The Athletic Pandemic


During the brainstorming process for my project, I wanted to choose a topic that my peers, as well as myself, could relate to. My mind immediately went to the idea of how the pandemic affected athletes immediately. This is because everyone has been affected by the pandemic in different ways especially in the realm of athletics. It was very difficult for me personally to lose what was the most important year of travel basketball, which affected the recruiting process a lot. Some of the seniors lost their seasons of senior sports, which left them in a state of uncertainty with regards to the season. My documentary, however, highlights the contrasting viewpoints of both athletes who continued to play collegiately as well as one who realized that she had lost her passion for the game during her time off from the game. The documentary also highlights a highschool coaches point of view as they had so much more thrown at them compared to other seasons in terms of safety and health. Ultimately, I decided to not include myself in the documentary so that other unique perspectives could be heard, because in reality, I did not lose any more than others being that everyone else in my grade was experiencing similar issues. But when asking my subjects questions I was able to hint them in a certain direction because I also experienced the effects of the pandemic and athletics myself. With the implementation of Coach Milazzo he was able to offer the administrative standpoint of getting back to playing sports which was seemingly hard for some to grasp the logistics of it during the time. He is able to offer the struggles of dealing with losing players ton positive cases as well as handling equipment to keep everyone as safe as possible. My social location is very distinct because I had experienced Coach Milazzo’s struggles first hand during my senior year of high school and was able to relate to both Esmae and Rachel struggles because we are all the same age but not connect with Kassidy as much because she is older and had decided to stop playing Basketball before my first year playing at Muhlenberg. 


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