MONO-logue

Basketball, football, baseball, breaking, and just chilling.  These are the things I like to do.  I enjoy playing sports and the competitiveness of it.  Basketball is a high paced sport that acquires skill in shooting, dribbling, passing, and communication.  The team must know each other very well and communicate with each other in a common language, which is usually body language on the court.  When I play basketball, almost everyone underestimates me.  I’m usually the last pick for a game when I play with strangers.  However, when I get the ball, my favorite move is to drive in for an easy lay-up.  I start close to the elbow, a place on the court right outside the “paint”, and jab to the right n drive to the left.  Many people I have played with for the first time would be caught off guard and would think to themselves, what just happened?  After they know I can drive to the basket, my defenders start to play some defense.  Then things get fun.  Because I have a variety of moves I can use, they get surprised every time.  It’s fun watching people look at me and say things like, “how the hell?”  Throughout the game other players start to pass me the ball more often I end up winning not only the game but respect.   Basketball is not only fun n a good workout but it helps me release all the stress I have.  It’s a physical sport.  I use every advantage I can think of against my opponents.  Since I’m a kind of a big guy, I use my body.  I like to play the post.  There I can bump off anyone who defends me without starting a fight since its part of the game.  That helps relieve much stress.  The other sports like football and baseball also relive stress and I enjoy them as well.  I haven’t been breaking for a long time.  I am just a beginner but I know my material, especially because one of my closest friends’ a Bboy who is pretty good I must say.  I usually chill with him and he tells me about breaking.  The art of breaking is very fun and exciting to watch.  It’s crazy how these bboys can move their bodies in such a way which seems impossible.  That interested me into breaking and now I go to Hunter almost every day after school and practice there with other bboys like my friend.  Breaking is so much fun at Hunter because we all are just fooling around while learning and practicing.  That aspect makes you want to look forward breaking.  Also, it releases the tensions some breakers might have when trying to attempt a move which they are close to but can’t manage to nail the final step.  Breaking does become frustrating but you should always have fun to release the stress.  Inevitably, that will help you perfect the move.  Besides focusing on school and the workload I like to participate in these activities.  It balances out school and play.