cjr entry 3

Date: 2/14/08
Time:8:00 am

This is the earliest that i have ever been to the rec. Not much happens at this time the p. lace seems kind of empty. There seems to be more people running up stairs at the track then at the basketball court. there are about 10 people on the court who are male and seem to range from the age of 20-30. they seem to be practicing for some sort of tournament or basketball game.
They all seem to know their role on the basketball court very well. They run up and down the court and hit the exact mark they are suppose to be in. It seems to me that they have been practicing for a long time and are trying to get their plays down for good. Everytime the point guard comes up to the half court line they call out such plays like piston, green giant, and 4 just to name a few. Why do they name their plays these names do they have some sort of sentimental meaning behind them. They seem to have been practicing for about 2 hours because players huff up and down the court and take breaks about every 15 minutes. After about 30 minutes of me being their they seem to be running out of steam. they call it quits as a team but while others are packing up getting ready to go home, about 3 or four stay after and work on freethrow shots and lay ups. Is this something that they were assigned to do? How many do they actually have to do? Are they just doing this for fun to get practice. They guys that stay after seem to be more built that they rest and seem to have more skills. They practice for about 20 minutes then after they all pack up and conversate on the bleachers. they appear to be talking about school and work and they basketball game. One guy with green eyes brown hair and black shorts and shirt refers to the tournament next week saying "man i think we're ready, i cant wait to whoop up on the other teams." when they guys gather their things and leave their isn't much movement in the four basketball courts. about ten minutes later a few girls come in and start to run laps around the court. Why are they running laps on the court and not on the track upstairs? about every 2 minutes more girls appear and start to run laps. most of the girls run about 7 laps and being to shot around. Are they practicing for the eastern basketball team or are they just practicing for intermarials?Overall i believe that the morning time is not as excited as what goes on during the evening.