"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish" -John Quincy Adams

I am a huge fan of basketball. (you would know if you had read my other blog in my personal blogs. Wink wink nudge nudge) I love watching basketball, palying basketball and even just talking about basketball. Anyways, I am in grade 7 and here in B.C, we go to high school in grade 8. In high school, there are many new opportunities such as different classes, the opportunity to learn new music and develop your skills, even cooking. One of them is the basketball team. For me, getting on the high school team is a huge opportunity, one, for the chance to improve my skills and acquiring new skills and two to help me get a start for college basketball where I will try to get in the NBA. But for me to get on the team, I need to improve on a few things. First off, I need to improve on my shot, a lot. I have been having some problems with my shots. I have been missing some shots, I don't have enough power on some shots and on some shots, I even get it on the rim and it just swirls around and around and then falls out. I hate when that happens, it always gets me excited and lets me down, it's the worst.

 I also have to improve on my trick moves without looking, sometimes I will be trying to go around a defender by using fancy moves and I will just be looking at the ground when someone over by the net is wide open.  

It's important for me to improve on these things because if I don't, I won't be able to get on the high school basketball team that in turn, could give me a crucial start in getting into the NBA. 

I will improve on these things by practicing on certain things everyday and focusing on the things that I need to improve.