“I decided to just leave basketball as a fun hobby (laughs).”
Bundong Middle School won 40-9 against Wonju YKK in the preliminary match of the women’s middle school at the Inje National Youth Basketball Competition held at Inje Multi-purpose Gymnasium in Inje-gun, Gangwon-do on the 10th.
After losing against Guil Middle School 19-25 in the first match of the competition, Bundong Middle School experienced the joy of winning its first competition. Apart from the results of the two competitions, the height of Choi Yeon-seo, a freshman at Bundong Middle School, caught the eye. It was an overwhelming gap with her peers.
Choi Yeon-seo, whom I met after the game, carefully said, “It hasn’t been long since I first encountered basketball. I learned it when I was in 6th grade, and I grew up step by step to come this far. As I am tall, I have received a lot of offers to scout me to continue playing basketball in many places.” 토토사이트
He is 177.5 centimeters tall, saying, “I measured my height recently. I was much taller than my peers since I was young.” Naturally, he would have caught the attention of people involved in the event.
Despite receiving many offers, Choi said, “I haven’t decided on my dream yet, but after a lot of consideration, I decided to enjoy basketball only for fun (laughs). It’s just okay. I want to have fun,” and decided to leave it as a hobby.
Nevertheless, his passion for basketball was so great that he invested six hours a day. Choi Yeon-seo said, “I don’t know the exact reason, but at first it was hard and I didn’t like it. But as time went by, it became more and more interesting.”
He added, “I think it became fun again as I exercised and played with my friends and experienced various training sessions. In particular, as we got together more and more, the point where we scored more points came to me.”
“I was so nervous about the first game. The second game was a bit different,” Choi said. “My team members did a good job, which resulted in good results. I want to have fun in the next game and leave happy memories.”