Personal Narrative-Embarrassment And Realization Of Basketball

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Embarrassment and Realization Basketball. A sport known for dribbling, dunking, and shooting a basketball inside a hoop to have more points than the other team at the end. Something that it is also known for is loose, button-up pants. Ya know, the ones that The Harlem Globetrotters usually yank off before every game for some humor to the games. Lucky for me, I absolutely loved those pants and purchased a pair when I was young. A month later, IT happened. Yes, I’m talking about IT. It was sixth grade. Kids all around. Sun beaming on the playground and all over the outdoor basketball court. Unintelligible yelling and cringey dancing anywhere you look. I didn’t want anything to do with any of that chaos. I saw that there was nobody on the …show more content…

Oh, did I forget to mention that I am utterly horrible at basketball. That might explain a few details later. Anyways, as I approached the court a few other guys came and saw that I was the only one there. “Hey were you about to start playing on this goal?”one of the kids asked humorously. I wanted to reply with a smart-off type of answer, but I didn’t even know the kid so I just replied with a simple yes.
“Well we’re about to play a game and we already have an even amount of people.”
“Well why don’t you play me 1 on 1, and whoever wins, gets to play on the court.” I have NO idea why I decided to say that. Even though I have ZERO talent when it comes to basketball, I wanted to “defend my turf”. So he agreed on that and we got to playing and it was going pretty well. For him that is. It was 9-0 and he only needed one more point to win. I was not going to go out like this. Not without scoring at least one point. So the next time I got the ball, I would score. He starts dribbling and kinda just messing around with the ball since he

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