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Subject: Re: 1000 Points

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Tanner to Mark the Athlete and Hoopsters.

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Date Posted: 18:34:56 02/02/12 Thu
In reply to: Mark Athlete, Drew, Jake & Sean to Tanner/Brooks 's message, "Re: 1000 Points" on 07:33:18 01/30/12 Mon

Mark and Hoopsters,

Thanks much for the congrats, it really means a lot coming from fellow hoop players.

What kind of shot was it? Well, it was nothimg fancy, no layup, long shot three pointer or great jump shot, it was a simple put back from an offensive rebound. Jayden, one of our back up Guards was in the game and took a shot which missed, I beat the defender for position under the basket and went up for the rebound. I grab the rebound as it was coming off the glass and tapped it in - nothing fancy, just basic basketball.

About a minute later the other team knocks the ball out of bounds and they stopped the game and the announcement was made that I just broke the 1000 point level. Being this was a home game, I got a standing ovation from the crowd, my coaches and team mates shook my hand the opposing team and coached did like wise - even the refs gave me a congrats. After that, game resumed.

I am first player at my school to break the 1000 point barrier since 2006. My school doesn't have lot of 1000 point players, but we have had a few over the years.

What is my secret? I wish I knew for sure, but I guess it is a combination of hard work, good coaching and good luck. I have had a couple of great coaches in both middle and high school who worked with me and helped improve my game. Every off season since I have been in high school, I have worked on improving my shooting ability - I have gone to open gyms and practiced. My high school coach always challanged us to take at least 20,000 practice shots in the off season and I always did so - some years it was closer to 30-35,000. And, lets not forget dumb luck.

Keep playing hard and working to improve your game, you wil do well before you graduate.

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