Over the course of this term (Term 1), I have continued to join the ISB's Under 19 school basketball team through going to the weekly trainings and attending matches against other schools. In addition, there was also a tournament held where people made their own teams and sometimes we played teams that had adults in them. However, this just helped us to improve our competitiveness over the few months in addition to all of the games we played with other schools. The constant stream of games every week means that our fitness level has to be able to withstand the constant movement required of the game.
In addition to playing basketball, I have also helped coach the Under 15 school team for a couple of mornings to improve my knowledge of the game by directly refereeing it and appreciating the job of the referees. Basically, I enjoy the competitive nature of basketball and sports in general, with the skill and coordination and communication needed to work efficiently as a team so that we can be the best that we can be. In conclusion, I feel that this helps to balance out my academic school duties and makes me feel more balanced and thoughtful (tactic-wise).
In April, our school team took part in an inter-school competition. We played JIS, St George's, St Andrew's and SMSS. The matches against St George's, JIS and St Andrew's were close, with differences being only under 8 points. We managed to beat SMSS by 77 points to their 48 points. All in all, we won all of our matches except for the game against JIS. This has taught me to acknowledge and congradulate the effort that our team put into training, but also to realise that we can't always win, and we should train harder so that we can play better as a team.
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