On Tuesday we started of doing our regular four quarters. After we were done with those we practice more on our defense. And we did this activity called "fire" what we did for this was that we had to get into our defensive position and run in place as fast as we can and we would jump to the left every time coach would yell "jump." And when coach would yell "go" we would do a wind sprint as fast as we can and do it all over again. This activity was a different form of "four quarters."
On Wednesday we were able to take it a little easy. All we did was run two of our four quarters. When we were done with those coach was talking to us about practicing through out Christmas break. After he was done talking to us we shot our twenty-fives. Twenty-fives are when you are start near the basket and you move around the rim and shoot 25 shots. And when you are done with the first 25 you take a few steps back and shoot 25 more and you go back as far as you are comfortable.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Yesterdays pratice
In practice yesterday we sprinted for 32 minutes. We ran four times within that 32 minutes. We ran for 8 minutes straight and took a 1 minute break than did the same thing. This is called for quarters of running. After we did that we practiced our defensive stance.
When we were practicing our defensive stance we did something called defensive four quarters. This is when you get in the defensive stance and you run in place on your toes as fast as you can. You have to keep your feet moving for the whole practice. We did this four times for about 30 seconds each time. And after we were done with that we practice more on our defense.
When we were practicing our defensive stance we did something called defensive four quarters. This is when you get in the defensive stance and you run in place on your toes as fast as you can. You have to keep your feet moving for the whole practice. We did this four times for about 30 seconds each time. And after we were done with that we practice more on our defense.
Monday, December 15, 2014
Last week of school
This week is the last week of school before Christmas break. I am very happy that this is going to be the last week before Christmas break. Everyone is trying to finish up their class work for the year. Also everyone in the school is practicing for their plays and songs for the Christmas program on Wednesday. There is going to be two Christmas programs one on the 17th and one on the 24th.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
This Weeks Basketball Practice
So far this week our basketball practices were a little difficult. It was difficult because we had to practice without our coach. Our coach is off island because he is trying to get coaches from other schools to bring their teams hereto St.Paul Island Alaska. He is going to be off island until friday. So that means we are going to have to practice all week without his help.
On monday we started off our practice doing layups for warm ups. After we were done with that we started to jog. We jogged for about five minutes. After we were done jogging we did running exercise called four quarters. What we do during four quarters is that we will do two wind sprints, a set of lines, and two backward wind sprints as fast as we can with only twenty seconds for break between each run.
On tuesday we started off our practice doing layups again for a warm up. Then we jogged for five minutes again also. After that we ran full speed for about twenty minutes. After we were done with that we done another running activity called sweet sixteen. And what you do on sweet sixteen is that you have a partner and you have to run back and forth from one side of the court to the other. And you are also being time. Each time you reach a side of the court your partner will count it and once you reach sixteen you are done. We did this two times and the point of it is to beat your time every time you try.
And these couple of days we have been trying to run plays. But it has been difficult because our coach is the one who remembers the plays fully. We were trying to run the plays but the players were barely able to remember how the plays went. We had to draw out all of our plays yesterday. And this was able to help our captains remember most of the play we needed to learn.
Today we will probably do layups to help us warm up again. And will probably jog to finish up the warm up. Hopefully we will not run as much today as we have been for the past couple of days.But our coach is supposed to be on the phone with us during our practice today. This will help us a little bit to remember all of the plays we need to learn.
On monday we started off our practice doing layups for warm ups. After we were done with that we started to jog. We jogged for about five minutes. After we were done jogging we did running exercise called four quarters. What we do during four quarters is that we will do two wind sprints, a set of lines, and two backward wind sprints as fast as we can with only twenty seconds for break between each run.
On tuesday we started off our practice doing layups again for a warm up. Then we jogged for five minutes again also. After that we ran full speed for about twenty minutes. After we were done with that we done another running activity called sweet sixteen. And what you do on sweet sixteen is that you have a partner and you have to run back and forth from one side of the court to the other. And you are also being time. Each time you reach a side of the court your partner will count it and once you reach sixteen you are done. We did this two times and the point of it is to beat your time every time you try.
And these couple of days we have been trying to run plays. But it has been difficult because our coach is the one who remembers the plays fully. We were trying to run the plays but the players were barely able to remember how the plays went. We had to draw out all of our plays yesterday. And this was able to help our captains remember most of the play we needed to learn.
