It is possible to turn things around!

At the end of year 8, I, along with a few of my other friends, received a letter that invited us to try-out at a team in Kent called the Medway Park Crusaders. I leaped at the chance to plat for an actual team, finally.
 The try-outs lasted the summer and thankfully, and with a lot of hard work, Cobby, Emeka and I made it into the team.
 I won't describe the whole season to you, but to put it simply Emeka prospered and me and Cobby floundered. There's no denying that me and Cobby improved dramatically throughout the year, but had the job foisted upon us of being bench warmers for the year. What was probably most insulting and hard to handle in that season was that I was the fourth most picked player to be in the squad for games, and yet I probably averaged about three minutes a game; at least I got to watch the basketball deities of London who could already dunk and shoot threes, while I still struggled with lay-ups.
 At this point, after my rookie season had finished, I had a decision to make. Would I be willing to continue with basketball, after such an awful season? Why shouldn't I just play football/soccer like the rest of the kids in my country. But really I knew I couldn't walk away from basketball: I just loved it too much.
 But where did my future go with the sport. Well, thankfully, I got better. A lot better. I'm not sure what happened, maybe it was those hours of extra training I had put in, but I genuinely improved. And it all started from when our star player broke his ankle. We were at a party, and while messing around, it just happened; so easy it is to damage your body that it made me slightly woozy. Nonetheless, in the summer term, while everyone was still in bed, every morning I would be in the old gym, shooting. And while Emeka was recovering, his skills slowing leaving his body, I felt as if his confidence on the court was coming in to me.
 Now for the first time, everyone considered me the best player in the year, and one of the best in the whole school. And let me tell you, it felt really good.