This week, we got a little break from short stories, so I finally got to get back to my book, "Geno: In Pursuit of Perfection". A little refresher, Geno Auriemma is the Uconn Womens' Basketball coach. He has won multiple championships and was this year's Olympic team coach. Basically, the whole book is just Geno going through each season he coached, talking about the players, and all of their accomplishments.
Since one of my goals is to be play college basketball one day, it is really interesting to get a coach's point of view on what they look for in players, how they recruit, and quite honestly, what completely turns them away from a player. I have always admire Geno and his coaching style. A lot of people think he's a complete jerk because of how blunt he is. He doesn't sugar-coat anything. I love coaches like that. The varsity coaches at EHS are Coach Bourgeois and Coach K. Both are also football coaches, so you could imagine that they are not afraid to yell at us just like they do the guys. I've also had coaches who are just too sweet and just care about "trying your best" and "doing what you can do". I hate that because here's the thing: just trying your best is not going to get you anywhere once you're playing at a higher level. I feel that when one of my coaches just looks at me and says, "Julia is you mess this up one more time, you're running, and by the way that was a terrible pass," it makes me better. Yeah, it may make me a little upset at first, but I know it will make me improve in the long run. Anyway, I'm enjoying this book a lot and suggest it to any other basketball players looking for something to read.
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