It’s been nearly 11 months since I last played a pickup game of basketball at a gym. I went down to Beechmont Racquet Club this evening with my family, was just shooting around with Emerson, and lo and behold it was men’s hoops night.
When I first started shooting around a few months ago, I was horrible. But I’ve shot around about 5 times now, and I was actually shooting quite good tonight (made 12 free throws in a row, hit like 5 threes in a row).
So I decided to give it a try. My physical activity/strength/flexibility has improved a bunch over the past month or so. I still can’t “run”, but I can jog.
I was careful—and pretty nervous. I did manage to score once in my team’s 12-7 loss, got a steal (pass interception), 3 rebounds, and an assist or two. I was slow as hell, but luckily there were 2 games going on and the courts were running sideways, so I was able to camouflage it well enough.
But it was very exciting, and definitely a milestone in my Achilles rupture injury recovery. Just in case someone out there is going through a similar injury, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
