How I started: I started playing Basketball because my older brother played so I had to go along to practise sessions and whatnot. Eventually I joined in on the sidelines mimicking what the players were doing, and then I began playing for an all-girls team every Saturday morning! My Greatest Achievement: My greatest achievement is …
How I started: I first got into Basketball after watching one of my favourite movies, Like Mike. I also saw my brother start playing at the local leisure centre growing up. I was watching and imitating on thew sidelines until the age of five at a Saturday club, and then around two years later I …
How I started: I started playing Basketball around the age of four years old. My dad was involved int he management of a Basketball team locally, he bought me an indoor hoop with a sponge ball and started coaching me from there. I started playing competitively at nine years old for Sheffield Junior Sharks. My …
How I started: My dad was my PE teacher in school, and my older sister also played Basketball, so being at school early in the mornings I had a lot of free time to practice and play. My sister played for a girls’ club and her coach would let me tag along. I joined the …
How I started: I went to a local multi sport club. There were various different sports to take part in but the woman running the club was a wheelchair basketball player, I gave it a try and began training, and after a short while I was invited to county trials for the north west. Within …
How I started: I started at the age of 16, having not played Basketball before. I was going to play Football with my friends and a coach spotted me, mentioned my height, and asked if I wanted to give it a go. Right there we played on the park, and I enjoyed it, although …
How I Started I started playing basketball in my back garden, but I switched and began playing different sports until I started in year 8 when I picked up the sport again. After picking up Basketball again I played for the Nottingham Youth Basketball team until I attended a Team GB trial day with seven …
How I Started I was first introduced to Basketball at after-school club in primary school, and from there I fell in love with the game and decided that one day I wanted to play professionally. Shortly after my first coach told me that he saw potential in me and from there I set out to …
How I Started I grew up able-bodied, but I was involved in an accident which completely changed my life. I was introduced to wheelchair basketball when I left the hospital. This was the first time I had ever even played Basketball, but everyone made me feel welcome and being with other disabled athletes like myself …
How I Started I first picked up a basketball at 12 years old on the South Acton Estate in London and I was hooked. Growing through the ranks of the junior circuit and then onto playing in the big league – my passion for the game was always at a high and I was a …
