Judy Ann U.

Tumamao BA Sociology
PE Reflection

A great awakening to my capabilities

Presently basketball is a prominent team sport, particularly among boys. It is a five-player per
team game played on a rectangular court, typically indoors, between two teams. By attempting to
hurl the ball through the opposing team's goal, an elevated horizontal hoop and net known as a
basket, each team attempts to score. A center circle, free throw lanes, and a three-point line are
some of the court markers used in this game to help control play.

At first, humbly saying that I am not good at any sport. Stating to the fact that, I was actually one
of the ‘nowhere generation’ when it comes to the sport field behind the reason in which when I
grew up, I also known as ‘clumsy’ and fragile, that is why I have negative boundaries surpassing
the ‘no experiences’ when it comes to sport. Thus, from my younger age up to now, I didn't have
any background memories, wasting my younger self in sport and I didn’t have the time to
sharpen my capabilities. Connectedly, when the second semester came, and the PE subject course
is still part of our degree program, I assumed that I would not enjoy my last semester in my 2nd
grade in university behind the reason that, I hate PE class because I am not good at it and
knowing that basketball will be our PE activity so I really doubt that I can longer overcome my
fear and weaknesses in this class.

BUT who wouldn’t thought that I surpassed the class? filled with enjoyment, passion,
determination, carrying the ideals of “kaya ko pala’ in spite of the variety of challenges I
encountered, showing those weaknesses in front of my classmate is not a hindrance for me to not
do my best in class, it was a actually one of my coping mechanism to survive each passing day in
the class every time we do a performance because based on my experienced, my PE classmates
was my ego booster, remembering those group of motivational words coming from their mouth
such as ‘Go Judy’, ‘Kaya mo yan’, and this helped me to do better and not to be discouraged
with my weaknesses. Indeed, I found my strength to do well in class with those countless
encouraging words. Thanks to these people.

Additionally, I can’t see myself hanging with the positive outcome of this semester along with
the PE class all by myself without the perseverance, determination and courage from our
instructor, Sir David. I actually found myself stuck in a hole of difficulty when I do dribbling,
that’s why every time we do this activity, I can’t get rid of the feeling of nervousness. My heart
will always beat faster, a feeling of mixed emotion while dribbling ‘how to do this, what if I
can’t, what if I fail?’ but surrounded by those encouraging piece of advice from our instructor, I
believe to the actuality that even I didn’t perfect the dribbling, I got to face the reality that I must
embrace my weaknesses and see to it that I must not count those failing moments in doing
dribbling, instead, I must always strive my best as time will come I can also do what people do in
executing proper dribbling. Thanks to our instructor in our PE class, I extremely enjoy the whole
semester covered with laughing moments in terms of how I move my hands and feet while
performing dribbling. I learned a lot from you, Sir!

At last, I can definitely proclaim that this is how I started to love sport, most especially
‘basketball’. From dull moments to the most extremely high of laughing and enjoying moments.
The butterflies in my stomach while realizing that I might fail every step of the way turned to the
most majestic great awakening. Finally, this PE class reminds me of the reality that human
capability has limitations which means ‘you are capable of something but some people can’t,
vice versa, you are not capable of something but people are’. Nevertheless, I can’t forget those
shocking memories when I do shooting . I incredibly love to shoot, unexpectedly.

I totally enjoyed the whole semester filled with advice and cheering from the crowd which also
awakened my dry bones since basketball is also considered as heavy exercise.