Celebrate the Act of Giving BACK!

My experience attending the UBC overnight sports camp has taught me many valuable lessons about myself and what my post secondary life may be. Our on court sessions has taught me what it takes to compete at the next level and the steps that I personally need to take to get there. 

When we were off the court having our meals in the dining hall or going to grab a snack helped me to make connections and find things out about new people that I just met, or people that I have played against in school or club seasons. The camp helped me make great connections with girls out of province, and we still talk here and there about how our senior year of sports are going. After dinner most days we would get free time, coaches gave us the freedom to wander campus as long as we were in groups. This freedom gave me a great experience to explore all parts of the campus and learn interesting facts and see different aspects that the campus has to offer. Me and a group of teammates went to the rose garden and watched the sunset together taking in the beautiful view.

I genuinely think that I improved as a player having the opportunity to play against and be coached by elite high level people. I found it extremely helpful that at the very end of the camp before it was time for us to get picked up, we had a chance to get to talk with the coaches. We sat with our teams for the competition day and coaches went around to all groups answering any questions we had. I liked that they did this because I learned many insights of being a university athlete. Some shared how they deal with balancing school and basketball, they also gave great tips for how to de-stress after a tough basketball game. Overall my whole experience at the UBC camp was exciting and taught me many things not only on the court but also off that I will take with me to my school season and post secondary.