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    EGERTON UNIVERSITY Nakuru Town Campus Dennis Muli MTB/40268/09 EFFECT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING ON SOCIETY 16th Dec 2010 INTRODUCTION Networking as we know it today has gone a notch higher thanks to the internet and technology as a whole. The number and popularity of social networks has grown immensely since 2005. Sites like Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Twitter‚ Tagged and a numerous number of dating sites have found their way into our PCs and phones. All one needs to gain access to these social

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    Do you prefer playing with feet or hands? Football soccer and basketball games are very interesting‚ good for the body‚ and health‚ but they are also so different. I am going to show you some differences between soccer and basketball games. The first difference is related to the parts of the body that are involved in the game. In basketball you can touch the ball with the hands. Players need to bounce and pass the ball away from them. On the contrary‚ in soccer‚ only the goal keeper can touch

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    The sport I will be study is basketball. Basketball is one of the few sports whose exact origin is definitely known. In the winter of 1891–1892‚ Dr. James Naismith‚ an instructor in the YMCA Training College (now Springfield College) at Springfield‚ Mass.‚ deliberately invented the game of basketball in order to provide indoor exercise and competition for the students between the closing of the football season and the opening of the baseball season. He affixed peach baskets overhead on the walls

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    Basketball History Basketball is played everywhere today with girls and boys playing the well known game. The man behind the game basketball is Dr. James Naismith. At first the game was played with a rubber ball and a peach basket. The first true basketball game as we know was January 20th‚ 1892 in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. Dr. Naismith made the game for YMCA to play originally. Dr. Naismith wrote some simple rules‚ most of his original rules are used today. There was 13 rules‚ but nine have

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    For most of my life basketball has played a major impact on it. I started playing in kindergarten and still play the game to this very day. As a player‚ I am a point guard who loves to play with team work and passion. I am a strong defensive player and skilled offensive player. Over my whole career of playing basketball I have a higher winning record than loosing. However‚ I have won those many games because of the hard work and effort I put into practices. Over the many years I have learned that

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    Basketball is my life and the focus of my dreams. Ever since my father introduced me to the sport‚ I have been passionate about it. When I was four‚ I received my first Fisher Price basketball court. The court was in my house and the basket was only five feet tall. My parents placed it in the living room since it was the only room in the house without carpet. I practiced shooting every day. I would wear my father’s sneakers and imitate basketball moves that I had seen on T.V. At that age‚ I did

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    There’s an old saying in basketball that teams are made in the winter and spring‚ but players are made in the summer. Right now‚ basketball players all across North America are making plans to spend their summers working on their games. Some will spend it in the gym‚ others in the driveway or the park‚ and some may attend a basketball camp or two. But with a limited time to work on their game‚ and hundreds of options to choose from‚ how does a player find the best basketball camp for their own personal

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    (Women’s National Basketball Association) teams. However‚ basketball wasn’t always the well loved sport that we know today. In 1891‚ James Naismith invented the game basketball‚ since then basketball has been a great success for many people around the world. It is now a very entertaining sport and can be played by anyone. It is also a great way to exercise and have fun. Basketball is a sport with a variety of activities‚ multiple player positions‚ and has impacted women. Basketball can be a fast-past

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    Basketball v.s. Football Basketball and football are both fun and popular sports. They are both played as a pro sport. To play the two sports you need to be competitive. You also can’t be afraid to hit somebody be because you have to fight for the ball. You also have to be in really good shape because you run a lot. In basketball‚ you play on a court. In football you play on a field. A football field is 120 yards long and 53.33 yards wide. A basketball court is 94 feet long and 50 feet wide. A

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    Hey all you amateur basketball players out there. Read this to find out how to improve your game! <br> <br><b>Tip 1:</b> <br>To be a great basketball player‚ you first must know your strengths and weaknesses. Big tall people don’t need to shoot threes and short people shouldn’t be in the middle struggling to get rebounds. Very physically able players should use that to there advantage to jump higher‚ run faster‚ and play better than their opponents. Not very strong or fast players should use fakes

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