I'll give myself a 3

Before the pre-tryout workshop, I would have ranked myself about a 5 (this is all out of 10) as skater. After the workshop, I bumped myself down to a 3 in comparison to the other girls.

Now that my endurance will be pretty much gonzo when I start back, I think I'll be in the 1.5 - 2 range. Bear in mind, I am basing this mostly on speed and endurance. If anyone reading has endurance building tips I'd love to hear them.

I think I'll excel when I actually get into scrimmaging in seeing the floor and anticipating other people's moves. I've played basketball for most of my life, and over the years learned to get into the heads of the other team and my own teammates. I look forward to watching and knowing the game well enough to be able to really "see" the track.

Understandably, there is a certain amount of unpredictability in every sport, but there are always patterns. Teams will always run plays. There will always be a way to shut those plays down or at least make them more difficult to execute. There are ways to build a level of unpredictabilty into your own team.

I was never the best or fastest player on the court, but I played smart and always saw what was happening around me. I just need to learn how to skate while looking behind me and getting hit and using my brain at the same time. This is going to be very interesting.