Basketball Try Outs: Day 1

The beginning of my schools basketball season started this evening. It was day 1 of try outs for seventh and eighth graders, and more people showed up than I thought would. I predicted around 50-55 middle schoolers were there. Anyway, we started off the first day with some stretching and dribbling drills. A lot of the kids were wore out after just that (They had no clue what was to come). Afterwards, layups and jump shots were practiced, but that was most likely the easiest portion of the evening. The eighth graders, my group, were demonstrating some more complex drills to the seventh graders, such as 'block-to-block' and 'full court layup' drills. Then, of course, came the dreaded conditioning portion of the day. RUNNING. Sprints and endurance running kills everybody over by the end of the try outs. Luckily, I was blessed with being even in the slightest bit of shape, so I was able to finish rather easily. I'm sure the others can relate to it, being they had to do the same thing. As it turns out, running KILLS your legs. Mine are sore, sore, sore. Next practice, tomorrow. I need ice now. Badly.