BASKETBALL IS LIFE AT SLAS
BY JONASON ZHANG
At Shanghai Livingston American School (SLAS)
there is a lot of sport teams. The boy’s highschool
basketball team is the upcoming sport right after
the high school volleyball season ends.
Basketball improves relationships between
people and develops teamwork. Everyone is
looking forward to the boy’s high school
basketball season. The practice usually starts with lay-ups and
shooting drills. There is also a ten push-up
punishment for all missed shots. Afterwards, the
team will start running up and down the court
while practicing their offense and defense.Team
members work really hard during practice to
greatly increase their chances of winning their
games.
Senior Yuto Yoshikawa, a member of the
basketball team said, “This year’s basketball team
will be better than last year because there are
much more people playing this year.” Senior Rogan Jeong, captain of the boy’s
basketball team said, “I think we will be able to
take the championship this year, but it’s not going
to happen if people don’t improve.”
The SLAS boy’s high school basketball season
starts right after the end of the high school
volleyball season. Mr. Jamal Hill is the coach of
the team. He has been coaching basketball for
more than 3 years at SLAS. Some starters from
the team include Rogan Jeong, Yuto Yoshikawa,
Jerry Wang, Masaki Monji, and Alex Fang. The
team practices every other day from 4pm to 6pm. This is only the beginning as all the members of
the boy’s high school basketball team are
working hard for victory in their first game. The
SLAS boy’s high school basketball team has the
capability and athletes to perform great.
Everyone is looking forward to the first game of
the season.
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