Being Tested

In the movie “Coach Carter”, the players in Richmond High School faced academic challenges. They were failing their classes, which made Coach Ken Carter mad and locked the gym. Instead of going to the gym for practices in the school, the Richmond Oilers players have to go to the library for study hall and tutoring. The students faced mental tests. At the end of the story, the players overcame their challenges and were back into their dreams: being a basketball player. I think I did not face too big of a challenge on the academic part, but more on the physical part. The first year of my basketball career was both a pain and something fun. The pain I felt was the lack of stamina to play at least thirty minutes on the court. Because I am a starter, I got a lot of playing minutes. I would say it was kind of a big challenge for me because I get tired really quickly. I would start breathing really hard after the end of first quarter. Physical challenge was more challenging to me than the mental thinking part. I could think really well and read what my opponent is thinking during the game, but a lot of times I don’t have the stamina to compete.