My parents enrolled me at the YMCA for Youth-I, Basketball. I was very excited to see my coach. When I went there, my coaches were Coach Matt and Coach Saye. There were also ten kids along with me for the training.
Usually our training starts with an exercise by doing fifteen jumping-jacks, followed by dribbling the ball in our right hand, then left.
Later, we would line up, so we could shoot hoops. The ball we used to practice, has the circumference of 28.5 inches and the weight of 20 oz, a perfect kids size. We had to squat down, and put our hands up, to show defense. So, when our coaches yelled one-two, we yelled, defense!
Then, we raced with the person next to us. After the exercise, we would play a real basketball game. I was usually on the blue team, by wearing a blue jersey and the opponent wore a red jersey. When I play, I am careful not to double-dribble or throttle, because then, the coaches would stop the game and give the team penalty.
Later, we would continue the game, and we had a timer, which would show that we would have 20 minutes to play. And, when we have 5 seconds, the players would have to hurry because they would want to get a hoop. When the seconds have passed and a team had won, the coaches would grab a basketball and we would put our hands on the ball and shout, “We Love Basketball!!”
We had this routine Basketball Skills and Drills for 6 weeks, on the last day we had the match and my team won!!
The coaches gave us certificates, to show that we have successfully participated in the YMCA basketball training program. My parents congratulated me and signed me up for the youth II program, and I hope it will be as fun as the youth I!!
