The day I was looking forward to had finally arrived: Basketball tryouts. I wasn’t the most talented‚ but I knew I could contribute to the team as a defensive stopper‚ using my size to my advantage. While the rest of the fellow middle schoolers struggled to hit layups and dribble the ball‚ I showed slightly more skill than everyone else. I made the B team that year as the team captain and leader. We didn’t win a game all season long‚ but that didn’t stop my love of the game; in fact‚ that is when
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The Long Residuals of Basketball With 25‚000 dollars‚ one could buy a luxury car or even put a down payment on a home. On Christmas Day though‚ that was the amount of money spent on a pair of courtside seats to watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the Miami Heat in the Staples Center (ticketmaster.com). From high school to the professional level‚ contemporary basketball maintains a distinct level of media attention and focus unlike any other sport. High-flying dunks and last second buzzer beaters
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types of sports. Two very popular sports are baseball and basketball. These two games are very similar in multiple ways‚ but they are also very different. First off‚ baseball and basketball are very similar in many ways. For example‚ they are both sports and require you to be active. Also‚ they both have professional leagues in the United States. For baseball‚ it is Major League Baseball (MLB)‚ and for basketball‚ it is the National Basketball Association (NBA). Another similarity is that both sports
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Basketball and Soccer Do you know what the differences are between soccer and basketball? These are the two most popular sports around the world. Soccer was invented over 2000 years ago in China. On the other hand‚ basketball is one of my favorite sports. Originally‚ this game was played in American schools in 1891. There are some differences between basketball and soccer such as‚ the part of the body that you play with‚ the number of players and the form of shooting. Though soccer and basketball
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Football and basketball are the two of the most common sports that are played in many parts of the world. In today’s society everyone loves the game of football‚ but people undertook how great the game of basketball is. Both sports are highly popular and ordinated in the United States. To be able to tell which is a better sport is held in the eyes of the beholder. Regards the differences where they play‚ what they wear‚ and different balls they use‚ football and basketball are much the same
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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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Basketball vs. Volleyball Two friends playing different sports argue which sport out of basketball and volleyball is better. Basketball and volleyball are very popular and well known sports that are important icons for entertainment purposes. Both sports were originated during the similar time period between 1891 and 1895. Although basketball and volleyball are excellent pastimes and seem like they have much in common they differ in how the players are positioned in the game‚ the scoring system
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Industry Analysis The basketball industry has no lack of consumers‚ organizations such as the NBA‚ the WNBA‚ college basketball‚ high school basketball‚ and countless other basketball organizations located overseas function and train year round. This being said there are millions of potential customers for the Shot Blocker. The sports business industry is worth an estimated 213 billion dollars. The National Basketball Association alone is worth a whopping 3 billion dollars. More specifically‚
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many years. All civilizations have developed some type of sport. Hunting is a sport‚ fishing is a sport‚ archery is a sport‚ all these things that the early people did in order to live were considered sports. Today basketball is a major sport played throughout the world. In basketball the goal is to score more baskets than the other team. Five people from each team are on the court at all times. Even if a player commits a foul‚ they stay on the court. Every time you have the ball‚ you have three
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It was a perfect day for me‚ I couldn’t think of anything that could ruin it. I made new friends when I made the basketball. Until I got home that day. As I walked into my house I noticed something strange. My father was home sitting on the couch and as fast as I could I tried to remember if I did anything bad I couldn’t remember the last bad thing I did at school‚ then a million more thoughts rushed through my head as I remembered the C on my report card. When my dad called me in a serious low
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