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    Basketball

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    Goals Paper Outline Introduction Paragraph One * Goals mean to have something strive for‚ to have something to look forward too. * You should have goals because it gives you something to focus on‚ gives you motivation‚ self clarity‚ satisfaction‚ and sense of accomplishment. * My personal goal is to find a job a good job so I can give my car a new paint job. My academic goal is to get a 3.5 or higher. * These are the goals I have set for myself and will accomplish. * Paragraph

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    History of Basketball

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    The game of basketball has evolved a great deal throughout the years. Basketball was invented on December 21‚ 1891. The inventor of the game was a Canadian clergyman‚ James Naismith (Joseph Morse‚ 1973). <br> <br>The game of basketball was fashioned from fragments of other games‚ seeking to eliminate flaws of indoor rugby‚ soccer and lacrosse. Naismith also borrowed aspects from the children ’s game "Duck-on-a-Rock‚" in which children tried to knock off a rock from a boulder by tossing smaller rocks

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    cook‚ playing a game of basketball and

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    History of Basketball

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    One of the greatest sports in the world is goes by the name of basketball. This great game was invented by James Naismith December of 1891. James Naismith was a physician from Canada and attended McGill’s University in Montreal‚ Canada. After working as McGill’s Athletic director he went to Springfield‚ Massachusetts. He introduced the game when he was an instructor at the Young Men Christian Association Training School in Springfield. He created the game because he needed to think of something the

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    History of Basketball

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    History of Basketball Basketball was invented in December 1891 by the Canadian clergyman‚ educator‚ and physician James Naismith. Naismith introduced the game when we was an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. At the request of his superior‚ Dr. Luther H. Gulick‚ he organized a vigorous recreation suitable for indoor winter play. The game involved elements of American football‚ soccer‚ and hockey‚ and the first

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    between old school and new school basketball‚ there are also many differences between them. But‚ before we get into that you should know what old school basketball actually really is. “Old school” basketball was a game created by James Naismith in 1891 that originally set out to have 13 rules. It was a game where usually back then there were 9 players on each team competing‚ players weren’t allowed to get back in the game once out‚ and players originally would shoot a soccer ball into a square box of 18

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    Naismith Basketball

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    Basketball Unlike most sports that were formed gradually over time or from a combination of other sports. If basketball wasn’t created in that way‚ then how was basketball created? It all started in 1891 when Dr. James Naismith was given the task of creating a safe indoor game to keep track and field runners in shape over the winter. Naismith created basketball from a game he used to play in his childhood called Duck on a Rock. The goal of Duck on a Rock was to throw stones to hit a target

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    Soccer History

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    think about the big 3. Football‚ baseball and basketball‚ but anywhere else in the world that would be different. When they think of the most popular sport football‚ baseball‚ and basketball aren’t their number 1 sport‚ their number one sport is soccer. Have you ever wondered how soccer came about and ended up becoming the world’s most popular sport? Well hopefully this this will help answer some those questions. I have recently done much research on soccer this past couple of weeks. First‚ I’ll start

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    Materialism Of Soccer

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    (Khurram). One example where this has occurred is the introduction of soccer in the United States. Prior to the late 20th Century‚ there was a common theme that soccer had no place in American society. The beautiful game‚ as soccer is sometimes referred to‚ slowly infiltrated the United States culture throughout the century‚ but the sport failed to gain serious traction on American soil until the late twentieth century. While soccer is practiced like a religion elsewhere‚ some argue that the United

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    Basketball Outline

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    BASKETBALL SKILLS OUTLINE Here is a short outline of the skills you will be working on during our basketball unit. DRIBBLING • Use fingerpads (tips) • Bend knees • Keep your head up • Dribble up to your waist • Push ball down (curl fingers around ball-do not slap) SHOOTING- PUSH SHOT • Feet in a front to back stance • Bend knees • Use your strong hand-guide hand • Push ball softly in the air • Follow through PASSING- Chest Pass

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