IELTS Essay‚ topic: Popular events Popular events like the football world cup and other international sporting occasions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? The World Cup football matches and the Olympics are held worldwide with great national support and expectations. As a fan of those competitions‚ I agree with the idea that sporting events can be necessary for international relations
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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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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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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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100 Ideas For Your Student Council School Events 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Arm Wrestling: Hold an all school arm wrestling competition. You can have boys against boys‚ girls against girls‚ or coed. It could be a money maker by charging people to enter. Don’t forget prizes! Basketball Tournament: You could do three on three‚ teachers vs. students‚ or teachers vs. teachers of a rival school.
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How to Dunk Jumping higher is often a goal of basketball players. Not only can it help them be more effective players in the all-around game‚ it can also help them get up above the rim and learn how to dunk a basketball. Dunking a basketball gives a player a certain confidence that allows him to know that under the right circumstances he can put the ball in the basket any time he wants. Conditioning To dunk a basketball‚ you have to get in excellent cardiovascular condition. Doing interval training
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Breaking the racism barrier in college sports requires just as much bravery. Perhaps one of the most well-known icons in college basketball is the Texas Western men’s basketball team of 1955-1956. Before this team came along‚ college basketball was strictly a “white sport.” The Texas Western Miners team became the first college basketball team with an all-black starting five. This team was put under the national microscope‚ and performed to a higher standard than anyone expected.
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An Impactful Event in History On December 14‚ 2012 many elementary school students and teachers died due to an awful shooting in Connecticut. The massacre of Sandy Hook elementary. ” Twenty students and six teachers to be exact.” says Jeffery Kluger author of Time magazine. This became a very impactful event in history all due to one person: Adam Lanza. Classes were under way at the school and about 700 students were present that day. As he entered he headed toward two kindergarten and first grade
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