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Real Name: Scholanda Robinson Gender: female Member Since: June 26, 2008 Last Signed In: July 16, 2008 Blog Views: 123 Send To A Friend Sign Guestbook Add as a Friend
Life During the Offseason
Going to College and Having a Child How I Got My Start in Basketball June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 My name is Scholanda Robinson and I am a guard for the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA. I am married to Frederick Robinson and we have a five-year old daughter, Aishida Robinson. 
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How I Got My Start in Basketball
I started playing basketball in the sixth grade. Before I played any organized sports, I participated in field day during elementary school and I’d beat all the boys in races all the time. That sparked everybody’s attention, they were like, “Okay, that’s a pretty fast little girl!” So I ran track when I got to middle school and my track coach was really good friends with the girls’ basketball coach. After track season was over, I would hang out at school and wait on my mom to get off work and come pick me up because she usually didn’t get there until 5:30, so my track coach asked, “Why don’t you just play basketball? You could stay in shape for track and it would give you something to do.” So I decided to try it. I never considered myself to be a good basketball player, I was just super athletic and fast, so I could beat everybody to the easiest shot on the court – a layup! That made me good because I was really athletic and I could get to a layup really quickly before anybody could do anything to stop me. Then, I started to grow more of a love for it throughout playing in middle school and in eighth grade, I had a choice to make—in my city, there was one high school that was known for girls’ track and always competed at the state tournament, and then there was a school that was great in girls’ basketball and always competed at states. At each school, the opposite sport was terrible. So coming out of eighth grade, I had to choose which sport I wanted to focus on. I ended up choosing to play basketball; I thought that it would be easier for me to play basketball on a really good team and compete, then just run track and do my individual events. So I did that and ran track for a few years but then I gave it up because my basketball coach was really concerned that I would tear my knee up while I was doing the triple jump; I had no teaching in that event, I was just out there being athletic. So I ended up giving up track my sophomore year and focusing completely on basketball.
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posted by
hmoeckli
on Jun 26, 2008 at 01:07 PM
It's so cool to hear the perspective of a female, professional athlete! Thanks for sharing and welcome to SacMomsClub!
posted by
MissVicki
on Jun 26, 2008 at 01:35 PM
What a sweet story :-) You were meant to be together. Welcome to SacMoms, it's great to have you here!
posted by
MiaMama
on Jun 26, 2008 at 06:36 PM
What a sweet story! Welcome!
posted by
AmandaS
on Jun 26, 2008 at 07:46 PM
Six years married...that is where we are at this year. Welcome to the site.
posted by
blahblahblah
on Jun 26, 2008 at 09:08 PM
Hi and welcome! Looking forward to hearing more about your life as a professional athlete, mom and wife.Your husband sounds great! Congrats on your recent anniversary celebration! posted by
nratcliff
on Jun 27, 2008 at 02:47 PM
Very heartwarming story. I like to see that men do exist that are not intimidated by successful and achieving women - I am married to one of those as well and it's nice not to have to worry about how he may feel but in turn is overly supportive and appreciative. My 13 year old step daughter found basketball three years ago and absolutely loves it. She tried soccer - too much running, she tried softball too much standing around and then came basketball... she was a monster - stealing the ball from innocent little girls who half the time didn't know what to do with it when they got it... it's just her sport and she loves it. The first two years she was on the championship team for our local recreational kids league and then last year she was moved to a different team because that coach had to quit. We knew this would be the grand test because she was now on a losing team and we wanted to see if she lost interest. The opposite occurred - she became the team leader, encouraging the other players, trying to help them and always giving it her best effort. I think they won one game last year and that was because the other team had to forefeit/ but our girl stuck with it and was really able to shine and show some leadership skills we didn't even know she had. I want to encourage her to play and sharpen her skills as much as possible. The only downside to her so far in this area is that she refuses to practice or even go outside and shoot the basket/// my husband has a hard time with this because he had a love for baseball and you still can't get the bat out of his hands half the time. I try to tell him girls are different and if this is something she really wants then later on she will learn that she will have to practice and work for it. The more I think about that though the more I think my husband is correct in that sometimes you have to push your children to be better and practice and not let them think - yes you are good - which doesn't mean you don't have to practice to be better.
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pliberty
on Jul 2, 2008 at 03:01 PM
Very cool story. So nice to meet you and your family. Also great to know of women who at their best are at least as good as the guys! I have been in the automotive industry most of my professional life, which is a tough world to compete in with the men.
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