What’s up basketball world, I am back to tell you all how my week went.
Monday was a really crazy day for me with schoolwork and things I am required to do around the house. My step-mom and dad have my brother and I working a lot around the house since my step-mom started her new job in NY. Both she and my dad are working hard at their jobs, a little bit of help from us will hopefully make life a little easier for everyone.
Tuesday was another crazy day with lots of homework. I missed another day working on my basketball skills but my dad and I did 300 push-ups and 100 pull-ups to make ourselves feel a little better about missing 2 days in a row.
On Wednesday school was really cool and I must say it went really fast. There are only a few days until the marking period is over at the new Holy Savior Academy. The school is really doing a good job of preparing all of us 8th graders for high school next year. Practice was at 7pm but I did not attend because I had a commitment with Nana and my dad wanted us to also go to the workouts at Hoops America. We did skill-work the entire 1 hour 30 minutes and it felt good to work on my ball handling and shooting with no interruptions.
Thursday was a long day because school was really tough, as we had a few quizzes and tests. I did pretty well for sure but preparation the night before made it tough to get up in the morning. You see my dad has been on me a bit the last few days because he feels my workouts need to be more focused. He also feels I have not been in the gym working on skills enough. No doubt he wants me to get my homework done and study for quizzes and test but we both understand how important it is to be in the gym to improve your game. So like he said he would, he walked in my bedroom at 4:45 am and woke me to train. Needless to say, I was not surprised because my dad is little crazy and what he says he does. We got to the gym at 5:00 am. The doors were still locked to 5:30 so dad decided we would both go for a mile run around Woodbridge Mall. When we got back to the gym we worked really hard on my pull up and dribble moves to the rim. I was happy once the workout started that I was at the gym. It was not the first time my dad and I worked so early in the morning before school. We will be doing the early bird workout 2 days a week going forward. Later that day I worked out with Cobi Silverstein at 7 or 8 pm. We did a lot of the Micah Lancaster drills. I like the Micah drills. Cobi did very well for his first time.
Friday we had another practice at school, this time I was able to go and it was great. I believe we are ready for our first tournament at Holy Savior Academy.
Saturday-game time and I am bouncing off the walls with excitement. We played ok and won by about 20 points. It was a close game at first but we were ahead by 30+ at some point. Idris played good and played pretty well myself. My little brother hurt his knee during the game but he is all right.
Sunday we had another game and it was a blowout, too. Idris did not come because he had another commitment. I did work the boards but could have done some other things better. I was proud of my team, especially of the kids who do not have much experience in games. Until next time basketball world, this is Tyus Battle signing off.
Peace!
