12/1/14 BASKETBALL Basketball has served an important role in society. For many years basketball has been an enjoyable sport for one to play and watch. From an early age‚ children who participate in this team sport learn the values of teamwork‚ discipline‚ leadership‚ and effective communication. Basketball helps bring people from all over the world together‚ despite any differences. Basketball is still being remembered and watched today through its history‚ games‚ and players. Basketball was originated
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In basketball‚ always dribble with your head up. No‚ this is not something I learned from one of my coaches or any of my teammates. This is one of the many lessons I learned from a young African refugee. It began on a snowy day‚ peering through my frost bitten window at the basketball hoop across the street. Amongst the falling snow there was someone I had never seen before with a basketball in his hand and a smile wider than I thought the blistering cold would allow. At first‚ I was hesitant to
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Throughout my time is College Composition I‚ I learned and developed numerous skills that I will carry with me to college and beyond. While writing the five assigned essays‚ I was able to identify my strengths and weaknesses. I believe a strength of mine was my ability to add in personal stories into my essays. For example‚ in my definition essay‚ I included my fear of disappointment and how I work to overcome this particular fear. On the other hand‚ one weakness that I struggled with was style.
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5th grade I joined a basketball team. I was in tryouts but I didn’t think I did so well. I ended up making the team though. Practices after practices‚ my first game took place. My friend John played basketball too; but we weren’t on the same team. It turns out we play each other for the first game. John said “do you want to ride to the courts with me?” I said “yea‚ what time do you want to meet me?” John asked “what time do you have to show up to the courts?” I replied “my coach said to meet at
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Lost & Found “Vake up‚ vake up Bastian it your first day of school” yelped his mother in her German accent. “Ok‚ alright Mama I’m up”. “Make sure you have your breakfast it’s the most important meal of the day”. “Ok” “She always has to repeat stuff” he said under his breath. In a sluggish manner he went the bathroom‚ quickly washed his face ‚brushed his teeth‚ brushed his brown hair and put his school uniform on. He swiftly made his way to the kitchen where his cereal was waiting for him
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first basketball tournament in the history of the Olympic games during the 1936 Berlin edition where basketball was played outdoors on lawn tennis courts (which was terribly hampered by a bad rainy weather) and there were still no seats for spectators. Dr. James Naismith‚ acknowledged as the inventor of the beautiful game of basketball‚ was present at the Berlin Olympic basketball competitions and handed out the medals to the winning basketball teams. The 1936 Philippine Olympic basketball team‚
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If I had to pick one achievement that I have done to make my community a better place‚ it would be about my basketball team when I was in the high school. Since the school is a small private school‚ I was a co-captain when I was a sophomore‚ which was my last year of high school because I graduated early by taking the high school proficiency exam called CHSPE. What I did as the co-captain was asking a coach to join the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). It is one of the biggest sports league
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Introduction Basketball is a team sport‚ the objective being to shoot a ball through a basket horizontally positioned to score points while following a set of rules. Two teams of five players play on a marked rectangular court with a basket at each width end. A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the basket during regular play. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins‚ but additional time (overtime) may be issued when the game ends with a draw. The ball can
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BIOMECHANICAL PRINCIPLES BASKETBALL Colten McDermott HPED 315 2-May-12 Biomechanical Principles In Basketball Basketball is a very competitive and popular sport in our society today. The NBA playoffs are going on right now and it has proved to be a very physical and intense post season. This sport takes an extreme amount of talent‚ coordination‚ and athletic ability to become a champion. There are a few biomechanical principles that are present during the game of basketball that help these athletes
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given a basketball was all it took for me to know that I had found real love and a best friend. The ball was brand new‚ just out of the box. It was orange and smelled like a factory of rubber. The ball was give to me for Christmas when all I wanted was to shoot crumpled up pieces of paper into a trashcan. The wrapping paper was unique with basketballs and pink bows covering every inch. The first rip of the paper and it was certain a new love had been found. It traveled to
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