Aaron Loffman
FRO
10/22/17
Monologue
I started playing basketball in the second grade and I’ve been playing ever since.
My older brother, although we’re not close, was the one who actually taught me how to play
Since then I played all through junior high and was part of a championship winning team
In high school, I got serious and started on my varsity team, but each time I joined a new team, I embarked on a new journey with new brothers
Being on various basketball teams is something I took for granted but definitely enjoyed and the brotherhood that is created through winning and losing with your team is an experience you never forget,
I’ll also never forget my first varsity game, as a freshman, heart pounding as I waited to be called off the bench,
Our team was up by 20 on senior night and it was time for the starters to get some rest,
I subbed in and on my first play received a pass and launched a three straight over the basket, humiliated.
I didn’t let it get me down as I kept playing and hit an easy lay-up shortly after,
and I’ll never forget my last game senior year, playing against the same team we lost to the year before, heart racing as I’m running my legs out as time runs out and the season is about to end.
We lost, but I continued to play in my gap year program in Israel going undefeated in a gap-year program league that ran on Thursday nights. Basketball will always be a significant part of my life.