**A Look Back at My High School Basketball Experience**

I still remember the feeling of exhaustion that came with pushing myself to my limits on the basketball court. For three weeks straight, I dedicated an entire hour and a half to practice, which is no easy feat. The intensity was palpable as we pushed ourselves back and forth, back and forth, until our legs were literally shredded. It was a grueling experience that tested my mental and physical endurance, but it ultimately made me a better player.

Our team was known for its collective punishment during practices. If someone on the team didn't finish a running drill in time, we all had to redo it together as a group. This meant that even our most athletic teammates were dragged down by those who struggled to keep up. It was a tough but necessary part of the process that taught us to work together and support each other.

The pressure to perform was immense, especially during practices. If someone wasn't finishing the drills on time, we would encourage them to quit and leave the team. Our coaches never had to kick anyone off the team because we were all so invested in our success. We were a dedicated group of guys who wanted to win, and that mentality carried us through to our district championships.

One of my most memorable experiences as a high school basketball player was working with Coach Carter. He was an ex-soldier who had made a name for himself on the court, and he brought a level of intensity and discipline to our practices that I'll never forget. His unorthodox methods may have seemed crazy at times, but they were effective in preparing us for the demands of the game.

Looking back, my high school basketball experience was one of the most formative periods of my life. It taught me valuable lessons about hard work, dedication, and teamwork that have stayed with me to this day. I'm grateful for the experiences I had on the court, both the triumphs and the struggles, because they helped shape me into the person I am today.

**A Glimpse into My Junior Year Struggles**

My junior year of high school was a challenging time for me. I had signed up for a heavy course load, including some very difficult classes, which put a strain on my academic performance. To make matters worse, I had also started to devote more time to my YouTube channel and gaming, which took away from my focus on basketball. As a result, I found myself struggling in school and on the court.

One of the most memorable moments from that year was when our teacher gave me my first C ever. She called my parents into her office and told them about my poor grade, which left me feeling embarrassed and ashamed. My parents were understandably upset, and they took away my internet privileges as a consequence. I remember feeling like I had hit rock bottom at the time.

Looking back, that experience taught me a valuable lesson about responsibility and balance in life. It showed me that even when things seem tough, there's always a way to find a solution and get back on track. And while it was a difficult year, I'm grateful for the lessons I learned from it because they helped me grow as a person.

**A Look at My YouTube Channel**

As I mentioned earlier, I had started my YouTube channel during my junior year of high school. At the time, I was focusing heavily on gaming and building my brand, which took away from my focus on basketball. While it was a struggle to balance both, I knew that it was an opportunity to pursue my passion and connect with like-minded individuals around the world.

I'm proud of what I accomplished during that time, but I also recognize that it wasn't always easy. There were times when I felt like giving up, but something inside me kept pushing me to keep going. And while it may not have been the most successful period in my life, it was definitely a formative one.

As I look back on my high school experience, I realize that it was full of ups and downs, but ultimately, it shaped me into the person I am today. Whether it was basketball, YouTube, or gaming, I learned valuable lessons about hard work, dedication, and perseverance that have stayed with me to this day.

**My Thoughts on Coach Carter**

Coach Carter is a man who still sends chills down my spine. His unorthodox methods may have seemed crazy at times, but they were effective in preparing us for the demands of the game. He was an ex-soldier who had made a name for himself on the court, and he brought a level of intensity and discipline to our practices that I'll never forget.

One of my favorite memories from that time is when Coach Carter would often call out phrases like "You're not cut out for this!" or "This kid's got no business being on this team!" It was always in a joking tone, but it added to the intimidation factor and kept us all on our toes. He may have been tough, but he was also fair, and his methods ultimately helped shape me into the player I became.

Overall, Coach Carter left an indelible mark on my life, both on and off the court. His influence taught me valuable lessons about hard work, discipline, and teamwork that I'll carry with me for the rest of my life.

