Basketball has been a big part of my life since grade 7, and I it is my passion. I consider basketball to be an intelligent team sport. It can help to develop strategic thinking, collaboration skills and physical fitness. It always has been a very interesting and entertaining extracurricular, so I’ve decided to participate in Basketball Pre-Season trainings. I’ve attended three tryouts and became a part of the girls B-Team U19.
Since the moment I’ve joined, I learned a lot of new techniques and skills. It has been challenging for me to understand the terminology at first, as English is my second language. However, I’ve managed to overcome the language barriers and started to engage in trainings more. So far we’ve had six games with other international schools in Singapore and won two of them. Although the results weren’t matching our aim, I believe, that the important part is that our skills had significantly improved and we’ve connected and learned how to communicate during the games.
Something that I’ve noticed, which is something completely new and different for me, is the diversity of cultures in our team. It is a new and unbelievably pleasurable experience for me, that we all play for one team. Everyone came with their own understanding of basketball and their own strategies, which is very helping us to learn more about each other and maybe use some of new techniques during the game. We are a team, so every loss is our mutual experience, and every win is our mutual achievement.
I really enjoy basketball at UWCSEA and every game is very emotional and interesting. I am looking forward for more games, trainings and challenges.