Today we will probably do layups to help us warm up again. And will probably jog to finish up the warm up. Hopefully we will not run as much today as we have been for the past couple of days.But our coach is supposed to be on the phone with us during our practice today. This will help us a little bit to remember all of the plays we need to learn.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Reindeer huting
This summer I went on a reindeer hunt with my uncle, aunt, and brother. My uncle and I were the only ones who were getting a deer. We took out a few four wheelers and went on the south west side of the island and found the reindeer herd by a cliff. We had crawled a couple hundred yards to get close to the deer. Once we got close enough I had fired my gun and shot a reindeer.
The reindeer that I shot had dropped to the ground. After I gutted the deer my uncle and I followed the herd so that he could get his deer. We had followed the herd for about 1500 yards. And my uncle had fired a couple of shots before he hit one of the deer. After he gutted his deer we tied them to our four wheelers took them home and skin them and we let them hang for a few days. After a few days we cut up all of the meat and packaged most of them to save but we made a few stakes and ate them.
The reindeer that I shot had dropped to the ground. After I gutted the deer my uncle and I followed the herd so that he could get his deer. We had followed the herd for about 1500 yards. And my uncle had fired a couple of shots before he hit one of the deer. After he gutted his deer we tied them to our four wheelers took them home and skin them and we let them hang for a few days. After a few days we cut up all of the meat and packaged most of them to save but we made a few stakes and ate them.
Senior Graduation
I am a senior in high school and I should be graduating next semester. The graduation is gonna be on May fifteenth. The senior class and I have been fundraising since around mid Summer. We have been done about three raffles to raise money. And we have also hosted a few Community dances to make money.
The seniors and I have to raise a lot of money so that we could buy decorations for the graduation ceremony. We have made over half of the money we need just by doing raffles and hosting dances. Our school only has a few people who graduate every year because we live on a small island. Since there are only a few people who graduate each year we try to make it as special as we can. All of the graduations have been done at the City hall for the past few years.
In the past most of the Senior Graduations would be held in the school's gymnasium. But a few years ago the school had bought a new gym and they did not want to ruin the floor. Since they did not want to ruin the floor they did not want to have any more graduations there any more. So now all of the graduations are going to be at the City hall. And after the graduation there is always a community dance.
The seniors and I have to raise a lot of money so that we could buy decorations for the graduation ceremony. We have made over half of the money we need just by doing raffles and hosting dances. Our school only has a few people who graduate every year because we live on a small island. Since there are only a few people who graduate each year we try to make it as special as we can. All of the graduations have been done at the City hall for the past few years.
In the past most of the Senior Graduations would be held in the school's gymnasium. But a few years ago the school had bought a new gym and they did not want to ruin the floor. Since they did not want to ruin the floor they did not want to have any more graduations there any more. So now all of the graduations are going to be at the City hall. And after the graduation there is always a community dance.
This Christmas Break
This Christmas break their will hopefully be a lot snow. I hope that there is snow because I like to ride around in it on my four wheeler. I like to go to the dunes here and tear through the big snow drifts. I would usually always go riding with two other people with four wheelers. We like to ride through the whole day most of the night every day.
Christmas break
There are only fourteen more days until Christmas break here on St.Paul. I cannot wait until Christmas break is here. I cannot wait for my sister to come back home and to get a break from doing school work. And I am going to enjoy not having to wake up early and go to school at eight in the morning. And I am going to be happy that I will not have to blog until the break is over.
This Christmas break is going to be 24 days long. This is a couple of days longer then it has been for the past couple of years. For the past couple of years Christmas break was only about two and a half weeks long. The break is going to be from December nineteenth until January twelfth. We will get Christmas and Russian Christmas off during break.
There are a few things that the community does during Christmas break. One thing we do is gather up at City Hall on Christmas Eve to have a Christmas program. People from the community decorates the City hall for this program. Each class from our school puts on a Christmas play or sings a Christmas song for the community. After each class is done performing the whole community sings "here comes Santa Claus" and watch "Santa" come out and let kids sit on his lap and tell him what they want for christmas. Then the fire department gives out presents to all of the children in the community.
