Basketball: a game that requires quickness‚ strength‚ intelligence‚ and focus on both the offensive and defensive end. It is difficult‚ though‚ to play this game and maintain these skills when you’re defending or being defended by the lightning-fast Sean Michael Frank. Sean Michael Frank‚ a 22 year-old basketball player from the island of Pohnpei‚ prides himself for his speed and quickness both offensively and defensively. “Give him an opening for a split-second‚ and he will make you suffer by blowing
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my life I have never really taken any chances and run away from them‚ rather than giving them a try. It was until my freshman year in high school when my attitude changed‚ from why even try to why not. Although I did not realize it at the time‚ basketball changed my life for the better. Through perseverance and hard work‚ I learned to not let fear or insecurity stop me from trying new things. Throughout my life I was never the athletic type and never tried to be due to my fear of failing. I was
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Positive things about Love & Basketball Here’s the run-down. Love & Basketball is deceivingly simple in its structure. The movie is divided into the quarters of a basketball game and tells the story of a boy and a girl. Meeting at about the age 11‚ the film traces their lives as they run parallel and run apart from childhood‚ to high school‚ to college‚ and just after. Monica and Quincy each have their hopes and their dreams. They both want to play basketball on a professional level. For Quincy
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Who looks at a short Asian kid and says‚ “he’s going to be a basketball superstar when he grows up.”? The last time I checked‚ Asian people are pretty scarce in the NBA. Culture tells me that the only teams I’ll ever make are the math or chess team. The only arena I should dream of playing in is Carnegie Hall as the next musical prodigy. No one‚ not even my own family‚ expected me to play basketball. Even if there is a quiet voice whispering inside you to try the sport‚ why would you even listen
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College Essay Since I was 7 years old‚ basketball has played an integral part of my life. I have devoted countless hours to not just a sport‚ but a passion‚ an outlet; to the game that I love. When I arrived at Bow Middle School as a fifth grader‚ my classmates and I would always look up to the 7th and 8th grade middle school basketball teams. Every year during winter carnival‚ the boys and girls teams would play a game in front of the entire school. Playing in that game became a dream and a
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The Summer of 2014‚ I was a rising freshman in high school. My goal was to make the varsity basketball team as a freshman. Tryouts came along and I played JV over the summer. As I kept working during the summer and fall‚ the winter regular season tryouts came. I was determined to make the Varsity roster. I tried my best during tryouts‚ two days later the rosters came out. I read on the website‚ "Hunter Patterson JV." I was disappointed but knew that the coach thought that was the best fit for me
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Basketball is a sport that requires great attention‚ sacrifice‚ and dedication to be great at and win games. Practices are long‚ hard‚ and tiring. Even though‚ practices can be gruesome‚ the amount of good things that come out of the hours spent in the gym are worth the pain. Coach Coleman always preaches‚ “If you truly want to be great at something‚ you have to be willing to give up something else you love in order to be great at the other thing you love.” Whether that is about basketball for a
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How basketball changed my life. There are a lot of sports in the world that people love‚ but for me the sport that excites me the most is the beauty of watching a basketball swish through the net. Basketball has been my favorite sport ever since I was a baby. Basketball has help me in life and also made me a more successful person on and off the basketball court. First off‚ my dad would always say the word “Work ethic”‚ when he would talk basketball to me. My dad would say “you got to have work ethic
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Basketball The history of basketball leaves many legends. Basketball was invented back in 1891 in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. Dr. James Naismith is known worldwide for being the inventor of basketball and the first game of basketball was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as goals. James Naismith set 13 rules when inventing basketball then after that he looked into the game being played for the YMCA. He thought to himself that the game need to be fit for inside play and most importantly
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so afraid of disappointment that one foregoes their ambitions‚ that is true failure. So‚ then‚ when have I truly “failed”? One experience that comes to mind: my elementary school basketball team. I didn’t get much playing time‚ since my coach had a son on the team‚ and I wasn’t the most talented 5th grade basketball player. I never really got passed the ball‚ and mostly watched my teammates airball jumpshots they had no chance of making. But‚ one game‚ I had my chance. Only six people showed up
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