Personal Narrative: A New Basketball Team
“It’s not about being the best, it’s about being better than you were.” In 6th grade, my dad took me to a new basketball team tryouts. I was sitting in my room one day. When suddenly, I heard my dad call my name. “Mckenzie, do you want to tryout for an AAU basketball team, The Truth Basketball?” Obviously, I had agreed, then he told me that the tryouts were that night. Suddenly, right after he told me, I started to practice until we had to leave. Now, we had arrived at the gym, I was freaking out. I could hear all the basketball’s pounding and the sound it makes when the net swooshes. Overall, I was so nervous. First, I had gotten my shoes on. Then, I got my basketball out. Next, I went and shot some shots. Eventually, the coach had called,