicing a lot and getting pushed harder than anyone on my team but it is worth it when I play in a game and I can do so many amazing things.