Basketball is a team sport with five players per team. There’s a center‚ power forward‚ small forward‚ point guard‚ and shooting guard. Brought up in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith‚ it has become one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in America. The objective of basketball is to shoot a round ball into a hoop placed ten feet in the air. Basketball consists of many rules and regulations or fouls. There are two types of fouls: technical fouls and disqualifying fouls. Today there are two leagues:
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1. I was a coach I would be coaching youth basketball because it is an important and exciting job where you teach the players in both basketball and life. To improve individual players I would utilize form shooting to promote muscle memory and two balls dribbling in order to improve ball handling. To improve team skills I would use the drill pass and switch to improve passing speed and accuracy and jump stop drill to improve players balance‚ pivoting skills to create space‚ confidence and reduce
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Height of Discourse After I watched two hours of intense play and the huddle split‚ I observed high fives and complex handshakes of some sort. “Hampton on three. Hampton on three. ONE‚ TWO‚ THREE‚ HAMPTON!” They started coming my way; as an ex-basketball player‚ deep down I yearned for a handshake or some kind of acknowledgment‚ but I sat there like a fork in the road. Each member parted around me to my left and to my right‚ some giving head nods and some giving nothing at all. I quickly realized
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How can basketball affect the growth of a child? Basketball: my dreams‚ my life‚ my passion. Of course I had interest in several other sports (baseball and soccer being the two larger ones)‚ but none held my interest the way basketball did. Even when I was just a young boy‚ the game of basketball fascinated me and‚ ultimately‚ captured my heart. Growing up‚ I didn’t understand how much the game could have affected my life. Now‚ I want to coach to share my knowledge and love of basketball to positively
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Paul Ivory COM-231 July 22‚ 2012 Mark Matthews Ethical Issues and Tactics The ethical issues and tactics that I can think back on is when we had a basketball game and I did not realize it at the time but one of my players was fouled and as I was talking to one of the coaches another player was called to the foul line to shoot free throws and as I turn back around to see the player that was fouled standing at half court‚ and as I looked at him with a dumb look he shrugged his shoulders
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Who looks at a short Asian kid and says‚ “he’s going to be a basketball superstar when he grows up.”? The last time I checked‚ Asian people are pretty scarce in the NBA. Culture tells me that the only teams I’ll ever make are the math or chess team. The only arena I should dream of playing in is Carnegie Hall as the next musical prodigy. No one‚ not even my own family‚ expected me to play basketball. Even if there is a quiet voice whispering inside you to try the sport‚ why would you even listen
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the team‚ the coaches’ ability has a huge influence on the outcome. Committing to a career as a basketball coach has many responsibilities and challenges‚ although it can be beneficial. Focusing on being a successful basketball coach means believing in the staff and team. According to Tammy Murray‚ a previous high school basketball coach‚ “what if” statements are an ineffective way to coach a basketball team because they cause the individuals to think for themselves and not as a team. Murray also
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College Essay Since I was 7 years old‚ basketball has played an integral part of my life. I have devoted countless hours to not just a sport‚ but a passion‚ an outlet; to the game that I love. When I arrived at Bow Middle School as a fifth grader‚ my classmates and I would always look up to the 7th and 8th grade middle school basketball teams. Every year during winter carnival‚ the boys and girls teams would play a game in front of the entire school. Playing in that game became a dream and a
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Over the years‚ I have put countless hours into studying and honing my skills for basketball. I’ve designated at least one day each week to practice basketball‚ whether it be with others or by myself. Although there is much joy that comes with basketball‚ there have been times where basketball has brought on challenges During my freshman year of high school‚ I was fortunate enough to join the Freshman Basketball team. I was glad that the months of training prior to tryouts paid off. When practice
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Basketball is a sport that requires great attention‚ sacrifice‚ and dedication to be great at and win games. Practices are long‚ hard‚ and tiring. Even though‚ practices can be gruesome‚ the amount of good things that come out of the hours spent in the gym are worth the pain. Coach Coleman always preaches‚ “If you truly want to be great at something‚ you have to be willing to give up something else you love in order to be great at the other thing you love.” Whether that is about basketball for a
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