Reflection Essay

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During my last 3 years of high school I volunteered with a basketball program called the Ottawa Shooting Stars which was the club I played for during my first 3 years playing competitive basketball. The program that the Shooting Stars are running is called Small Ball. It is program for developing skills but mostly for having some fun and introducing young players to the game of basketball. It manly focuses on Fundamentals such as dribbling, shooting, footwork and passing at the most basic level. The age groups of the program range from 4-7 years old. When I first started volunteering I was in grade 10 and our coach had asked us to help out with a program he was running on Friday nights at our high school gym. At the start I was a new volunteer and did not have much responsibility but by my second year I was fully immersed in the program. Each night I …show more content…

Parents were also very hands on during the practices because of how young the children were so I was able to meet many people in my community. My motivation for getting involved was that my highs school coach was running the program and he a very big inspirational leader for me and one of the best coaches I 've had to date. Mostly the motivation was that when I was younger these programs were held but not my community and when I was younger I would have loved to come here at such a young age and get a feel for the game of basketball. Another motivation for me continuing with the program over 3 years was that many of the children that I had baby sat and knew their parents very well were a part of the program and the parents had approached me saying that the children feel comfortable having somebody they know form the community in the program. Knowing that I was making an impact on these children lives and was a part in them starting to love the game of basketball was very motivating for me to come back each

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