Tuesday, December 14

Basketball games

In early December, I was occupied with all about basketball. I practiced a basketball game with Filipinos. And, I saw a basketball tournament for Mongolian students. Both took place sub-urban areas of Osaka city, Japan - how internation a ball gets!

Filipino basketball practice
Filipino community in Kansai is preparing for annual basketball tournament. My friend, Romero invited me for practicing in his team. So we met up Sunday and then joined six other Filipinos on way to a sport hall.
When we got there, it was already busy a place, children runing happily, people hanging around the basketball court. One could easily note that there was general excitement of playing basketball and inspirations to American NBA fashion. Mix of tall and short, fat and thin, good and bad players, and a few wanted to act as coach and some cheered happily.
They seem to follow basic rules accordingly and most keep their roles. There was no dispute nor confrontation. In short it was a happy practice.

Mongolian Student Tournament
Mongolian students in Kansai organized an annual basketball tournament. By school and area, they formed teams. Each team put up a cash bid and the winner gets most chunk of that.
Just as Filipinos, there was mix of tall and short, fat and thin, good and bad players, and a few wanted to act as coach and some cheered out well. For victory, players got fierce sometimes with disputes nearly close to fight. On top of good rule keeping, teams equipped with strong defense. Overall it was an interesting play.

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