James Naismith was the creator of basketball. He created it in 1891 to condition young athletes in the winter. The “hoop” was a peach basket and the ball was a soccer styled ball. There were many rules for the new game. He created it in a YMCA gym in Springfield, Massachusetts. His team of eighteen was divided into two teams of nine and then the peach baskets were nailed above their heads. Every time one would score a basket, the game was stopped for the janitor to get up on a ladder and retrieve the ball. Later on, the bottoms of the “hoops” were taken out and they became a (sort of) real basket.…
Dr. Naismith with all of his imaginative planning, could not have dreamed his “peach basketball” game would develop into the world biggest indoor sport. Basketball was made because of many reasons. For instance, when it’s too hot to play they used to go in their barn and nail a peach basket to the barn door at about 10 feet high. Although the original 13 rules turned into over 60.…
Greg “Slam” Harris loves basketball. He can play really well and feels in control when he has the ball. When Mr. Tate, the school principal, tells Greg’s mother that Slam should stop playing basketball until he can boost his grades up,he feels that he can't give up basketball for anything.Because of this, Greg feels as if he can’t sleep at night and he is not able to be focused. Greg can hear the wind, boom boxes, and people talking outside, and police and ambulance sirens. Greg thinks about things that bother him over and over again. Greg loves his mom. His mom is worried about his grades. She almost cries at Mr. Tate’s office. Greg’s father Pops works here and there. When he works, he doesn’t drink too much. Slam’s younger brother, nine…
The author is trying to get at a person who had a passion for the sport basketball, which he failed at doing at first but kept on trying and eventually succeeded. In the reading, it shows us the there was no one around. He talks about the different experiences he has had with basketball and how it has changed him. Some of the experiences that he includes is that he saw some of the good basketball players made poor choices off the court, which led them to death. He feels he has learned from those mistakes that being good at can give you many other distractions off the court. character that he had to make it a goal to go division 1 for basketball. If he did not meet the goal of going division 1, one then he would at least know that he gave it…
The thesis is a vocal point that explains how the chemistry of playing basketball help the body function well. Unfortunately, when people look in the mirror their reflection put them in the state of mind where they do not appreciate what they see. Moreover, that push themselves to be more active. After a few weeks, everyone starts to have those days where if the mentioning of the word “exercise” there will be a thousand excuses of why you should not. However, there are many ways we can be physically active without stress or trying to fit our daily routine with a gym schedule. Therefore, we turn into sports that do not lead into major body injuries like Basketball, tennis, or golf… etc.…
Physical activity is very important to young people’s well- being, it has a lot of physical benefits as well as emotional benefits because it boost children and young people’s self -esteem. Physical activity boost energy and also drives away stress .It also helps to get rid of infectious diseases such as cold and flu because it strengthens the immune system.…
A democracy is a form of government run by the people for the people. It includes a system of checks and balances to ensure one level of government does not possess more power than another. The U.S. Federal Government is made up of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The Legislative Branch makes the laws. Congress is made up of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Executive Branch enforces the laws while the Judicial Branch interprets the laws. A citizen can express freedom of speech and freedom of the press under a democracy. According to the Borgen Magazine, there are currently 123 democracies in the world of all 192 countries. Some advantages of a democracy include a sense of involvement, equality,…
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.…
Lastly, sports can be good if you are playing to support your school. Winning is important and every school wants to be known as the school that wins. You could be playing to help your team to win for the first time. Also if your really good and you play school sports people could recognize you and offer a scholarship.…
Since its beginning over a century ago, basketball has evolved from a simple form of exercise with only a few rules to a highly competitive and complex national sport. Basketball was invented by James Naismith at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891 (Fox 11-13). It began as an activity for the “‘ball-game’ void” months of winter (Hanson 65), and Naismith had five standards for the game. He wanted a ball that could be handled by a player’s hands; no one was to run with the ball, and anyone could grab the ball from another player as long as the ball was in play. There was to be no personal contact, and the goal was to be raised from the ground. He created the idea and standards for basketball by combining certain aspects of American…
On the 20th of October, 1998, the world was blessed with a talented basketball player. (That would be me.) Growing up, I didn’t really have reasons to like basketball. My family did not play or have interest in any kind of sport, besides for my father turning on the Lakers game once in a while. So my influence had to come about from a mishap. A mishap I am very thankful for. The television was playing the Lakers game in my living room one night when my attention was caught by an astonishing performance by a player wearing the number 8. Shot after shot he would score with emphasis, scowling after each basket. This player was arguably one of the greatest professional basketball players still to this day, Kobe Bryant. It was at this moment that…
The first reason sports are good for kids is because sports are socially beneficial. Article Are High School Sports Good For Kids stated sports encourage “Participation and sportsmanship.” Sports are socially beneficial because they give children the chance to make new friends. Also sports help children gain more confidence. CBS news stated kids who don’t play any sports are more likely to be lonely and lack self confidence. One article also stated kids playing sports helps them have closer ties to school.…
The Three Crusades There were three Crusades and they all took different routes from western Europe to Palestine. THE FIRST CRUSADE - The first crusade began in A.D. 1095. Pope Urban II mounted a platform outside the church at Clermont, France. The crowd shouted "Deus vult!"…
Michael Jordan once said “I’ve failed over and over and over again and that’s why I succeeded.” If you don’t even try in life you will never be successful. When you want to be successful as bad as you want to breathe then you be successful. Success is about developing personal wisdom and competence or what could be called personal mastery in the field you want to succeed in. Nothing is ever impossible to accomplish in life. You have to be determined that you can do the impossible. If you have determination you can overcome the adversities in life.…
I think that basketball is the best sport because It’s fun to shoot 3 pointers. It’s fun to try and steal the ball. I like to run down the court and shoot a layup because i’m fast. It’s entertaining to pass the ball around because I can get the assist. Basketball is more than just running back and forth. In basketball I made some more friends with my team.Basketball is what I believe in.…