Friday, July 29, 2011

Basketball in Yaounde

I was really exited about moving to Yaounde but at the same time i was scared because most of the best teams and players in Cameroon are based in Yaounde.So i knew it wasn't going to be easy to be among the best in Yaounde.What made it harder is that there was no basketball court near my house like in Dschang.The closest basketball court was two taxis far from my house.Because of that,i couldn't play everyday and every time like i used to play in Dschang so i lose some of my skills.For example i lose my jumper.Since i couldn't play like i used to do,i started working more on my conditioning while looking for a team.When i wanted to play sometimes,i used to walk from my neighborhood to another who was like 20 minutes driving by car because i didn't have money to pay for the taxi.Finally,during some pickup games in the Cite U(it was a place where the best players of Yaounde used to gather every Tuesday and Thursday to play some pickup games)i got an invitation to play a friendly game with a team called YUC(Yaounde university club);we played against BEAC(they were one of the best team of the country that year)most of my teammates were experience players and were playing for different teams in the league;i was the only one who didn't have a team.I did very well during that game;i was scoring,rebounding and blocking.People were impressed and everybody was asking who am i because most of the people had never seen me.After the game,i got so many offers from different teams but chosed to join a new team with young players like me called FLEURON OF YAOUNDE.

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