Basketball (R2)

This Saturday [26th September] the second round of zone 1 was hosted by Mpelembe. We were playing two teams only, Lechwe and Mpelembe. Our first game was against the host team, Mpelembe. We were not mentally prepared for that game. I think the team was a little over confident and tired too. All our basketball games were after the volleyball games [The same girls play both teams]. Most of the girls were exhausted and tired and nervous too. We played the game fairly well, but we could not get the baskets in. We had many opportunities, but we failed to get the ball into the basket most of the times. We were really scrappy during the game. It was not the best game we played, but we won it 8-4.

The second game was much better than the first game we played. Lechwe gave us a good fight, which made us alert on the court. We were better prepared for this game, mentally and physically. It was our last game, we were  all tired, but we still gave it all we had left at the end of the day. We won that game 12-3. We got more baskets in that game, but we still need to work on that. Overall we came out 1st again in basketball. It was nice to see Tina on the team again. I was encouraged by the feedback most people were giving after the game on what we need to improve on. Even the little comments from the teammates from the bench were uplifting.

Report by Janki Desai

Mental Preperations

Defending Mpelembe