Hello! My name’s Alcina, I’m studying in United Indian School, I’m 12yrs, 8mnths and I’m in 8th grade.
To be honest, I was never really interested in sports. I never liked playing outdoors, let alone play basketball. I was, and still am an introverted person. But one day, back in 7th grade, (2023), I just randomly decided to try and play basketball. Even though I didn’t like playing basketball, I still played, only for one person, my mum. She loved playing basketball when she was a child, But she decided to quit because she got bullied by some mean girls. I played basketball for the first semester of 7th grade, but then I took a break for a few months. I recently just got back to playing it last month. I admit it, I still don’t like playing it. But I still do, for my mum. We went out at midnight just to get jerseys for me. The smile on my mum’s face when she saw me in it made me click. I still remember how happy my mum and dad were the day I went to my first ever IBA match and came back home with so many prizes. Correct me if I’m wrong but the match was conducted for about three days, and each day I came home after the match, my mum and dad would be screaming of joy. Even though I didn’t play much in the matches, I still got a medal. When I got the medal, I felt a ray of joy entering my body. A type of joy I never felt, a type of joy I didn’t know how to express. I could tell, for once, I had done something that my parents would finally be proud of.
To conclude this article, I would like to end it with a quote said by Michael B Jordan, “The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.”
Alcina
Uinted Indian School (UIS)
