2014-07-02

【Aiden in English】

        Today, we did what everyone at Basketball Camp was waiting for. We had a 90-minute 5-on-5 game with subs.

        And to put it simply, it was chaotic. Fouls were called every few minutes, mostly half court violations since the younger kids were afraid to go to the basket. There were also a lot of offensive fouls probably resulted from kids who didn't have enough skill to dribble around others. Technical fouls were often whistled and tempers began to rise. Everyone thought that it would be fun, but soon fights broke out.

        The largest problem was the little kids. They wouldn't pay attention or try. In fact, they just went where the ball was and instead of catching passes, the little kids dodged the ball. When the game finally ended, I noticed that our team lost. Be frankly, I really didn't care though. No one did. We were just all glad it was over.

【紅霞譯文】

        今天我們如願以償，參加籃球夏令營的全體成員主替補輪番上陣，打滿一場長達九十分鐘五對五的籃球比賽。

        長話短說，整場比賽打得亂七八糟，每隔幾分鐘就出現犯規，其中大部分犯規都是因為年齡較小的營員不敢闖入籃下而把球傳回半場造成的。還有不少進攻性犯規，由於缺乏足夠的傳球技術，本來應該帶球迂迴繞過對方球員，楞要橫衝直闖以致帶球撞人。技術犯規常常引發雙方口角，結果大家乘興而來，敗興而歸。

        問題主要出在低年級營員身上，他們要麼精力分散，要麼滿不在乎。實際上，這些孩子只跟着球跑來跑去，不是設法抓住球，而是見球便躲閃起來。直到終場，我才發現我們隊輸了。說句實話，我並非在意勝負，同伴也是如此，大家反倒慶幸球賽徹底結束。