**Conclusion**

My high school basketball experience was one of the most formative periods of my life. It taught me valuable lessons about hard work, dedication, and teamwork that have stayed with me to this day. Whether it was the struggles on and off the court or the triumphs in the classroom, I'm grateful for the experiences I had during those four years.

As I look back on my journey, I realize that it wasn't always easy, but it was worth it. The lessons I learned from basketball will stay with me forever, and I'll continue to draw upon them as I pursue my dreams in life.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's up guys it's cypher before we get into this video be sure to click that subscribe button and turn on notifications so you don't miss an upload ladies and gentlemen there was a change that was made actually last week they used to give you about 25 shield but now they give you 100 shield or health if you know where they are the map there's actually four of them on the map there's three near slurpy swamp and there's one up north steamy stacks right here you could also do this with your entire team all four of you could land near the truck quickly group up and then pop the truck for a hundred health hunters shield and you don't necessarily have to break this thing with your pickaxe you can just walk up to it and just literally build anything on it like a ramp or a cone it seems to work best you break the truck it's gonna heal you for a hundred whether it's health or shield or both be aware of this the thing is with with how they're doing patch notes aren't really patch notes a lot of people don't actually know that this changed and since that information isn't really publicly available you kind of have to find out while you're playing a lot of people who are watching this probably don't know stick around for the rest of the video guys I share a story about when I was in high school and I was a avid basketball player I appreciate you guys so much we used to have basketball practice at 7:30 in the morning in high school 7:30 to 8:30 basketball practice and then where you gonna beat me down with that med kit that you landed on bro being be on school team for basketball like it was a it was a whole commitment bro like during during during winter break you were expected to not go any but I'm not going we're because we still had basketball practice during winter break and Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving so look you couldn't go anywhere you couldn't go like visit family across the country or anything like that you had to stay in practice and one Thanksgiving I think was Thanksgiving or winter break I I just didn't go to practice for for that week I was out of town I couldn't really do anything about it like I told my parents like listen I got to stay for practice but they're like listen we we we have a tradition like every Thanksgiving we go and we we go to this resort and we I don't even know where those first few bullets are going to be honest with you chat house it wasn't met we have a tradition that we do and we go to restore and you know family time your coach will understand and when I came back from my trip bro I was like ready to quit basketball team because I just knew how much punishment I was gonna have to endure for missing a whole week of practice so I was about to go quit the basketball team and then my dad called me before basketball practice cuz I told him I was gonna quit and he called me and he said don't quit the team said don't quit the team you'll regret it but he said it in a not in a suggestion way he said it in a you better not quit the team or you will really regret it type of way so I went to the coach that I'm like alright I'm ready for whatever punishment it's coming my way and bro I had we had these things called towel pushes where they would give you a towel and you would you would have to basically get on all fours and push the towel on the basketball like ground the court down and back down and back and there was a lot of resistance you're basically cleaning the court with a towel but you're like you have your hands on the towel and then you're pushing with your legs and you're pushing and you're just doing that and basically I had to do that for the entire hour and a half of practice for three weeks straight so for an hour and a half like there's no rest you just keep pushing back and forth back and forth and bro my legs at the end of that row were like shredded bro they were shredded but yeah I did it I stayed on the team and I see Clank okay glad I did what are you looking at you were watch coach coach Carter where he makes into like a thousand push-ups I was that high ridiculous the movie submission was I've seen I've seen a to create the the thing about it though the crazy thing about it is uh I was gonna say oh yeah so we had like collective punishment in basketball it was really obnoxious so if at the end of our practice we used to do this running drill and it was a tough running Drobo with a really tough running girl but if somebody on the team didn't finish the run in time we all had to redo it we all had to do it again it was it was insane so like sometimes like after practice like like kids kids would quit the team because like they weren't they didn't have the endurance right or the mental power a lot of it was mental to like finish the runs on time and we would have to run over and over and over and literally like some of the more athletic athletic kids on the team would literally start dragging them up and down the court so that