English 100‚ TR October 6‚ 2010 Essay 2 How to Shoot a Jump Shot Although some people are born naturally athletic‚ most people are taught the fundamentals of basketball at a young age and continue to practice these fundamentals as they get older. One of the basic assets to becoming a successful‚ well rounded basketball player is being able to shoot a jump shot. A jump shot is a shot in which a player jumps into the air and shoots the ball at the basket with one or both hands (Dictionary
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An Analysis of the Volleyball Jump Serve | Dr Marion Alexander‚ Adrian Honish MSc - Sport Biomechanics Lab‚ University of Manitoba‚ Canada | IntroductionOne of the most dramatic skills in modern volleyball is the spike serve‚ or the jump serve‚ which provides an exciting and dynamic skill that is captivating for players and spectators alike. The player starts about five meters behind the end line of the court‚ uses a fast and explosive run up‚ a dynamic spike takeoff and an exciting spike
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weights‚ and released the halteres behind him at the end of his jump. Halteres weighed between 1.6 to 4.6 kilograms‚ or 3.5 to 10.1 pounds. Pausanias describes the halteres as "half of a circle‚ not an exact circle but elliptical‚ and made so that the fingers pass through as they do through the handle of a shield.” Rules? Athletes jumped into a pit approximately 50 feet long and landed with their feet together. Officials measured a jump from the bater‚ a fixed point on the side of the jumping pit
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Motion Analysis: Basketball Jump Shot The main joints involved in a basketball jump shot include the hip‚ knee‚ ankle‚ shoulder‚ elbow‚ and wrist. All of these joints flex and extend. The jump shot can be split into three parts: the set-up‚ the jump and release‚ and the post-release. The set-up involves a lot of flexion and extension of the hip‚ knee‚ ankle‚ and shoulder. Hip flexion occurs first and flexion of both knees until the thighs are parallel to the ground follows closely. Knee flexion
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The chapter Jump into The Gene Pool tells us about the random modifications that genetics and DNA‚ suffer due to mutation or gene jumping. Exist several causes by which gene can jumping occur: environmental stress genes or a disorder affecting their motion. At the same time‚ through this reading I have gotten a better understanding about the jumping DNA‚ which is a small sequence of DNA that move itself within the genome of the cell. Also‚ I found very interesting the creation of the first vaccine
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In a forest park named Atwood there was a puppy named Eddie. He loved to chew on toys. And he loves to play the game Pup Pup Jump. Eddie really wants to see a wolf in real live so he asked his mom “can I go into the woods at night and howl to find a wolf?” His mom replies “yes.” One night when Eddie was trying to find a wolf‚ he saw 2 humans walking by and their names are Daulton and Madyson. Daulton and Madyson pets Eddie really hard that Eddie screams. The next night‚ Eddie was headed to the
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Jump The cold air hissed around me‚ whipping my hair across my face. The rain pelting down on my body‚ plastering my hair to my scalp and making my clothes stick to my body. I took a shaky step closer to the edge. The lightening cut through the sky‚ illuminating the thrashing waves beneath me. Thunder boomed a few seconds later‚ making me blink rapidly. I could feel the salty water spraying at me as the waves crashed against the cliffs edge. My heart was beating hard against my chest‚ making
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Before entering a ring you should first work your body out to get in the shape you need to be‚ jump roping is a very great exercise. Going to the gym and boxing the equipment you will need to start off with is: a jump rope; hand wraps; boxing gloves; and water. After you get in shape learn the fundamentals in boxing like how to stand and throw punches‚ what punches to throw and how. Your strong hand should always be behind your weak hand‚ make sure that your chin is tucked‚ your hands are up and
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Liesel’s Last Jump Two years later the sky was a mix of grey and blue‚ undecided if it should feel sad or happy that Liesel Meminger ended her life. For so long she had felt alone and empty‚ what she didn’t know was that I was watching when I could catch a break from lifting the leftover souls. Liesel didn’t want to live like Ilsa Hermann. Liesel thought she could never be happy again. *************** *** Here is what most humans don’t understand: *** Everyone is different and broken hearts
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The high jump is a sport in which you try to jump over a pole. The pole can be set at different heights such as one meter or two meters. The high jump started hundreds of years ago but wasn’t really considered a sport. The high jump has many rules and basics to learn. The high jump first took place in the Olympics in Athens. It also took place during the summer of 1896. There have been many advancement since 1896. Some of these advancements are the shoes‚ the style‚ and the training. The shoes used
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