up into huge puddles of tears buried in my pillow‚ asking myself why didn’t they pick me ? "why aren’t I good enough ?!". Making the school Basketball team is something that was a very huge goal for me at the start of every school year‚ and a motive at the start of every summer.Till this day I haven’t made neither my middle school nor high school Basketball team‚ I’ve only came very close. My freshman year of high school is where it hurt the most. I had finally started to get a
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Dad‚ I was wondering if you could get me a basketball hoop so I can play my favorite sport at home. Some of the reasons you should get me a basketball hoop is that I don’t like walking 5 blocks to go to the community basketball hoop‚ it can help me with exercising my body and doing a workout‚ and some of my friends can come over to my house to play on my very own basketball hoop. The reason that I don’t want to walk five blocks to the community basketball hoop is that sometimes there could be another
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requirements. The playing surface that the sportsmen play on should be something to know about too. If the surface isn’t correct it could be dangerous to the player. The positions in different sports have different requirements for each position. Although basketball
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now played by more people than any game in the world (Encyclopedia‚ Britannica 2012). James Naismith is best known for the invention of the game we call “basketball.” While Naismith did not benefit financially from his invention‚ he was afforded a glimpse of the game’s potential appeal in 1936 when he attended the Berlin Olympics‚ where basketball was played as a medal sport for the first time (McPhee‚ John 2009). He created a sport that is one of my top personal priorities in my life today‚ without
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Football and Basketball are two of the most common sports that are played in many parts of the world. These two sports are also used for entertainment for millions of people. It is very important to know the characteristics of football and basketball‚ both sports have a lot of difference‚ yet a lot of similarities as well. While you need a good amount of physical conditioning for both sports‚ they also have different equipment‚ rules‚ and player positions used to play the sport. Football is one
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I stopped playing basketball frequently after my 6th year in the elementary school. At that time‚ I did not take basketball seriously and only played for fun. When I came to Portland earlier this spring‚ I made new friends and they asked me to join them and play basketball together. It has been a long time since my last basketball game then. As a result‚ my skills have dropped and did not play as well as I used to be while I was in elementary school. I was pretty disappointed with myself. However
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more interesting‚ is that there really aren’t any runaway favorites to win the title. Fans can expect a great race down the stretch and an even better conference tournament. As usual‚ Wednesday’s schedule brings a plethora of really good Big Ten basketball. In my eyes‚ there’s no better way to spend a week night then binging on Big Ten hoops‚ complete with some new BTPowerhouse
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football or basketball in the United States. This is a big number of people participating. It is a great way to stay active. I am going to compare the two sports to each other. Obviously they are different but there are some similarities. I will talk about being active‚ being on a team‚ and how they are played. Being active is in both of these sports. They require a lot of energy. Basketball is a smaller playing area meaning the court is obviously smaller than a football field but in basketball you are
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If one was to compare and contrast Football and basketball‚ he/she would find many similarities and differences. Football and basketball are similar in having uniforms but differ in the number of players and the equipment that is required to be worn. In high school‚ the most enjoyable part of one’s Friday night will somehow include football and basketball games. Football and basketball are almost always recognized as the most important sports to a school. Contrary to what spectators may think‚ these
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Positive things about Love & Basketball Here’s the run-down. Love & Basketball is deceivingly simple in its structure. The movie is divided into the quarters of a basketball game and tells the story of a boy and a girl. Meeting at about the age 11‚ the film traces their lives as they run parallel and run apart from childhood‚ to high school‚ to college‚ and just after. Monica and Quincy each have their hopes and their dreams. They both want to play basketball on a professional level. For Quincy
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