have two siblings named jaydon timmons and marandon timmons they are fourteen and seven years old. i am a basketball player here at brewton-parker college. this year i was ineligible due to my high school grades‚ but i am looking forward to making a major impact next season. basketball has always been my passion and i started playing ever since i could walk‚ my father wanted me to be a basketball player ever since i was born. so after learning the basics of the game‚ i became pretty good for my age
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when we entered the building I saw a very long line of people. So‚ I looked towards the front of the line‚ and I saw a tall‚ darkly skinned man who was signing basketballs. Since‚ I love the sport of basketball I recognized who it was but I wanted to make sure so I ask my friend “ Is that Shaquille O’neal?” my friend said in return “ I think so.” My heart jumped out of my body‚ as soon as he said that. I started jumping up and down‚ I was so excited. Since‚ there was a long line I had to be patient
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was the ball‚ held in the referee’s hands‚ about to be thrown up into the air. I stood a few feet behind the boy on the opposite team‚ poised and ready to catch the ball when my teammate smacked it toward me. Oh‚ I was so nervous. Suddenly the basketball hit my stomach with incredible force. It bounced off and rolled away on the floor to be picked up by the opposite team. The game had begun‚ and I had already dropped the ball. I hadn’t even seen it flying toward me when I was looking straight at
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As a player for the Hanford West basketball team‚ I was placed into situations that required me to step up and be the leader of the team. One of these situations was during a game when our most talented player had been injured. I know my teammates relied on me to be the one to look up to for all the answers. I was certain I would have to go beyond my capabilities to lead this unit to victory. The game started off horribly because of the evident lack of effort from our team. As the commander of this
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The first time I scored in a basketball game was a life changing event for me. I was about to quit because I didn’t think I would ever be good. My dad‚ he was my coach‚ told me not to because he saw potential in me. The first year I played basketball‚ I didn’t score‚ so I wanted to quit. "Don’t quit playing"‚ my dad told me‚ "you can be a great player if you work hard." The first time I scored made me want to play more. It was my second season and I was the happiest kid in the world. My dad was in
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Game Day Game Day had arrived for the two rival basketball teams; the Eagles and the Tigers. The loud and passionate fans had been waiting in line for hours out in the freezing cold weather. As the warm ups started the players were getting nervous. Both teams wanted the state championship very bad and they were just hours away from winning it. Months and months of strenuous conditioning and closely won ball games had all come down to this one game. The referee threw the perfectly round orange rubber
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large dose of adrenaline as she takes the court for one of the biggest games in the state tournament. First round of the tournament they play the number one team in class A. Her former summer teammate‚ now known as the 2015-2016 Big Ten women’s basketball player of the year takes the court against her. They both fight to stay on top to continue on to the semifinals. My sister Marisa fought until the last minute in the game after losing earlier in the season to the undefeated Fremont tigers. She beat
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team. That’s the pressure I get every game I played that year of my freshmen year in my high school basketball games. I loved playing freshman basketball because the road trips we went to together. the thrill you get out of the games we played and lastly the team was like a family to me.
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ensures success. As the captain of my Freshman Basketball team and now as the Head Manager of my Varsity Women’s Basketball team‚ this lesson has been learned over and over again in the past four years. I carry this with me everywhere I go. In each organization I am a member of and with every experience‚ focusing on family‚ consistency‚ and common goal is what has allowed me to motivate others as a leader to realize success. Hundreds of basketball games has taught me that success is not
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I was the first freshman to make the varsity basketball team in six years. My freshman year season was excellent I helped my team reach the semifinals but we ended up losing that game. Sophomore year came around and the season was just a few months away I had got better and mentally ready for the school year and the season but overnight all of that would change. In late October had just got home from the gym playing basketball with my friends my day was going marvelous it was late at night and I
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