Over the last two and a half months, a team of grade 7-13 girls has been taking part in weekly basketball training sessions in preparation for the season’s final game, a friendly game against the NMS boy’s team, which took place on February 15, 2017. We played two short games, one of which we won, had a lot of fun and got to see how much we have progressed. The training as well as the game were a project organized by me as part of the IB CAS program. My goal with this project was to get more girls to play basketball, which is a very male-dominated sport. While there was no girl’s basketball team at our school prior to this project, there is definitely plenty of demand.
The project was a great experience, and I want to thank everyone who was involved in it. Everyone has shown great progress and not only improved their skills, but also grew together as a team. I would also like to encourage anyone interested, to continue this project next year, because it would be great to see the team grow and possibly participate in more games.
Julia Gatzen, IB13, 2017