My Interest In Playing Basketball: My Favorite Sport Of Basketball

Identify the sport you play

My favorite sport that I love to play is basketball. I am interested in participating in playing the sport of basketball because that is one of the most common sports played growing up in the New York City. I’ve always been interested in it because it was another way me and my dad to bond together. When I was 6 years old, I fell in love with game of basketball while playing at the court in front of my building. Since then, I’ve been blessed to play up to the colligate level and travel around the U.S. while playing AAU basketball.

Identify the sport you watch

Basketball is the sport I like to watch the most. I like watching the sport of basketball because I grew up going to different New York Knicks, New York Liberty

My interest in playing basketball is for exercise and to relieve stress. Instead of going to the gym and running on the treadmill to get a cardio workout, I would go the gym to play basketball. It will help me burn more calories by running more on the basketball court versus the treadmill. Playing basketball helps me relieve stress and helps take my mind off certain things that’s going on in my life. Me and President Barack Obama share similarities of growing up playing basketball and uses basketball as a stress reliever. Spokesman Robert Gibbs says “playing ball helps Obama get exercise and relieve stress.” Gibbs says that “when Obama plays, he can think about something different even if only for a short time. Basketball has been a part of Obama’s life since he was a kid growing up in Hawaii.” (Baller-in-Chief,

Just like in my everyday life I try to set goals for myself to reach at a certain point. In basketball, I set goals for myself as well. For example, in 2015, I made goals for myself to dunk the basketball by July 31st, 2015. The reason that motivated me for this goal was that a lot of my friends were already dunking the basketball; meanwhile I was one of the few who could not. I created the goal for myself in March, 2015. 5 days out of the week, I would go to the basketball court and the gym to work on my jumping ability. I did different basketball drills and leg workouts to help reach my goal. I watched basketball videos and motivational speeches as a motivating factor which eventually helped me to reach my goal by July 31st,