Sacred Hoops A. Bibliography: Jackson P. (1995). Sacred Hoops. 1st ed. New York‚ NY: Hyperion. B. Summary: Phil Jackson ’s book‚ Sacred Hoops is him telling a story about his spiritual basketball journey to becoming one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time. It starts out with him coaching a season of the Bulls‚ then it flashes back to his high school life and him winning the state championship for Williston High School. After that he goes from an all American in
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Phil Jackson coached the Chicago Bulls basketball team to one of the longest winning streaks in professional sports. In his book‚ Sacred Hoops‚ he describes his approach to coaching a group of acknowledged stars. He clearly understands that simply collecting a set of outstanding players does not a championship team make. One way of understanding his approach is to think of every problem or project having components in four different spheres: 1. Mental‚ logical‚ scientific‚ technical 2. Systems
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dancers share a circular drum and their dances are done in a circle. Not to mention‚ many of these traditional dances are done to spiritually interact with nature‚ for religious purposes and so on. Despite of many traditions becoming dysfunctional the Hula has maintained its function because they tend to rewrite‚ recompose or compose songs about the things that are happening today.
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Running Head: HOOP DREAMS: REFLECTION PAPER In the movie “Hoop Dreams” a film producer followed two African-American boys on their journey to become professional basketball players. Sadly‚ Arthur and William’s story is too common into today’s lower income areas. Income unquestionably plays a role in this equation; since the parents don’t have the funds to give to their child to go to school this is the child’s only way to college. Many kids at a young age are forced to pick a sport
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Professor A. Priesman English 100 13 March 2014 The Prostitution of the Hawaiian Islands Lovely Hula Hands: Corporate Tourism and the Prostitution of Hawaiian Culture written by Haunani Kay Trask was written in 1993. Trask wrote this paper to inform Americans about what she thinks of tourism‚ a “colonial imposition” towards the Hawaiian culture. Trask incorporates ethos‚ pathos and logos throughout her essay to show how tourism effects these three points in the Hawaiian culture: The homeland
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Fellow Word Shakers‚ When I started reading the book‚ Night Hoops by Carl Deuker‚ I was very bored. I felt like I wasn’t relating to the characters and the plot was moving too slowly. I questioned whether I should start a new book; however‚ I persevered just like Nick‚ and I am very grateful that I stuck with it. After reading Night Hoops‚ I have developed a new mindset on how I should pursue my goals no matter what impediments obstruct my ability to reach them. Nick‚ the protagonist‚ always
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three full courts all have baskets of different heights: one at eight feet‚ one at eight and a half‚ and one at nine and a half. From dawn to dusk on weekends and from 3:00 to 8:00 on weekdays‚ games are played. In Chico‚ there is no better place to hoop. Ya see‚ on eight-and-a-half-foot baskets everybody can create. Pretend that you’re Larry Bird‚ Charles Barkely‚ Magic Johnson‚ Cheryl Miller‚ and‚ of course‚ Michael Jordan. Anything is possible: twenty-foot fadeaways‚ reverse gorilla dunks‚ alley
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To her credit‚ Trask pulls no punches in telling of struggles for hegemony and the legacies of violence preserved in everything from images of bombed aina‚ to institutional racism and sexism in our own American Studies department(!)‚ to the “lovely hula hands” of dusky‚ dancing Hawaiian maidens that are drooled over in international imaginations. Doing so‚ Trask participates in many important practical and theoretical debates‚ and writes purposefully and passionately against the continued
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leaning on the wall biting my nails. Well‚ I would have been if I wasn’t shaking so much. The Hoop Shoot event only came once a year‚ and I wanted to participate. The competition takes place in a high school basketball court. Students that make it shoots as many balls as they can through the hoop. The person that makes the most wins. Basketballs were thrown at the hoops as students tried out for the Hoop Shoot; only five girls and five boys made it for each grade level. Josie threw the ball-it went
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The movie Hoop Dreams traced a poor young talented African American named Arthur Agee from grade eight to college. Arthur hoped to play professional basketball in the future to help his family to escape poverty. Despite the fact that his family background and the neighborhood he lived in‚ disadvantaged him to pursue his goal in many ways. Firstly‚ Arthur is determined to play professional basketball‚ in order to help out his family. Secondly‚ his ability to adapt difficult circumstances played a
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