What I needed to work on this week was crystal clear after analyzing my performances in the last tournament I played in. I needed to take a step back from drills and play in games more often. My playstyle in the games last weekend seemed to have been rushed. I didn’t play at the pace I prefer to play at and I thought playing in more pick-up games would help me adjust better to that problem. I started my week off at Rise. I played in some pretty competitive games for the entire 2 and a half hours I spent there. The games started off as 3-on-3 games and led to 5-on-5 games after about 45 minutes. I played great in most of the games which should be impressive when considering the competition. The teams throughout the session consisted of multiple Davie junior varsity players, Davie varsity players, a varsity player that goes to Atkins, a Division 2 commit, and a trainer. Although I went to Rise the next day, the competition wasn’t nearly the same. I played 3-on-3 games and put up some shots while I was there. The people I played against in the pick-up games probably had the same skills of an average junior varsity player. Unlike the past 2 days, Wednesday and Thursday weren’t spent at Rise. I didn’t have access to a car after arriving home on Wednesday. This encouraged me to practice outside on my hoop. Thursday was spent at practice as usual. Luckily, I was able to return to Rise on Friday. I worked on a little bit of everything while practicing at game-speed to prepare me for the upcoming tournament. After this, I hit a bicep and shoulder workout to end the day. The tournament didn’t go how I expected it to. I played in 4 games and my team won 3 of them. Although that seems like something most people would be satisfied with, I wasn’t. The reason for this wasn’t because of the win to loss ratio, but because most of these games didn’t include me being used at the rate that I should've been. I only played about 10-12 minutes each game out of games that were 28 minutes long. Although I understood why my play time was diminished after playing poorly in the previous tournament, I didn’t think I would play the equivalent of a quarter and a half in the games. Despite this, I played amazing with the time I was given. I only took 8 shots out of 4 games and made 5 of them. This included a shooting percentage of seventy-five percent from 3-point range. I also turned the ball over just twice and played amazing defense. The takeaway from this week was to stay positive through difficult times and always give my best effort even if the situation isn’t favorable.
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