On Christmas day everyone stays home with their family and has a big Christmas dinner. On New Years Eve the community gathers together on the schools ball field. We gather their so that we could watch the fireworks at midnight. The fire works usually last around thirty to forty five minutes and after that everyone goes home. And for Russian Christmas most of the community will go to church and have a nice big family dinner after.
This Christmas break is going to be 24 days long. This is a couple of days longer then it has been for the past couple of years. For the past couple of years Christmas break was only about two and a half weeks long. The break is going to be from December nineteenth until January twelfth. We will get Christmas and Russian Christmas off during break.
There are a few things that the community does during Christmas break. One thing we do is gather up at City Hall on Christmas Eve to have a Christmas program. People from the community decorates the City hall for this program. Each class from our school puts on a Christmas play or sings a Christmas song for the community. After each class is done performing the whole community sings "here comes Santa Claus" and watch "Santa" come out and let kids sit on his lap and tell him what they want for christmas. Then the fire department gives out presents to all of the children in the community.
On Christmas day everyone stays home with their family and has a big Christmas dinner. On New Years Eve the community gathers together on the schools ball field. We gather their so that we could watch the fireworks at midnight. The fire works usually last around thirty to forty five minutes and after that everyone goes home. And for Russian Christmas most of the community will go to church and have a nice big family dinner after.
Tonights gameplay
Tonight was the first time that our basketball team had lost a game this year. This was our fifth game that we have played this year. We played against a couple of players we have not played against this year. But most of the players on the team have played against them last year. This year is my first time joining my high schools basketball team so I had no experience playing against those new players.
I only mad one out of three shots in tonights game. I was not playing as hard as I should have been playing. I was not playing good enough on defense. I was not being aggressive enough when I was boxing out the players on the other team. And I was not doing the things that my coach was wanting to do.
The rest of my team did pretty good though. They were taking pretty good care with the ball. They were making their shots. The taller guys on the team were collecting both offensive and defensive rebounds. And they were passing the ball to open people so that they can make their shots.
The two co-captains were probably playing the best out of everyone on the team. They were hustling when they were on offense and defense. They were passing the ball to each other when they were open. They were setting screens for each other so that the player with the ball can get open to take a shot. And they were making most of the shots they were throwing up.
I only mad one out of three shots in tonights game. I was not playing as hard as I should have been playing. I was not playing good enough on defense. I was not being aggressive enough when I was boxing out the players on the other team. And I was not doing the things that my coach was wanting to do.
The rest of my team did pretty good though. They were taking pretty good care with the ball. They were making their shots. The taller guys on the team were collecting both offensive and defensive rebounds. And they were passing the ball to open people so that they can make their shots.
The two co-captains were probably playing the best out of everyone on the team. They were hustling when they were on offense and defense. They were passing the ball to each other when they were open. They were setting screens for each other so that the player with the ball can get open to take a shot. And they were making most of the shots they were throwing up.
No snow December
It is December 5th and we still do not have any snow what so ever here on St.Paul Island Alaska. It has snowed here a couple of times but nothing has stayed for more than two day. Most of the days here have been rainy or drizzly. I think that there is not going to be any snow here until at least late December. The weather was also like this last year. I think that it is because of Global Warming.
Senior Raffling
Our senior class has been doing raffles to pay for our graduation ceremony. So far we have only done three raffles. The first raffle we did was for a brand new kindle fire. The second raffle we did was for a big box of Opilio crab. And the raffle that we are currently doing is for a round trip ticket from St. Paul island to Anchorage Alaska and back.
Basketball team fundraising
During our preseason we have done some fundraising for our basketball team. So far we hosted a halloween carnival at out local City hall. We sold food and ran the carnival games. And we also done a raffle for a beautiful picture of our islands scenery. And we are also during a raffle currently for a picture of an albino Northern Fur Seal.
Tonights basketball game
Tonight is our high school basketball teams first game of the season. But we have been playing games since the beginning of pre season. Tonight is going to be our first time wearing our new team jerseys. Our team has been fundraising all of preseason and we bought brand new jerseys. We are playing against our local adult team.
Living on St.Paul AK
Life on St. Paul Island can be pretty boring. But there are some days that can be kind of fun. It can be fun because we have a lot of freedom on this island. Kids are able to play out throughout the town without having their parents worrying about them. And kids are able to pretty much everywhere because it is a small island.
