Our practice was in Hurricane, WV… At Jimmy Clayton’s SCU gym. I love Jim Clayton; he was Michael Jordan’s shooting coach. Talk about high intensity!!! I’ve never seen him walk around at “normal human speed”… he is always in super high gear! He wants to see energy from everybody, so his training is intense from 8am to 8pm. At the end of the day he is still wired… like a puppy on REDBULL!!!! ENERGY… ENERGY… ENERGY!

To start day one, we had to run from the hotel to the gym… IT WAS 4.87 MILES! I lead the pack with Bianca Quisenberry the entire run (I wanted to show everybody that I belonged on this team… that I’m not some little 8th grade kid). Practice was great, EXCEPT for the drill where 3 girls have to rebound and score on the other 2 girls… with 6 girls that or 6’1” or taller, IT’S A NIGHTMARE!!!

It was another great practice. We had our shooting test, which I missed my first 4 shots but didn’t miss a single shot after that. I finished it with a minute to spare. My dad said I was the quickest girl to finish, which made me feel great! The team has made me feel welcome and actually passes me to ball in critical game situations to knock down 3’s. It’s pretty cool, because I just watched many of these girls playing in the Ohio state championship tourney!