What’s up basketball world, it has been a long and tiring week but as always I’m here to tell you all how my week went.
Monday I did not have school because it was the day after New Years, so instead my mom picked my brother and I was up at 11. My mom went to different stores to run errands, while I slept in the car. My mom dropped me off at the Club at Woodbridge to work out with Coach Julian. This time I started out the workout by jogging on the treadmill for 10 minutes. After I stretched we worked on the strength and agility stuff. I first started out with the ladder just to warm up my legs. We then did lateral jumps and drills for my core and with the heavy ball. Last but not least we ended the workout with slides with bands around my waist. After the workout my mom took us to go bowling, which we haven’t done in a long time. We went to the Woodbridge bowling alley and bowled two games. My mom usually wins every game of bowling that we play, but that day I was determined to win. The first game I came out hot and won the game by 2 points but the second game I lost by 10.
Tuesday I went with my dad and brother to the Club and worked really hard on my handle. I love working with my dad and brother. That is where I started and I always want to have the option to go back no matter where I am in my life. There is certain level of peace I get when I am in the gym but especially with my dad and Khalif.
Wednesday I had school team practice at 7:30 and since it was the first day back and most of the kids don’t play unless we have team practice we just went over skill work and our plays. At the end of practice coach made us run 6 suicides because we missed so many lay ups the last game. Idris , K or myself didn’t miss layups, but we do everything as team. My conditioning could always be better anyway!
Thursday I had practice with Team Final after school in the evening. We started off the practice with a few drills and games of one-on-one. Then we went right to reviewing our plays and playing 5-on-5. I didn’t have my best practice but overall the team is getting a lot better and playing smarter and that is more important.
Friday my mom picked my brother and I up after school and took us to pick out glasses from pearl vision. Since it was a buy one get one free deal I got two pairs. Afterward I went go visit my Aunt Lorrain, who I haven’t seen in over a year. While we were there we just talked, ate, and talked some more. I am really not used to sitting around and just talking but this time I really enjoyed it. I then went to my second day of school practice. This time we didn’t do a lot of skill work but instead we really focused on reviewing our plays and played 5 on 5.
Saturday our school team had our first away games of the season against St. James Catholic. We played well and won the game 59 to 27 in the first game and the second was a route also. I was especially proud of my little brother for not only scoring 17points in a game, but also because he played very good defense and played smart.
Sunday I finished off the day by going to Hoops America at 4. It felt good to be back after a 2-week break. I got to the gym late so my dad was little mad since mom dropped us off. I went straight to skill work in the post. Working on my inside game will help me a lot because most of the kids that guard me are smaller than me. After about 20 minutes of that we ended the workout with going full court with games to one. I think I played really well, but I need to get lower on my dribble and go at the defenders better. It harder getter lower since I got so tall over the past year or so but I have got to get lower on things and I mean fast
I am going to sign out because it is getting late and I have mid terms tomorrow, so I need to get ready. This is Tyus Battle signing out. Peace
