My teammates are like my sisters. To play good you have to be able to trust each other but you build trust by bonding through pain and we also bond by going on team trips to the beach and going on bike rides together. We also bond in games like when we are in a tough game and are fighting really hard against the other team. When we are going against other teams we have to know each others strengths and weaknesses and we find out each others weaknesses through bonding and playing with each other. Another factor that comes in when we are playing tough teams is trust. The reason trust is a factor is because you have to trust that your teammates are going to do their part. When we win, we bond because we used all of our strengths. When we lose, we bond and learn what to do better and how to help our teammates more.

Before a game it is sometimes hard for me to get in the zone. The zone is where I am just a beast on the court and I see nothing but the ball. And it feels like the world has stopped. I love when I get in that zone. Basketball is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I say that because I am a person who likes to plan for the future and basketball gives me a future, so every time I try to get into the zone all I think about is one day when scouts will be at my game and that game I cant afford to play horribly. So before a game I just pretend that there are scouts in the crowd and that if I do an amazing job at the game I will be drafted into the WNBA which will lead to an amazing future. That is why I try to play as well as possible in a game and try to play consistently to be prepared for when I play in the WNBA. And being in the zone is part of playing consistently.

When I started basketball I was the worst player. So I had to work hard to be able to compete with the girls my age. I mean I was the girl who played in her running shoes and just knew what team I was on and didn't know anything else. So you could imagine how hard I had to work to become the great player I am today. The thing that helped me grow into a better player is when I was chosen to play on the minor girls all star  balboa team in 2014. Which I had only been playing basketball for 3 seasons before all stars. But when I played on the all star team the thing that I was amazing at was defense and my aggression. Offense was not one of my strengths. But today I am good at offense and an amazing defender. And today I play at the gold level which is the highest level in girls travel ball. When I started basketball I never thought I would accomplish the things I have today. And I never thought I would ever be where I am right now.

My coach Corey is not just an amazing man but a mircale worker because when he invited me to practice with him I was the worst player out there. Though I was a really bad player he was not like other coaches who just walked passed me and didn't even care to try to make me better. But my coach was the only coach to stop and actually train me and make me better. And now that I am a beast on the court all the other coaches that walked right passed me and didn't care to make me better. Now they all stop and look and want me to play on their team. But I stick with the coach that wanted me when I was horrible. I don't play for the coaches that only want me now that I am an awesome player. Loyalty before anything else.