Four years ago I started playing wheelchair basketball. I was rubbish - I couldn’t push a chair or bounce a ball or do any of the drills. My first game was scary. I got the ball and threw it straight out of the court! I decided to stick with it, though, as I had made some really great friends and they understood what I was going through every day.
After playing a few years I got better at pushing, bouncing, and understanding how the game works. Then I got my own sports chair made up. I slowly started to get more involved in games and scored one goal in season one and two goals in season two.
Last year I got into the WA state team. I really enjoyed playing five days a week, but by the end of it I was sooo tired.
The week after my 19th birthday, I took some of my able bodied friends to where I train to give it a go. They found it hard! I enjoyed showing them how it’s really done.
Now, if I could only get the team to wear daniel(ink.) t-shirts…
