Time 5:00 pm
2/08/08
The basketball court is two sided with a curtain in the middle to divide it. Appears to be separted by skill or race of some kind. Left side is mostly African Americans and whites, and right side is mostly white and people of other nationalities. Left side seems to be very skilled players while right side the players don't seem to be as skilled. when people walk in they tend to go to the left side. Right side of the court isn't as croweded as the left side. why is that? Smaller kids seem to be ont he far side of the right handed court. Left side seems more competitive. Right side seems to play for fun. People are sitting on benches lined up waiting to play next on the left side. A guy, young adult 18-21 wearing blue shorts and shirt white shoes is sitting on bench on the right side. Seems to be tired. Right side plays up to 21 then game is over. Players clear the court and sit on benches to take a quick break. Some of the players group together on the bleacher and start talking a different language. What might they be talking about? the game? other players? All new people play the next game . They shoot for captain and first pick on teams. New teams are intergrated more than the first. Little kids walk through the door to the far side of the right court. Get dressed to play basketball. What are they practicing for? Older guy in mid 30's -40's enters rijght side of court and preceeds to walk to the far side. Disagreement in score arises they settle it by asking everyone. Player in all white with black socks and shoes and hair in pony tail seems to be captain and dominating in scoring most of the points. Is he the best on this side? More and more little kids start to arrive as it gets later. Their practice must be about to start! What teams are they on? As it grows later more people start to leave and the whole left side of the court is almost vacant. Where is everyone going? Does this usually happen on fridays? Game on the right court seems to be going slow, playing for fun. Little boys gather int he iddle of the floor in two different circles to stretch. Boy in the middle of the circle leads the stretches. One circle runs laps while the other runs suicides. Occasionally players stop mid court to all rest not everyone runs up and down the court. Are they preserving breath or is this some type of strategy? Teams seem to be dvided from smaller kids to bigger kids. Are they apart of two different teams? Gym seems to be in the shape of an oval. Walls are white with the number 1-4 painted on them in green letters. With volleyball in big letters on each side. numbers 1 and 2 are on the left side and 3 and 4 are on the right side. There are six exit doors on the right side and left side. four sets of beachers on both sides of gym.
1 comment:
well thats pretty cool but what more could you say about the basketball room in the rec? Could you look at other rooms? Could you describe this room in more detail? As you keep making your way to LE2 think about those things!!!!!!
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