these kids can finish the run on time it would just be behind them like pushing them and like trying to like two of them would grab a kid by the hand and just run with them while their legs are just like flopping because we just wanted to finish the run and then like in the locker room after practice where were that kid was who just couldn't finish the run we would all encourage them to quit we'd be like listen you're not cut out for this you need to quit we're tired of running over and over because you're too slow or you don't have you don't have it in you and they would quit these kids would quit and like the coaches never had to kick anybody off the team because the team would keep people off the team and we were a pretty good team man we want we want district we were the district champions we were like really dedicated group of guys and until today I still talked with a lot of the my teammates from from a basketball from a sports team like so stay in touch what the heck I'm so clean by since the shot Gotti was your coach an ex-soldier or something I mean I was I think he was in the military I don't know I'm not sure it was tough bro that's all I know it was tough but it kind of made me tough bro it really did what the heck are you going one but I think my next prime sub will be a Cypress sub yo Thank You Ben I do appreciate if you do sub I do appreciate it you hate high school so much you can't find a join me out of it and it's stressful I've had those years too bro I've had those years my junior year was really really hard because I signed up for a bunch of like really difficult challenging courses my junior year and I was also really giving in to gaming and trying to you know start my youtube channel I I already had my youtube channel at that point but I was trying to grow my YouTube channel and then I also had basketball so we're worried about and I started like not doing as well I was a straight-a student like literally always every single year up until my junior year I had my first C technically speaking I had all A's and then 1c because I had a very annoying teacher and then she called my parents and said your son got a C and I was like why would you tell them that I got a see it's so weird man this guy keeps editing down he's gonna start going into the ground at this point it's sticking for five brother man I can't stand this guy I can't stand that guy shooting me while I'm trying to kill this guy chef calling this guy when I had the chance and just killed him or the other coward NGO who was shooting at me the whole time well yeah like this teacher gave me my first see I had all aids in a sea and I was like I'll tell my parents like doesn't it seem weird that I have all A's and a/c like shouldn't you guys like assume that the teacher is the one who's who's trippin not me and my parents were so upset that I got to see that they took away like my internet and everything and and I was just like you know what this kids all control no that's what I said I said you know what I'm done I'm done trying my scroll wheel why why did it it tried to try to reset the tablehey what's up guys it's cypher before we get into this video be sure to click that subscribe button and turn on notifications so you don't miss an upload ladies and gentlemen there was a change that was made actually last week they used to give you about 25 shield but now they give you 100 shield or health if you know where they are the map there's actually four of them on the map there's three near slurpy swamp and there's one up north steamy stacks right here you could also do this with your entire team all four of you could land near the truck quickly group up and then pop the truck for a hundred health hunters shield and you don't necessarily have to break this thing with your pickaxe you can just walk up to it and just literally build anything on it like a ramp or a cone it seems to work best you break the truck it's gonna heal you for a hundred whether it's health or shield or both be aware of this the thing is with with how they're doing patch notes aren't really patch notes a lot of people don't actually know that this changed and since that information isn't really publicly available you kind of have to find out while you're playing a lot of people who are watching this probably don't know stick around for the rest of the video guys I share a story about when I was in high school and I was a avid basketball player I appreciate you guys so much we used to have basketball practice at 7:30 in the morning in high school 7:30 to 8:30 basketball practice and then where you gonna beat me down with that med kit that you landed on bro being be on school team for basketball like it was a it was a whole commitment bro like during during during winter break you were expected to not go any but I'm not going we're because we still had basketball practice during winter break and Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving so look you couldn't go anywhere you couldn't go like visit family across the country or anything like that you had to stay in practice and one Thanksgiving I think was Thanksgiving or winter break I I just didn't go to practice for for that week I was out of town I couldn't really do anything about it like I told my parents like listen I got to stay for practice but they're like listen we we we have a tradition like every Thanksgiving we go and we we go to this resort and we I don't even know where those first few bullets are going to be honest with you chat house it wasn't met we have a tradition that we do and we go to restore