The Select Team

Author's Note: I wrote about this book because I can relates to it many ways.

Have you ever had the feeling of being cut from a basketball because of being small and short?  That is how Danny Walker felt in Travel Team by: Mike Lupica. They just judged him on his size and not his talent level.  I have read a lot of books but this one has the most meaning to me I can also relate to this book the best.

I have had the feeling of not making the team that I wanted to make like Danny did in the book Travel Team by: Mike Lupica. When I tried out for the Pewaukee Travel Team I made the “A” Team the first year but then the next two years I made the “B” team. I can relate to Danny because I also have more friends on the other team. Also I was very sad when I made the other team. Because I thought I was going to make the “A” team but I didn’t so I was disappointed.

Did you know that over 70% of kids that try out for a sports team don’t make it or quit in the U.S.A. That’s according to Michael Pfahl of life.famileducation.com this is a very disappointing but interesting stat. It is interesting because 23% of the kids that tried out for Pewaukee select basketball didn’t make it. But most of these kids tryout the next year. So they didn’t quit they kept trying out year after year.

How would you feel if you didn’t make the select team at your school?  Well I know how it feels and so does Danny walker in Travel Team by: Mike Lupica. These are some of the reasons why I can relate to this book and why it has so much meaning to me.