What I like to do here on St.Paul is go four wheel riding. I like to go ride in the dunes and on the beaches. We have about five big beaches that most people will ride on. And our island is filled with sand dunes. The sand dunes are mostly around the north east of the island.
I also like to ride my parents car and go out shooting. I have four guns that I take out shooting. I have a .243 winchester savage, a .223 AR15, and two .22 pistols. When I go out shooting I will usually go to the islands rock quary. But if that is not open I will go to a pit on the southwest part of the island.
What I like to do here on St.Paul is go four wheel riding. I like to go ride in the dunes and on the beaches. We have about five big beaches that most people will ride on. And our island is filled with sand dunes. The sand dunes are mostly around the north east of the island.
I also like to ride my parents car and go out shooting. I have four guns that I take out shooting. I have a .243 winchester savage, a .223 AR15, and two .22 pistols. When I go out shooting I will usually go to the islands rock quary. But if that is not open I will go to a pit on the southwest part of the island.
Basketball practice
I am going to talk about my high school's basketball team practices. We just started the official season on Monday this week. We have a basketball practice every day of the week except Friday.
We practice during the preseason and the regular season. The preseason started in early November.
During the pre season we did not do any kinds of basketball plays. For the first half of preseason all we did was sprint for twenty minutes and go to a weight room after. We would sprint for ten minutes straight then take a two minute break and run for another ten minutes straight. And when we went to the weight room we stayed in there for about an hour. For the second half of the preseason we sprinted for twenty minutes and did circuit training for forty minutes every day.
For the first day of the official season we started off with thirty minutes of non stop running. After we were done with that we practiced our dribbling. We were running down the court as fast as we can while dribbling the ball with our dominant hand. Then we did the same thing but with our "weak" hand. And when we were done with that we practice dribbling through our legs and around our backs. We had to dribble down the court and through our legs at the free throw then dribble behind our back at half court then through our legs again at the second free throw.
For the second day of the season we ran for thirty minutes straight again. And after that we worked a little on our shooting form. We were bouncing the ball and catching it then shooting the ball against the wall. After we were done we worked on our follow through. We were laying down on our backs and throwing the ball straight up in the air with one hand and catching it after.
For the third day of the season we ran for about thirty five to forty minutes. After we were done with that we played a game called three on three rebounding. What we did is we had three offensive players and three defensive players fighting to get the rebounds from coaches shots. After we were done with that we played a game called "pink panties." What we did in this game is that the whole team stood under the basket and everyone is trying to get the rebound and the person who does not get a rebound has to wear the "pink panties" but not really though. And at the end of practice everybody one at a time has to shoot two free throw shots. If a person misses a free throw the whole team has to do one down and back if the person misses both shots the team has to do two down and backs and if a person makes an air ball the team has to do two down and backs also.
During the pre season we did not do any kinds of basketball plays. For the first half of preseason all we did was sprint for twenty minutes and go to a weight room after. We would sprint for ten minutes straight then take a two minute break and run for another ten minutes straight. And when we went to the weight room we stayed in there for about an hour. For the second half of the preseason we sprinted for twenty minutes and did circuit training for forty minutes every day.
For the first day of the official season we started off with thirty minutes of non stop running. After we were done with that we practiced our dribbling. We were running down the court as fast as we can while dribbling the ball with our dominant hand. Then we did the same thing but with our "weak" hand. And when we were done with that we practice dribbling through our legs and around our backs. We had to dribble down the court and through our legs at the free throw then dribble behind our back at half court then through our legs again at the second free throw.
For the second day of the season we ran for thirty minutes straight again. And after that we worked a little on our shooting form. We were bouncing the ball and catching it then shooting the ball against the wall. After we were done we worked on our follow through. We were laying down on our backs and throwing the ball straight up in the air with one hand and catching it after.
For the third day of the season we ran for about thirty five to forty minutes. After we were done with that we played a game called three on three rebounding. What we did is we had three offensive players and three defensive players fighting to get the rebounds from coaches shots. After we were done with that we played a game called "pink panties." What we did in this game is that the whole team stood under the basket and everyone is trying to get the rebound and the person who does not get a rebound has to wear the "pink panties" but not really though. And at the end of practice everybody one at a time has to shoot two free throw shots. If a person misses a free throw the whole team has to do one down and back if the person misses both shots the team has to do two down and backs and if a person makes an air ball the team has to do two down and backs also.
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