Monday, April 27, 2009

First Diagnostic Essay



Basketball Season

Basketball season is probably one of the most intense, stressful, yet most satisfying times of the year. Packed with emotions during the season with disappointment and high aspirations for kids that you fall in love with can be an extremely emotional rollercoaster ride for anyone experiencing the thrills of this once in a year schedule. Sometimes though, the schedule almost seems to extend year round because of the preparation that it takes at the beginning of the season and the off season work outs that prepare the athlete for the next year. Basketball season is definitely one of those amazing events that happen to take place that really would take involvement to appreciate and is the type of thing that a person should enjoy at least one time in their life time.

Hello, My Name is (_____), I am a regular individual, 21 6’ 2” and could possibly be considered your average Joe. Over the past couple of years I’ve been experiencing a fair amount of excitement in the ups and downs that are associated with the basketball culture. I typically do not speak about events that happen all the time, however since I have to share my insights in a Narrative I thought I would share in my knowledge on the secret culture that comes with the territory. In basketball there are many immediate emotions that are obtained throughout the process, disappointment, patience, anger, excitement, and thrills. However there is not an extreme amount of gratification from these emotions unless you have placed the desired amount of work to successfully obtain the outcome that you have been so diligently searching for.


For Instance my sister (_____ ______) [blank blank] who is also a basketball player and who’s name I will not disclose as well, recently experienced an outstanding basketball season with her team. Even though she is in her last year of the middle school she rode the bench a great deal of the year. As a brother it is definitely not the easiest thing to come and not see your sister handling the court. However, I knew what was best for her, she needed time to marinate in the sport and that is apart of the territory that she was experiencing. The feeling that she made the team and she was apart of the practice, and preparation, and she would assist in the thrill factor. Just excelling where excelling should be would come in time. And that is basically how basketball is. You have to wait to mature into the player that you want to be.

To make a long story short, Basketball is an intricately woven and very beautiful machine when you are able to lubricate the right portions to allow it ride smoothly. When you experience an intense combination of workouts it shapes and molds an amazing and unique individual with an amazing deal of confidence, and skill for the benefit of the team survival throughout a season. This experience is once in a lifetime type of feeling and would send anyone into ups and downs who is expecting to achieve the best every year. Basketball Season is something that we all should experience.

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