Basketball

I tried out for Basketball and made the team a couple weeks ago. I said earlier that I wanted to do Basketball for two reasons, first of all I want to fit in as many SAISAs as I possibly can before I move, which is two SAISAs. Secondly, I did Basketball last year and I want to persevere in this sport. We will be traveling to Mumbai for the competition on the 30th of November and we have lost two significant players, Ayla and Alice. Last year we came in 3rd place but this year AES is out of the running and they won first place. Their withdrawal from SAISA gives us more of a chance to win. Our toughest competition last year was ASB and AISD, ASB won second place and AISD was fourth.

In order to get prepared for the SAISA tournament we've entered a tournament hosted by BSC here in Sri Lanka. We played our first game on Tuesday and lost to AIS but we played another game last night against Elizabeth Moir and won! If we won the upcoming game this Monday versus Lyceum (which I won't play in because of rehearsal) we will go to the Semi Finals! Being able to compete in a tournament before SAISA allows us to work collaboratively with each other, which is incredibly important as I've seen in previous SAISAs. The most improvement occurs during the tournament as we become used to a game situation and understand how we may work effectively as a team.

At the moment I'm having trouble with my lay ups, I can make the ball into the basket but I'm unable to jump up with the ball. The combination of jumping and making a basket feels unnatural to me and this defeats the purpose of a lay up. I hope to develop this skill over the course of this season.