i don't look like a baller do i?
maybe it's jus stereotypical
basketballers mus look tall..mus hav tat cheena beng look..and mus be dressed like a bballer..
wait..how exactly do u dress and look like a bballer..
by wearin throwback jerseys?ball shorts..bball shoes?
tat was so passe manx..
i used to go out in town dressin like a bballer..u name it i wore it...
bball sleeveless..baggy baller shorts and bball shoes..
tat was in sec3 and 4..
but as i grew up i realise this has to go manx..
it's time to dress in proper civvies..
to hav tat grown up look...
i only dress in bball fashion on da court..when i'm balling..
out of it...it's a different ballin style all together...
yupps...perhaps i think it's my dressing tat betrays my passion for basketball..
my dressing tat doesn't hint a wee bit about my antics on court...
first person who expressed surprise is my tuition fren...
he exclaimed to me when he saw me takin the team prize durin the finals...
"oh you're the captain of ur sch team?"
u noe tat tone of disbelief borderin on mockery..
hahaha..he added tat it's hard to tell cos he has thisthing in his head tat bballers are tall pple...
yea HEIGHT.
second person Hairul.this 28year old guy whom i met durin the msia trip
he too asked the same thing
"alvin u play basketball ah?"
same tone of disbelief...
i answered him "why..i don't look like i play right?"
he replied "no la,...don't say until like that"
yeaaaaaaaaa
third person..someone from my caregroup whom i met yest
"alvin u play basketball?"
tat same tone of surprise and disbelief...
i'm still counting....
it's okie..as i grew i realise tat there shld be a different style on and off court in the dressing..
why do i need to tell pple tat i play basketball through my dressing?
yupps..so if u don't ask or u don't noe me..u won't noe tat i play basketball...
cos i simply don't look like me..
catch me when playin and u'll noe.
mwhahahha
countless times when i'm ballin at those neighbourhood courts..
youngsters will dress in their best..jerseys shoes shorts..
but can't get their basics right...
showy basketball i should say..all day long they spend time practising an allen iverson crossover cos it looks oh jus so cool...
when instead they shld jus work on their fundamentals and hone their dribbling skills in their weaker hand first..
yea i don't wan to be like that..
i want to dress good feel good and play the real thing.
i always lament that the four years of sec sch education really hampered my development as a player..
cos i strongly believe tat if i had a proper coach back then in sec1..
i would hav reached greater heights..perhaps literally but more configuratively
when u're young..ur mind is more like a blank slate..okie this sound psychologicallish
honing those skills will hav a longer effect on ur psychomotor neurosystem..
yepp..nuff said
i still believe so.
but it's okie...time and time again i would measure myself up to ronnie jonathan..
but i realise tat hey it's God given talent after all..
it's really a privilege to have those skills...to really enjoy the game at its best...
right now i really hav no goal as a bballer..
perhaps i'm back down at the recreational level..
but in future..if my joints permit and if chances are abound..
i might jus join a club and play for keeps..
ballin anyone?
