Girls' Basketball

When you hear of girls’ basketball, you might at first think of it to be boring. As girls aren’t as powerful as the boys, yes, you aren’t going to see performance play or power play. But girls’ way of playing is fun to watch in a different way. While the boys like to play in a big space, using all the space possible in all directions with their energy and body size, the girls count more on agility, teamwork, and getting the ball in all circumstances. Where boys would step back after a throw in, the girls will go right at the ball. This difference creates something worthy to see in girls’ matches that you won’t be able to see in boys’ matches.
Although not many people were around the girls’ matches with the exception of the 3rd graders, all 18 teams fought hard. Most of the matches included something like hacking balls from each other, and making the game progress unreadably. The aggressive and vigorous play really was something to watch.

117-2 Shifumi Nagase