Basketball Activity Class Sherwood Middle School has just added a new elective class for students to attend. This class is the Basketball Activity Class. The basketball Activity class is and elective that a lot of students are excited for. Around the school‚ students are saying that this class is their favorite one yet. This elective class also seems to be a popular one. Many students were wishing that they could’ve had the class as one of their electives. This class is one that teaches the
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Basketball is my favorite sport‚ and I am hooked on it. Not only a popular Olympic event‚ it is also a beneficial daily exercise to help people keep fit and have fun. The graceful basketball games have always been a favorite for the spectators‚ and they are always a crowd of pleasers. Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high mounted to a backboard at each end. A team can
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Persuasive Essay December 4‚ 2013 Word Count: 1073 “One and Done” For the past 7 years high school basketball players have had to be one year removed from high school and at least nineteen years of age if they have wanted to participate in the NBA draft. Before this time‚ high school basketball players had the option of leaving high school after their senior year in hopes of playing in the NBA. College was not a requirement for these athletes. This became very controversial when many players
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AAA(American Automobile Association‚ Inc.): - AAA (the American Automobile Association‚ Inc.) is a federation of affiliated automobile clubs. Each AAA club is an independent‚ not-for-profit organization‚ chartered and incorporated in its own state and controlled by its own Board of Directors. In order to be affiliated with AAA‚ each club agrees to provide certain standard services to its own members‚ as well as members of other AAA clubs. The individual club owns the territory in which it resides
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racial equality and many more. Canadian basketball is one of the many things that has evolved over the past few years thanks to former Toronto Raptor Vince Carter and retired NBA player Steve Nash.(Dan Stravinsky) We have already started to see a change in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for example the last two first round drafts have been Canadian (Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett).(Dan) Also‚ some of the best National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) players right now are Canadian
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mindsets? When you have a fixed mindset‚ you believe that “your qualities are carved in stone” (Dweck‚ 2007‚ pg. 6). Someone with a fixed mindset is always trying to prove themselves over and over again (Dweck‚ 2007). Let’s take my situation with basketball for example. I played one year and decided that I was too short to play on a team. I had heard that short people couldn’t play well. I didn’t think I was capable of being on a team‚ and I decided to quit playing all together. Another person may
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Shen Zixiang ENG108 Project 4 Is playing in NBA a job The National Basketball Association‚ on August 3‚ 1949‚ after a damaging three-year battle to win both players and fans‚ the rival Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball League (NBL) merged to form the National Basketball Association (NBA) and David Stern currently is the CEO of the NBA. There is a known debate about whether playing in NBA is a kind of job‚ some people say it is job‚ they play for their high salaries
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Basketball. What is it? How did it begin? Why is it so popular now as opposed to earlier in history. Basketball was brought to fruition in 1891‚ as a counterbalance to outdoor activities‚ the likes of soccer and lacrosse. It’s creator‚ Dr. James Naismith‚ a presbyterian preacher who worked as a physical education teacher at the YMCA international School (now Springfield College) was told to find and “athletic distraction” for the students there‚ and thus‚ basketball was born. Later on‚ in 1950
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Basketball is one of the most popular sports in North America. It is popular because of Basketball superstars like Michael Jordon and Magic Johnson who make the game look so easy and exciting. Although a lot of people want to play like those superstars‚ they don’t know how to be a good basketball player. In order to be a good basketball player one must have good ball handling‚ accurate shooting‚ and great observation. To be a good basketball player‚ he or she must have good ball handling. A player
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Basketball is my favorite sport and always has been. I love both playing and watching basketball. Basketball is a very engrossing activity. It is an amusing and a straightforward sport to learn. It can lead to hours of entertainment‚ and enjoyment. Professional NBA games can lead to hours of suspense‚ and can cause you to sit on the edge of your seat for the whole game. Let’s start off with just the basics of basketball. You can have the five players on the court at one time. This
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