Taj

Taj is a 9 year on old exceptional athlete/student he plays basketball and football and also maintained on the honor role the whole year

Placed 33rd

in their group

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What do they love most about playing their sport(s)?

What he loves most about playing basketball and football is the competition also the discipline and perfecting a craft in which will help him develop in the real world as he gets older on and off the court or field. getting to meet new people and building brand new friendships that he will forever have also working hard to obtain a goal


Who inspires them—on or off the field—and why?

Being the sixth child of seven boys he had to be tough and always watched all his brothers play basketball and wanted to be like them so bad that he turned practiced basketball on the Lil hoop inside his room in order to one day be able to compete with his big brothers so Taj goes hard to gain the respect of his older siblings . the motivation is to one day be able to beat his older brother in a game of 1 v 1 or 3 v 3 ,so Taj works very hard on his game practicing 4 days a week


What’s one moment in their athletic journey that makes you proudest?

Is to have watched my son work hard every day in practice and then when he got his first game and scored his first point and me playing be able to see the growth in my son was a proudest movement in his athletic career

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