CAS reflection
Reflection on Basketball game
I was introduced to basketball for the first time by my
brother when I was first joined SMD School. Since then I developed keen
interest in playing basketball. I used to dribble the ball out of the court near
our school garage as I was not ready enough to play in the court. I used to
watch our seniors play on the court and I got inspired more and more. We used
to have only an hour of play time after school. I never learned the official
rules, tactics, techniques and skills form my seniors and teachers. The only way to learn was to learn on my own and whatever I want whether I was
doing wrong or not.
After my secondary school, I got to learn more of basketball and started to
explore more about it. Within a year (Gap year) I got to learn quite a bit of
techniques and rules of basketball. Since then I have enjoyed it a lot. Without
knowing it has become my best sport.
After that, with a scholarship to Inter community school I
fortunately I got to play for ICS and explore more about basketball and earn
more experience. I felt very privileged to get such an opportunity.
Getting the opportunity to play in the varsity was not easy. Things got more complicated and confusing in the practise sessions. With the new environment and playing the basketball was different to what I used to play. There were techniques and tactics to every step. I lost in between the games and lost my confidence to play. Many mistakes happened and teammates got mad. But I still continued playing. After a month of confusion, I felt more aware of the games and the training every Monday and Wednesday evening was very helpful.
From the beginning of the basketball season, I had three personal
goals which our coach wants us to have. To improve my skills and learn many new
skills, to play fair and square with my team mates and co-operate with them and
finally win the game were my goals. And during the session I think I have
acquired all the above goals through the whole season.
The practice sessions every Monday and Wednesday evening was
very fun session and it is the only time when I get to play basketball with all
my heart. The challenges that I had to face were that at the beginning I knew
nobody so I have to know the names of my team mates and communicate with them.
When the game is on I had to shout very loud in order to let my team mates know
where I am and get the pass. I had a lot of personal difficulties on this. And then I had to learn to shoot jump shot and
make a quick lay-up.
I have learned to dribble better and the ball handling skills
from my coach. Likewise I also learned about different passing skills from the
coach. Example: long pass, shot pass and bounce pass. I also learned some
crossover skills personally from the internet and applied them during practise
session but was not able to in the actual game. I played in many important tournaments from
friendly matches to national and international level. Travelling out of the
city and out of country was very experiencing moment such as in top tournament like
SCIS tournament, BIS tournament, Swiss championship, Salzburg tournament etc.
There were some problems with the team members during the
game but we managed to get in cooperation and understanding between the games. Even
though we lost some important games we didn’t had any argument on that. Our coaches
help through all of this and we all the team member had understanding and
collaboration and used to say that we will win the next game. This year team was the best and we had a best
record. We came in third place in the Salzburg tournament and won a trophy. We
also had a new record in the SGIS tournament and came on fourth place. This was
a huge success of the season and for the school.
Throughout the game I was able to know my weakness and
strength. Some time I lost the tract of the ball and lose my position on the
court. But I helped myself and came to understanding the weakness and make
myself confident in the game. Overall I have improved myself a lot with the
ball handling, dribbling, defence and offence and shooting as well. The moments
that I had in that season was the best of all and developed an unforgettable moment
with my team mates.
