defensive stop. These moments are what make basketball addictive. Basketball changes dramatically from high school to college. The speed/skill level of basketball in high school and college is very different. In high school basketball is slower. In high school‚ I would go right by defenders. I didn’t think it was easy‚ but I didn’t think it was super hard. The players in high school where I’m from was just a bunch of farmers trying to play basketball. Most of them just wanted to play the sports
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there are many cardiovascular benefits of basketball. Between bouts of running‚ jumping‚ dribbling‚ and bouts of rests‚ kids are participating in total body interval training without even realizing it. Interval training boosts aerobic capacity‚ energy levels‚ and metabolism‚ which in turn helps kids concentrate more in school. The ability to control our limbs in space may come naturally‚ but being able to pass and shoot with precision during a basketball game takes special training and repetitive
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and entrepreneur; he has made a huge impact on our society. The ideas he put into his projects and the choices he made all led up to the creation of Microsoft‚ and the development of the personal computer. Gates has been considered one of the wealthiest men of all time‚ and without a doubt has changed the world with the modifications and advancements he has made in technology. His software and wealth has allowed him to fund and enhance our society. Bill Gates was born in Seattle‚ Washington
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Many people have a difficult time letting go of their past. When you can’t let go of your past‚ you can’t move forward into the future. In the “Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike‚ Flick Webb finds himself holding onto the past and not being able to move on. Flick’s disappointment in the present causes him to try and relive the glory days of life that he had in the past. To explore Flick’s disappointment in the present‚ Updike utilizes setting‚ tone‚ and irony. In the first stanza‚ Updike
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Running head: EFFECTS OF APPROVED GUN LAWS The Effects Gun Laws Would Generate if They Were Put in Place Jacqueline N. Burch Transmountain Early College High School The government wants to alter our gun laws; for what? The universal term for this very controversial topic we all seem to be seeing and hearing is “prevention.” We wish to prevent injury‚ death‚ and crime in general. While this may seem like a sound reason to place gun laws on the people‚ the root of all this evil really isn’t
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Basketball Belief It was six o’clock in the morning and Kyle woke up from a dream of him being a big time basketball player in the NBA. Kyle is a very big‚ heavy footed kid that loves to play basketball. Though he is horrible at basketball and he knows it‚ he still wants to play the game. Kyle put on his shoes and went outside to shoot some hoops. Then he decided to go to the gym instead of his court at home. At the gym he saw a flier posted on the wall and it said “Private Basketball lessons with
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when I was preparing to try out for the high school basketball team upon entering my freshman year. I was never able to make it past tryouts in my previous years due to the fact that I was overweight‚ out of shape‚ unhealthy‚ and terrible at basketball. So I decided that the summer before I began high school and started tryouts that I was going to get in the best possible shape I could that summer and concentrate only on improving my basketball skills and fundamentals. I was still extremely untalented
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Warfare shaped several countries over the years in different ways. World War II had a great impact on Japan as a nation. In 1941‚ Japan bombed the Pearl Harbor of the US causing them to enter the war‚ which resulted in an immense clash between both countries. In August 1945‚ the US dropped two of the most dangerous bombs‚ the atomic bomb‚ on Japanese cities‚ Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those bombings changed not only Japan‚ but also the entire world. The US had introduced a new weapon to the world‚
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Until my freshman year of high school‚ I never knew how much a basketball court could mean to someone. That someone was me. That someone was my teammates. That someone was my coaches. That someone… was anyone who was lucky enough to have their life impacted by a basketball court. The court that I am lucky enough to have in my life resides in the Mayfield High School wood gym. While to onlookers it appears as a normal basketball court‚ I know that there is something truly special about it. This court
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John Jordan Game #3 Kickball Basketball (modified) In this version of kickball basketball there are 2 teams with about 13 players on each team. The game is still played on a full sized basketball court. In this game the pitcher rolls out the ball to the kicker‚ and the kicker kicks it. After the kick has been made‚ the objective of the offense is for them to run as fast as they can around the basses to get to home plate before the defense makes 5 passes and shoot the ball into the basket
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