Never look your defender in the eye. Some say basketball is an easy game‚ but if it were‚ everyone would be playing it. In the locker room I hear the murmuring of the girls talking about their day and the rustling of them getting their jerseys and shoes on. Coach walks in‚ the room silences. He gives his speech‚ his voice echoing off the lockers‚ everyone hanging on his words. Then we huddle‚ we talk game strategy and whose armpit smells the prettiest. Outside the change room we can hear the
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The National Basketball Association is a big corporation. It offers the public competition at its best. The National Basketball Association or the NBA consist of 30 teams around the United States and Canada. Although during the NBA’s history‚ it wasn’t always one of the powerhouses in major sports leagues. The NBA started as the Basketball Association of America or BAA on June 6‚ 1946. The league later merged with rival‚ National Basketball League or NBL to create the National Basketball Association
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all-star basketball team playing at the Target Center as incoming 8th graders? We knew we would face some hard competition‚ but we were ready for it. State was our next big competition for basketball‚ after qualifying at South Qualifier. We practiced all the time‚ and were getting prepared to face Newell-Fonda‚ 1st place at North Qualifier. April came around and it was the weekend of state. We were excited and nervous at the same time. We played Newell-Fonda first. They were great at basketball and were
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ways to shoot a basketball‚ but I have found the most fundamental theory that has improved ball players shooting from all around the world. NBA All-Stars such as Dwayne Wade‚ Kobe Bryant‚ and the all-time 3-point champion Ray Allen all follow this theory for shooting form. The theory is called B.E.E.F.‚ which stands for Balance‚ Elbow‚ Eyes‚ and Follow through. The first step to B.E.E.F. is Balance‚ which is the foundation of your shot. If you ever happen to catch a basketball game on TV or in
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5 Best Basketball Games For PC in 2015 5. Freestyle 2 Street Basketball When you combine smoothly rendered scenery and addictive arcade style basketball games you’re onto a winner. Freestyle 2 Street Basketball completely nailed it. The interface is responsive and easy to grasp‚ and the game is easy to pick up and start playing quickly. Fans of basketball games will love the retro arcade feel to this game and this is a major appeal to me. Playing Freestyle 2 feels like being back in the arcade
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In the National Basketball Association (NBA)‚ it is very common to see a professional in the game of basketball to constantly make mistakes and break the rules of the game they not only love but get paid millions to play. There are fights‚ obscene gestures towards referees‚ and even instances where some of the most basic fundamentals of the game of basketball are forgotten. When it comes to basketball most people can tell you the following: you have to dribble the ball to advance it legally up the
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however‚ didn’t get that gene‚ unfortunately. I have seen her basketball scrapbook with all of these old‚ oranged newspaper clippings showing her with her short poofy hair down as she dribbled the ball‚ or her being guarded by someone a foot taller than her. She was inducted to the GHS Sports Hall of Fame a few years ago. I grew up playing rec basketball. I wasn’t great‚ but it was fun and what 7 year old is actually good at basketball. I just ran around the hot gym filled with sweaty kids‚ decked
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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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LITHUANIAN LOCAL BASKETBALL REQUIRES CHANGES Most Lithuanian people like basketball and even call this game their second religion. One group likes to play it‚ while other enjoys watching this entertaining game. It could seem strange‚ but nowadays it is very difficult to see interesting game between Lithuanian teams as there are two strong teams and lots of weaker‚ which can compete between each other‚ but not with those two teams. For most basketball fans it looks normal‚ but there are people
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Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy” by Bill Simmons‚ was a book only the Sports Guy could write. Save a few hundred pages for Simmons to inform the readers on how he became the basketball and Celtics fan he is today (hint: it was his dad choosing between a motorcycle and season tickets to the Celtics)‚ why as a child he called himself Jabaal Abdul-Simmons‚ footnotes galore‚ his hatred for Isiah Thomas and Wilt Chamberlain‚ and many of the greatest “What-if’s” in basketball history
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