Author's Note: This was a creative piece in class that I chose a word to write about a memory.
Back in the day when I was a little boy only about 8 years old my father always played basketball with me. I was practicing and practicing because I had just got asked to play for an AAU basketball team called the Playground Warriors. My dad always said if I wanted to get recognized and succeed that I always had to use "the tip". He was always saying during warm ups and before and after the game that I needed to use his tip to succeed and lead the game in scoring.
A year later my AAU coach said the weird words to me that sounded just like the tip my dad told me. I kept thinking and began to figure out that my dad might have been right and that these weren't just his tips, these were the "unwritten rules" of basketball. My dad always told me if I want to be the leading scorer on the court and get recognized I had to be the play-maker. I had to be able to score when needed and create openings for other players to be able to score. I still use that one tip to this day, and that is why I have become the basketball player I am today.
Back in the day when I was a little boy only about 8 years old my father always played basketball with me. I was practicing and practicing because I had just got asked to play for an AAU basketball team called the Playground Warriors. My dad always said if I wanted to get recognized and succeed that I always had to use "the tip". He was always saying during warm ups and before and after the game that I needed to use his tip to succeed and lead the game in scoring.
A year later my AAU coach said the weird words to me that sounded just like the tip my dad told me. I kept thinking and began to figure out that my dad might have been right and that these weren't just his tips, these were the "unwritten rules" of basketball. My dad always told me if I want to be the leading scorer on the court and get recognized I had to be the play-maker. I had to be able to score when needed and create openings for other players to be able to score. I still use that one tip to this day, and that is why I have become the basketball player I am today.
I like the term "unwritten rules".
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