Throughout history‚ Canada has grown in so many ways from being more independent‚ showing our strength in the war‚ technological advances‚ gender and racial equality and many more. Canadian basketball is one of the many things that has evolved over the past few years thanks to former Toronto Raptor Vince Carter and retired NBA player Steve Nash.(Dan Stravinsky) We have already started to see a change in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for example the last two first round drafts have been
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History of Basketball The first game similar to basketball may have been played by the early people of ancient Mexico as early as 500’s. The Mayan people used the decapitated skulls of their enemies as the ball. They also made sacrifices if you did not win the game. James Naismith was a man born on In 1861‚ James Naismith invented basketball. The idea of basketball came from Naismith’s early school education. He used to play a game known as duck-on-a-rock. The idea was to knock a "duck"
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CRITICAL THINKING IN THE HISTORY OF BASKETBALL Critical Thinking in the History of Basketball Andrew T. Brough Colorado Tech University Online Abstract The Socratic Method helps Leaders use critical thinking to their advantage to Influence and persuade other people. Using the Socratic Method one can lead an Opponent to draw a conclusion that contradicts his own viewpoint according to Tucker‚ A. (2007) Leadership by the Socratic Method: Air
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English 1101 Research Paper What is the role of a men’s basketball coach? When someone thinks about some of the best basketball teams in history‚ they usually tend to forget about the coaches for those teams. Michael Jordan will always be thought of first when the championship Chicago Bulls teams of the 1990s come to mind. Phil Jackson coached all those championship teams and Jordan never won a championship without Jackson. The same can be said for many other great teams. The coaches of championship
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Basketball and football have many differences and similarities that we often don’t catch on too or just even care too focus on. Both sports here in the U.S have become extremely popular and nationally televised around the world. For anybody trying to choose which sport is the better sport ‚ it could be very helpful to get know the basics and characteristics of each sport. Although it does seem the two sports have more differences on how they play‚ the way they move ‚ the equipment and accessors
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I think that basketball is the best sport because It’s fun to shoot 3 pointers. It’s fun to try and steal the ball. I like to run down the court and shoot a layup because i’m fast. It’s entertaining to pass the ball around because I can get the assist. Basketball is more than just running back and forth. In basketball I made some more friends with my team.Basketball is what I believe in. In basketball I learned new things. I learned that there is someone called Michael Jordan I saw that he could
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Basketball and baseball are the second and third most played sports in the U.S.A. This year the Chicago Cubs won the world series ending an over a century year run of not winning a world series. The same year the Lebron James guided the Cleveland Cavaliers to an exquisite win the NBA finals ending a streak of over five decades of not winning a final. Whereas basketball and baseball are different‚ basketball is played on a court and baseball is played on a field. They are also similar as they are
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The sport of basketball is one of the best sports ever to be invented. This sport features some of the best women and men to have ever played the sport; such as Lebron James‚ Candise Parker‚ Reggie miller‚ Michael Jordan‚ Stephen Curry and more. The sport has been around for many decades. This is a very simple and easy sport to play. The first thing you will need is a basketball; secondly you will need a hoop. I will start of by teaching you the basics of the game; which are dribbling the ball and
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Professor Frank Nobiletti Khuong Nguyen History 110-3 Wed # 98 Fall Semester 2012 History Research Paper The United States is the current super power in the world. To make sure that the country retains the status‚ the president can learn many lessons from its history in terms of tactics‚ strategies‚ and goals. This would assist him to become the best and most effective president he can be for the Americans. However‚ the purpose of this paper is to provide a background report explaining
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Basketball History Basketball is played everywhere today with girls and boys playing the well known game. The man behind the game basketball is Dr. James Naismith. At first the game was played with a rubber ball and a peach basket. The first true basketball game as we know was January 20th‚ 1892 in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. Dr. Naismith made the game for YMCA to play originally. Dr. Naismith wrote some simple rules‚ most of his original rules are used today. There was 13 rules‚ but nine have
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