he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto a 10-foot (3.05 m) elevated track‚ this basket retained its bottom‚ and balls had to be retrieved manually after each "basket" or point scored Basketball was originally played with a soccer ball. The first balls made specifically for basketball were brown. Dribbling was not part of the original game except for the "bounce pass" to teammates. Passing the ball was the primary means of ball movement. Dribbling was eventually introduced but limited
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The History of Basketball Basketball has been a part of American pastime throughout the many generations‚ but it wasn’t always loved and accepted by the American people. Throughout the many challenges that the game of basketball faced it still overcame adversity and turned into something so beautiful and successful. The evolution of American basketball can be read as a "text" to reveal the character of American popular culture during the 20th century. Through an analysis of the history of basketball
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Pro Basketball vs. Pro Football If you had a choice‚ would you pick a career where injuries are less frequent and less severe along with a better salary or a career where injuries are frequent and sometimes severe‚ and salaries are not as good. Anyone in their right mind would choose the first option. This will now bring me to my topic‚ professional basketball is better than professional football. Professional basketball is more dominant than football in three critical areas‚ injuries sustained
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I believe drugs can kill‚ but basketball will save me. I am a young adult‚ a teenager‚ a young man who has witnessed close family members deceased due to the presence of drugs. As I witness this‚ the game of basketball keeps me safe. I was born into a family‚ a loving caring family‚ one who did not think they were doing anything wrong because it was not around me. Soon enough I came to realize they would no longer be around me. I saw some do it as I grew older‚ they said it makes them feel better
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Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time won the the championship really often division championships. In 1982 with scoring the final basket to defeating lots of other teams in the university he was also singled.Out as the college player of the year in 1983 and in 1984 during the summer of 1984 made his first. Appearance at the at doing games as a member of us basketball team the team won the golds that year which were. held in later helped the american bring home the
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for being a professionally basketball player. While he made a name for himself through the game of basketball‚ the legacy he will leave behind will be much greater than being a phenomenal athlete. Dwyane is a man of many genres. He is a prime example of what being an exceptional parent is. He has made it evident that being a father comes before anything else in his life. Dwyane is also heavily involved in helping out the children in his community. The game of basketball has allowed him the chance
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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
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people would agree that he caught on pretty well in the end‚ winning the Nobel Prize and changing the face of modern physics. Most people wouldn’t believe that a man often lauded as the best basketball player of all time was actually cut from his high school basketball team. Luckily‚ Jordan didn’t let this setback stop him from playing the game and he has stated‚ "I have missed more than 9‚000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted
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fair project is "The effect of temperature in energy loss in a basketball". Some of my subtopics for my project include the pressure air and height in a basketball‚ the material a basketball is made out of and the size of the ball. Different sports require different size balls to correspond with the correct bounce it needs to be used during the sport. Thats why you would not be able to use a tennis ball to play basketball because it is too bouncy and a soccer ball because it would be
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my friends were doing‚ such as Little Wolves basketball or cheer camp‚ because my only ride home left during practices. During middle school‚ I had moved into town where my school was only 3 minutes away instead. In seventh grade‚ you can start to play volleyball and basketball as an in school sport; since I’d never played before‚ I was too shy and scared to try out. Eighth grade year‚ I finally decided to take a chance and try volleyball and basketball. Although it was difficult‚ I went to every
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