The book titled Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty is about a coach by the name of Phil Jackson who coached the Chicago Bulls and was able to guide them to win six championships. He uses Zen principles and ideals of the Lakota Sioux warrior‚ to educate his players how to communicate better with one another and most importantly work as a team to accomplish their goals. Jackson coaching is formed around Zen principles. Zen principles make your aware of your thoughts. He practices meditation
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things he did in the 21st century. Magic Johnson the extraordinary one was born in Lansing‚ Michigan‚ U.S.A. This legend of basketball was born in 14th of August 1959. Mr. Basketball had a hard childhood. He was 6th of the ten children of the Johnson family. Because his family was so poor‚ he had to work 6 hours‚ go to school twelve hours and he had only one hour to play basketball. He says I dribbled to the store with my right hand and back with my left. He idolized
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both won a contest to go to the final four. They both are friends but they try to out beat each other. Stevie and Susan Carol have some things that are similar. They both like basketball‚ you can tell that because they try to win a writing competition to go to the final four then you’re definitely a basketball fan. Second of all‚ they both are journalists that go to the final four because they won a competition for the best essay for the USBWA. Finally they both are teenagers that go to middle
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Citations: * "NBA.com‚ Official Site of the National Basketball Association." Players. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://www.nba.com/players/>. * "Players." Players in the NBA. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://espn.go.com/nba/players>. * "Boston Celctics Roster 2012" Players in the NBA. N.p
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It’s official! The NBA All-Star game will be returning to Los Angeles in 2018! Commissioner Adam Silver made the announcement that All-Star weekend will take place at Staples Center in Los Angeles for the 3rd time (Hosted previously in 2004 and 2011). The weekend in L.A. will kick off February 16th with the Rising Stars Challenge then the infamous Saturday Night Festivities on the 17th‚ and concludes with the 67th All Star Game on the 18th (For those looking for dates). The Lakers and Clippers will
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Dunk & Hook” and “Fast Break” both capture the attention of the audience by describing basketball as a game of imagery versus a game of athleticism. In‚ “Fast Break” by Edward Hirsch‚ the author uses vivid diction. Hirsch states‚ “to see an orange blur” (Hirsch). This describes the basketball as a flowing object. His tone is very easy going at this point in the poem. He uses vivid imagery to show that basketball is an art and it isn’t always about the fans and the players but about the ball and the
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stereotypical ideologies of a professional athlete or athletes period. Through their success on an off the court‚ they demonstrate how the game of basketball connects to their success in life. LeBron James is a native of Akron‚ Ohio he grew up in his single parent home not knowing his biological father. He was determined to succeed as a superstar basketball player yet still have the time to give back to the city that made him. To discretely describe LeBron’s success‚ I’d say “hungry” because with his
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Brooklyn were unsafe to raise a family‚ so they moved to Wilmington‚ North Carolina. Michael’s first love for a sport was baseball but eventually switched to basketball. His love for basketball started when he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his older brother who he idolized. As a sophomore in high school he was cut from the high school basketball team. This made him practice hard
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The sport that i have chosen that can put you in a high stakes moment is basketball. The person that i am going to talk about that does best in these critical moments is michael Jordan. He had many famous games he was known for including‚ the shot‚ the shrug‚ and the flu game. He is arguably the greatest player of all time. Basketball is also considered the most pressured sport their is because if you do play you have to hold your part and cant rely on other people too do it for you. The first
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inspired me to play sports and to never give up on your dream. I want to meet this person because I want to just ask him about his career and how he succeeded and became the world’s best basketball player that ever lived. I wanted to talk about this person because he is the best person at the sport I like and that’s basketball. He inspired many people to never give up at the sport you play keep pushing yourself to become the world’s greatest. The person I want to meet is Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan never
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