Teamwork

Resting on my sofa after school, I gazed at our shelf of glistening gold medals and trophies. A certain trophy caught my eye and I picked it up. “Sunshine Primary School 2016 Basketball - Champion.” As I admired that trophy, I began to recall those incidents leading to how I received it.

When I was in Primary Five, I was in the basketball school team. Every month, we would have a basketball match against another school’s basketball team. In spite of the amount of training we had, we had never won a single match before. That was due to our lack of teamwork and cooperation. During a match, our team would argue over little things and sometimes, we would refuse to play after an argument. Our coach was at his wit’s end. Looking at the number of matches we had lost, I knew we had to do something.

During one of our training sessions, our team split into two to have an adrenaline–pumping match against each other. The inter-school competition was coming up, and none of us wanted to miss our chance of getting that gold trophy. “Three, two, one, start!” our basketball coach, Coach Leong, yelled. John, who was in my team, managed to grab the ball that Coach Leong threw in the air. From the moment John grabbed the ball, he refused to let anyone take it. “Pass the ball to me, John!” I exclaimed. I was at a good position to shoot the ball into the hoop then. To my dismay, John made an obnoxious face at me. Out of frustration, I leapt towards John and made a futile attempt to snatch the ball. It became a tug-of-war battle between John and I. Coach Leong shook his head and boomed like an active volcano, “Children! Is this the type of behaviour I should be seeing from you? The match is in four weeks and if you are going to behave like this during the match, you will bring shame to me, the school and yourselves! Do you even know the importance of teamwork?” Coach Leong sighed and gave us a disappointed look. It seemed as if he had some sad news he had yet to break to us, but could not bear to do so.

I was right.

That day, Coach Leong announced that he would be retiring after our competition. “I hope that you can show me your teamwork and cooperate in this competition before I retire. You do not have to win, but just put in your best. I hope you can fulfill my wish,” Coach Leong explained with a glum look on his face. After hearing what he had said, I choked on my tears and felt a lump in my throat. My heart sank. We were giving Coach Leong a hard time, when all he wanted was for us to show teamwork in the match! After that incident, I was determined to do my best and work as a team.

The day of the basketball match came. As the referee blew his whistle, he flung the basketball into the air. Without hesitation, I leaped up into the air to grab the ball. “Sally, catch!” I yelled at the top of my voice. Sally was really short, but she could run at lightning speed. Before the opposing team could reach Sally, she had already shot the ball into the net! Our group cheered with joy and I punched the air twice with my fists.

Signalling for Sally to pass the ball to me, I caught it and threw the ball over the heads of our opponents. The ball flew through the air like a missile before landing into the hands of Eric, who was standing next to the basketball hoop. Swiftly, he dunked it in. Again, loud cheers filled the air.

That day, we won the match 5-0. Finally, we had managed to work as a team and Coach Leong was very satisfied. I smiled at him and his face lit up in return. Each of us received a trophy for our amazing efforts.

As I recalled the entire incident, a smile spread across my face. The most important thing we received that day was not the trophy but the value of teamwork.

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