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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Early Women in Basketball In 1891 Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball for men. He created it as a way to get energy out and release high levels of testosterone. Only about a year later Senda Berenson‚ a physical education teacher‚ adapted the game and Women took the court (Allen 1). Many modifications were made to make the game more acceptable for women to play. The first court was a peach basket nailed to the wall. In the rare event that the ball went in‚ a janitor stayed around
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Speaking With Satire Lord Bryon once said‚ “Fools are my theme‚ let satire be my song”. A satire is a literary composition‚ in verse or prose‚ in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn‚ derision‚or ridicule (dic.com). A well recognized satire is George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Orwell wrote this allegorical novella in England when the wartime alliance with the Soviet Union was at its height and Stalin was held in highest esteem in Britain both among the people and government. George
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express my gratitude to all those who gave me the possibility to complete this paper. I have to thank the University of Washington for the permission to do the necessary research work and the National Council for Eurasian and East European Studies for financial and organizational support. I am deeply indebted to all people who have helped me during the Carnegie Research Fellowship Program‚ who donated their time and energy and deserve highest appreciation. Especially I am bound to my scientific
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How to Be a Better Basketball Player Basketball is a fun sport that anyone can play. It takes a lot of energy‚ strength‚ and hard work to be successful. Here are a few tips to help you improve your shooting. When you shoot a basketball‚ it should be a technique that you use every time you shoot. To be a good basketball player‚ you have to start off with shooting the right way. The right way to shoot is only using one hand and using your other hand to hold the ball in place. Shooting with
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Basketball is one of the most injury-prone contact sports. There are many regulations that have been made in an attempt to ensure player safety. One way to do this is to regulate the amount of space between the court and spectators or other obstacles. Seating and any other obstructions must be set a certain distance from the dimensions of the court. For high school basketball‚ it is recommended that obstructions be 10 feet away from the playing court. However‚ 3 feet is the minimum requirement. With
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players to think logically to solve problems. Players must actively follow directions to successfully complete problems presented in a game. Similarly‚ students in school must pay attention and follow directions. Some studies indicate that playing video games has a negative effect on a child’s academic performance. When children play video games‚ they are typically not reinforcing school activities or doing homework. However‚ a survey of 4‚500 middle school children conducted by Dr. Iman
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The Hague University -SSMS- Module 1.5 Mrs. Phebe Winter MSc p.i.winter@hhs.nl Professional Abilities – “Skills” Module 1 – Class 5 ‘Team Work’ 8th October 2012 Teamwork Teamwork guitar playing Perfect Teamwork Teamwork - synergy Synergy comes from the Greek word synergia (synergos) “working together” Synergy usually arises when two persons (or more) with different complementary skills cooperate. In business‚ cooperation of people with organizational and technical
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attention of the town. They also helped him to change the losing ways of the early team into the state champion team they ended up to be. Additionally‚ a number of environmental factors played a role in his success. The almost religious fervor of basketball in Indiana‚ the quasi-anarchist environment of the town’s men‚ and the fact that Hickory was a small town all played vital roles in Coach Dale’s success. The first personal traits that Coach Dale was forced to exhibit were his toughness and his
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Composition of Concurrent Forces Abstract— The experiment aims to show the relationship of different forces acting at the same time by using different variables namely‚ the equilibrant force‚ the resultant‚ and the given forces Fa and Fb. The equilibrant force is the force that establishes equilibrium while the resultant is the addition of the given forces and is also the opposite of the equilibrant. The objective of the experiment is to determine the resultant of two forces experimentally‚ to
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