The past two weeks I have linked up with a fellow eHoops volunteer who happens to have the same name as me, Luke, to play some wheelchair basketball. My thoughts going in where since it had the word basketball in it, I must be halfway decent. Turns out I was wrong again. Just like I was when I tried to play soccer, volleyball, and cricket on other occasions during my stay in Belfast. A lot of confidence going in, and a little confidence going out. On the positive side, I finally found the answer to why I chose to play basketball as my sport and it is simply because I’m not very talented at the rest.
As for wheelchair basketball, it was enjoyable. Luke (not me) was very talented, I was delighted to have him on my team when we played a half court match. Luke is a coach/player for the Ulster University wheelchair basketball team that is going to play in the world games in Manchester this coming March. I am glad that he has let me take part in his sessions and hopefully I wasn’t holding the team back with my stellar performance of 0-8 from behind the arc.
If you want to check out some live action of us playing, check out my boy Matt’s vlog from this past week. I’ll keep everybody up to date if I am selected to travel with the team to Manchester in the coming weeks. If you read the blog, I’m sure you already know the answer.
