On the 10th of December, we had the final session of this activity this semester, and we played a tournament. I was in Group 6, The Jingles, and overall we came 2nd in the tournament.
The following were the goals set at the start of this activity:
- To increase awareness of my strengths and areas for growth in basketball
- To undertake new challenges
- To work collaboratively with others, especially those from outside school
- To show commitment by attending as many sessions as possible (even though participation is optional)
- To develop new and further enhance my basketball skills
- To make friendship with people from outside school through this activity
In terms of the 1st goal, it became clear to me what my strengths were and the areas for growth. As mentioned in the previous post, I believe that my strongest skill is handling, and next to that is probably the jump shots. However, there’s yet more to improve and I believe that with more practices, I can improve them further. In terms of the areas for growth, they are defense and also inside shot. These are mainly due to my short height, and in order to improve I need to have more physical strengths, which should also improve with more practices.
The 2nd goal was very successful in that I was able to play with many great players. Although most of them were better than me and it was a challenge to play with them, I was able to fit in the game and play together without being isolated.
The 3rd goal was fully achieved because I was almost always playing with players from outside school. It is not easy to play with players whom I don’t know well because each player has his own style, but with collaboration and communication, I believe I was able to overcome that boundary and perform well together.
The 4th goal wasn’t fully achieved because I missed several sessions. However, I believe that I’ve shown a sufficient commitment given the amount of school workload at this time of the year. In order to come to more sessions, I’ll need to make a better plan of how to use my time for academics and outside activity.
In terms of the 5th goal, I believe that I’ve improved my overall basketball skills. However, in order to improve more, I need to have more awareness of my weaknesses and try to improve on that through games.
6th goal was fully achieved because after a few sessions, I got to know quite many people from British School, Lyceum School and Asia International School. This activity was a very good means to get to know people who have something in common, and I hope to keep in touch with them.
Overall, the Community Basketball was very enjoyable and meaningful activity to allow myself to focus on something other than the academics, and I hope to take part in this again if this activity continues in the 2nd semester.
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