Magazine Draft #2

 Draft:

Today there are millions of athletes around the world. You can easily condense this number by taking a smaller sample area, such as a city or even a singular sport; but this still can add up to thousands of athletes that all compete to be the best. The best way to stand out and be at the top is practice. Lots of young, teenage basketball players say they want to be the best and that they will do whatever they can to be number one, but they don’t work like it. To truly be the best, you need to be putting in the extra time on and off the court. A local basketball coach from Sickles High School says, “wanting to be the best and trying in practice alone isn’t enough. The thing that most people are lacking is their outside of school practice. To be where you want to be, you have to be constantly working on the basics and even engraving plays into your head on your own time.” Coach said that this is the best explanation for why the best becomes the best. Eli Ventura a point guard/shooting guard at Sickles High School says, “to be the best version of myself, I put in the hours almost every day. Whether it’s working out, getting shots up, or memorizing plays while I rehab my body, I’m working on my game.”. The best thing to work on is consistency and putting in the extra hours that help you to surpass the other athletes. Research done by thousands of reporters, analysts, and others shows that just by getting an extra 300 shots up a day, can improve your field goal percentage by 10-15%. This is only taking in the shot effect. You can also work on things like plyometrics, and conditioning to increase athleticism, enhancing overall performance. Michael Evans a shooting guard/forward says that, “Once I started to work on things like plyos and things to make me more athletic, I started to see a result in every aspect of my game.”. Michael explains how important the conditioning aspect of basketball is and how that with that extra effort, you can stand out and show your dominance as one of the best players.