FILM STUDY – COACH CARTER By: Yvonne Nnadi For: Mr. Lio April 2nd‚ 2013. 1. As the new basketball coach at Richmond High‚ Carter has just four rules on his players’ contract. What are they? [4] a) Maintain a 2.3 grade point average (C+). b) Attend all classes and sit in the front row. c) Wear jackets and ties on game days. d) Complete 10 hours of community service. 2. Damien makes the decision to transfer schools so that he can play for his father. He also proposes a contract stricter than
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Conflicting Attitudes In “Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike and “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman‚ each author has a different attitude toward his character. John Updike’s attitude toward his character Flick is of disappointment and pity. “Flick stands tall among the idiot pumps-“(1). He believes that Flick should not be employed at a gas station because his talent with basketball is so much better than pumping gas. He does not believe that he blends in at the gas station; he believes
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playing basketball in our community basketball courts. I decided to visit the basketball court on Saturday to observe as many players as I can. I spent about hour or so just studying how the kids were positioning their hands‚ grips‚ legs‚ and overall body before they took the shot. In addition‚ I also found that many of the kids were playing with their dads who were also teaching them. From that‚ I realized that what if there was a system that could teach new players how to play basketball correctly
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The vibration of the basketball hitting the ground is the best feeling the world. Light was shining through the humongous windows onto the worn out gym floor like a flash light. The other teams jerseys were as red as a rose...and as red as the blood pouring out of my mouth. Thats a good story. I am here to tell you about it. I was about ten years old‚ 4th grade. My basketball team was awful and horrible combined into one word. Awfible? Well anyway‚ this game was leaning toward us this time. We were
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FIrst Time ever playing basketball My first time playing basketball was kind of scary because i thought i sucked at basketball‚ but i wasn’t going to be bad at all my coach said. He actually said i would be pretty good. My first game was a different story i had to face some 6 foot giant in the paint. We were all in 5th grade i don’t know what they were feeding that kid. He was eating little kids or something. Then‚ next practice we basically ran all practice because that guy got the ball every
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Playing basketball‚ is one of the most exciting things in my life. You can get so much better in your career‚ that‚ is thanks to your coach. Your coach may‚ scream at you‚ but you should know that they do all those things to make you a better player. They help you strive for greatness. When an athlete‚ plays for a team their coach has the ability to treat the player in ways‚ that will help their team. For example‚ Mike Rice coached for the Rutgers basketball team. Rice got fired for being a tough
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The poem "The Ex-Basketball Player" by John Updike dramatizes the conflict between dreams and reality in the case of Flick Webb. Flick shows such promise in his teenage years‚ but he ends up in the pathetic reality of helping out at a garage and playing pinball in a luncheonette. The poem begins with the description of "Pearl Avenue" which "bends with the trolley tracks‚ and stops‚ cut off / Before it has a chance to go two blocks..." Pearl Avenue presents a ticket name connoting a clean‚ freshness
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For as long as I remember‚ I have been raised with a basketball hoop. This hoop stood firmly‚ looking down at the trees secured by patches of cement in my backyard‚ in my neighborhood‚ Dorchester. This hoop was my center of faith and tranquility surrounded by gunfires‚ shattering windows‚ car alarms. As a girl‚ I learned not to adventure any place else other than this hoop because going beyond its faded lines on the concrete is an unknown world full of hazards and danger. And when I did cross these
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They say when you are making shots in basketball‚ you are a "hot" shooter. So it’s no surprise that with about three and a half minutes remaining in the game between the Fort Wayne Mastodons and North Dakota State Bison‚ the fire alarm finally sounded. The Mastodons and Bison were both shooting over 50% on their three-point attempts‚ with the ’Dons having a 80-77 lead after trailing by double-figures late in the first half and being down by seven at halftime. Unfortunately‚ after a nine-minute
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Basketball and football have many differences and similarities that we often don’t catch on too or just even care too focus on. Both sports here in the U.S have become extremely popular and nationally televised around the world. For anybody trying to choose which sport is the better sport ‚ it could be very helpful to get know the basics and characteristics of each sport. Although it does seem the two sports have more differences on how they play‚ the way they move ‚ the equipment and accessors
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