James Alkilany Gym 2/27/13 Black athlete essay. As my athlete I picked Magic Johnson. He was born on august 14‚ 1959 in Lansing‚ Michigan. He had grown up with nine brothers and sisters and both of his parents had worked. He had a passion for basketball‚ and he would start practicing at his high school sometimes as early as 7:30am. He had earned his nick name “Magic” as a sports writer had witnessed him score 36 points 16 rebounds and 16 assists in a single game. He went on to play in college
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Record after record and year after year‚ Stephen Curry is the best to ever shoot the basketball. Some may say‚ what about Ray Allen or Reggie Miller? Both of which are first and second on the all time three pointers made list. People then use that to say even if Steph will break those you cant say he’s the best ever yet. But I believe strongly that he is truly the greatest to ever do it. When people even try to compare Stephen curry to anyone the only people I can understand are Ray Allen or Reggie
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One of my activities that I am passionate about is basketball. I will use my basketball experience to add to St. Francis’ tradition of community‚ pride‚ and excellence by contributing effort to St. Francis. I know my level of effort really well because I have experienced a combination of bad and great effort in basketball. These examples helped me realize what I need to do to excel not just in basketball‚ but in school‚ and generally in life. One example is that one basketball game I was tired‚
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Best Athlete In my opinion of which best athlete should go to‚ it would definitely go to FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. First of all‚ the superstar soccer player has done so much in his career and broke so many records. Likewise‚ he has amazing skills on the pitch and hardly ever misses the back of the net. Lionel has scored 500 goals for both his club team and International team‚ with 300 of the goals going to his club alone. As a result‚ Messi has exceeded the point of what an athlete is people
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Herb Brooks Herb Brooks‚ in my opinion‚ was one of the greatest coaches and leaders in the history of sports. Herb Brooks was an inspirational leader. Brooks was also an innovator in American hockey. He created the "hybrid" style of hockey‚ which mixed a European puck possession style of play with the North American dump-and-chase style of play. Part of what made Brooks so successful was his way of motivating players and getting the most out of them. In his career Herb had many great accomplishments
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Should College Basketball Ban the One-and-Done Rule College basketball fans have always had a question; Should the one and done rule stay? Some people say yes‚ while some say no. In my perspective‚ think the rule should stay‚ here are my reasons why. One reason the one and done rule should stay is that it helps the young prospects about life. The one year of college teaches kids to work hard‚ make friends‚ and work together to win basketball games. Also‚ the college coaches could teach the young
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Last year‚ the Portland Trail Blazers were the surprise and feel good story of the NBA. Losing a star in Lamarcus Aldridge in free agency‚ along with Wesley Matthews and Nicolas Batum spelled doom for Trail Blazers. Many in the media and across the league picked Portland to finish near the bottom of the west and destined for a lottery finish. Instead‚ the squad finished with 44 wins and advanced to the second round of the playoffs. The Blazers front office responded by retaining their talent and
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I couldn’t believe what had happened to it‚ I was so mad. It was one of my favorite toys of all time and to see it in its condition made me sad. My dad used to be a P.E. teacher. One day he brought a bunch of his sports equipment home in a big blue bag. My sisters and I loved it when he brought his sports equipment home because we would always play with the tennis rackets‚ footballs‚ and everything else inside of the bag. There was a really nice red ball in the bag. It looked like a medium sized
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Basketball is a common sport around the nation. It has an offense and a defense like any other sport does. The players have to make the shots to gain the points within the four quarters. It’s not that easy to just make shots‚ there’s certain plays and a way to set up each play to make a basket‚ or also defend your basket. Each position has its own importance on the field and nothing like a little teamwork will get the job done. There are three main positions to make up an offense or defense play
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For this study‚ I decided to observe kids playing basketball in our community basketball courts. I decided to visit the basketball court on Saturday to observe as many players as I can. I spent about hour or so just studying how the kids were positioning their hands‚ grips‚ legs‚ and overall body before they took the shot. In addition‚ I also found that many of the kids were playing with their dads who were also teaching them. From that‚ I realized that what if there was a system that could teach
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