St Matthias High School - Laureate Yearbook (Downey, CA)

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Slam-Dunk! Basketball is a competitive sport that involves agility, concentration and loyalty. Agility IS a basic necessity for almost every sport, but basketball requires players that are fast and tall at the same time This combination is hard to find, but v ith players like Monica Navarro, the team this year seemed to have everything under control. Concentration is also very important when playing the sport of Basketball The players must concentrate on the different plays involved in one game For this reason, basketball players sometimes psyche themselves out in order to focus their attention on only one thing. Basketball. Communication between players is also very important in the sport. Without communication, a team does not function because the players do not know what the others are planning Finally, loyalty to the sport and your teammates is crucial. This aspect is very important to the success of any particular basketball team because if a player does not feel any loyalty toward her team, she will not put forth any effort to make the team a success Many things are involved m having a good basketball team, most of which come from the strong characters of the players 1 Martie Rodriguez takes a breather during a basketball halftime 2 Determined coacfiing. given here by Coach Frank, is essential to a winning team 3 Basketball Team l-R (Back row) M Aicaio. M Moron. M Navarro. M Rodriguez. L Hams. S McKinney. C Za a a. N Nova, S De Leon 4 Monca Navarro ar d opponent, reaching for the stars 5 During o auick break. Coach Frank and team members discuss strategy for the next few ploys 6 Difficult ploys are often tackled with sportsmonship by the basketbofl players I