and you know family time your coach will understand and when I came back from my trip bro I was like ready to quit basketball team because I just knew how much punishment I was gonna have to endure for missing a whole week of practice so I was about to go quit the basketball team and then my dad called me before basketball practice cuz I told him I was gonna quit and he called me and he said don't quit the team said don't quit the team you'll regret it but he said it in a not in a suggestion way he said it in a you better not quit the team or you will really regret it type of way so I went to the coach that I'm like alright I'm ready for whatever punishment it's coming my way and bro I had we had these things called towel pushes where they would give you a towel and you would you would have to basically get on all fours and push the towel on the basketball like ground the court down and back down and back and there was a lot of resistance you're basically cleaning the court with a towel but you're like you have your hands on the towel and then you're pushing with your legs and you're pushing and you're just doing that and basically I had to do that for the entire hour and a half of practice for three weeks straight so for an hour and a half like there's no rest you just keep pushing back and forth back and forth and bro my legs at the end of that row were like shredded bro they were shredded but yeah I did it I stayed on the team and I see Clank okay glad I did what are you looking at you were watch coach coach Carter where he makes into like a thousand push-ups I was that high ridiculous the movie submission was I've seen I've seen a to create the the thing about it though the crazy thing about it is uh I was gonna say oh yeah so we had like collective punishment in basketball it was really obnoxious so if at the end of our practice we used to do this running drill and it was a tough running Drobo with a really tough running girl but if somebody on the team didn't finish the run in time we all had to redo it we all had to do it again it was it was insane so like sometimes like after practice like like kids kids would quit the team because like they weren't they didn't have the endurance right or the mental power a lot of it was mental to like finish the runs on time and we would have to run over and over and over and literally like some of the more athletic athletic kids on the team would literally start dragging them up and down the court so that these kids can finish the run on time it would just be behind them like pushing them and like trying to like two of them would grab a kid by the hand and just run with them while their legs are just like flopping because we just wanted to finish the run and then like in the locker room after practice where were that kid was who just couldn't finish the run we would all encourage them to quit we'd be like listen you're not cut out for this you need to quit we're tired of running over and over because you're too slow or you don't have you don't have it in you and they would quit these kids would quit and like the coaches never had to kick anybody off the team because the team would keep people off the team and we were a pretty good team man we want we want district we were the district champions we were like really dedicated group of guys and until today I still talked with a lot of the my teammates from from a basketball from a sports team like so stay in touch what the heck I'm so clean by since the shot Gotti was your coach an ex-soldier or something I mean I was I think he was in the military I don't know I'm not sure it was tough bro that's all I know it was tough but it kind of made me tough bro it really did what the heck are you going one but I think my next prime sub will be a Cypress sub yo Thank You Ben I do appreciate if you do sub I do appreciate it you hate high school so much you can't find a join me out of it and it's stressful I've had those years too bro I've had those years my junior year was really really hard because I signed up for a bunch of like really difficult challenging courses my junior year and I was also really giving in to gaming and trying to you know start my youtube channel I I already had my youtube channel at that point but I was trying to grow my YouTube channel and then I also had basketball so we're worried about and I started like not doing as well I was a straight-a student like literally always every single year up until my junior year I had my first C technically speaking I had all A's and then 1c because I had a very annoying teacher and then she called my parents and said your son got a C and I was like why would you tell them that I got a see it's so weird man this guy keeps editing down he's gonna start going into the ground at this point it's sticking for five brother man I can't stand this guy I can't stand that guy shooting me while I'm trying to kill this guy chef calling this guy when I had the chance and just killed him or the other coward NGO who was shooting at me the whole time well yeah like this teacher gave me my first see I had all aids in a sea and I was like I'll tell my parents like doesn't it seem weird that I have all A's and a/c like shouldn't you guys like assume that the teacher is the one who's who's trippin not me and my parents were so upset that I got to see that they took away like my internet and everything and and I was just like you know what this kids all control no that's what I said I said you know what I'm done I'm done trying my scroll wheel why why did it it tried to try to reset the table\n"