My basketball community wasn't made up of a group of random girls, we were an extended family. I played basketball from middle school into high school. The first team I ever played for was Havens Court middle school in Oakland Ca. All the members of this team were classmates and friends I had come to know through school. Our interaction with one another was way past casual we were family always laughing, joking, and playing around.
Everyone on this team had a central appreciation and love of the game basketball along with competitiveness. The way we were chosen for this team was through tryouts and we all strive to become apart of the team, but the decision was ultimately up to the coach. The basketball team also gave us opportunities to fundraiser, help kids younger that us, and for a lot of us this was the first time in our lives we felt apart of something.
The next team I played for was Angelo Rodriguez high school in Fairfield Ca. This teams dynamics were different. On this team you had to be a student athlete which meant you had to maintain a C grade point average. This team gave us the opportunity to travel and meet other players on different teams. To play on any basketball team it takes extreme dedication and motivation.
Every team has there ups and downs. With the competition level there are always emotions and frustration involved. The only disadvantages to being on a basketball team is that sometime you miss out on events, but you have to make sacrifices for your team. There are always internal problems in a team as well because some players felt that there was favoritism or not enough playing time. With the extreme competitiveness also came disappointments as well. The disappointments of losing is what i used to dislike the most because i felt we worked so hard for a loss. Winning is apart of basketball in my opinion the best part. All in all being apart of any community is a great opportunity.
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