One of the greatest sports in the world is goes by the name of basketball. This great game was invented by James Naismith December of 1891. James Naismith was a physician from Canada and attended McGill’s University in Montreal‚ Canada. After working as McGill’s Athletic director he went to Springfield‚ Massachusetts. He introduced the game when he was an instructor at the Young Men Christian Association Training School in Springfield. He created the game because he needed to think of something the
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“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you‚ it is much more serious than that.” This was a quote by long serving Liverpool football manager Bill Shankly who coached and played from the 1930’s through the 1970’s. The Football War‚ or the 100 Hours War‚ was a short four-day war between the Central American countries of El Salvador and Honduras. Though the war itself only lasted four days‚ the build up to the war was ongoing for many years. The Football War got its name
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FOOTBALL FOOTBALL IS MORE THAN A GAME‚ IT IS CHANGING THE WORLD Marcello de Quintal English PACE 1132 June 24‚ 2013 INDEX Introduction Football What is Football Why Football Is So Popular Anyone can Play Easy To Play Very Few Rules For All Genders The Ball All You Need Easy To Make How Football Connects People Zimbabwe Trip FIFA World Cup Healing A Nation Economic Growth Lessons Learnt Better Infrastructure * * * INDEX * * * What Football
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My favorite sport is football Football is considered a contact sport. I like to look at the crowd and hope they are going to cheer for my team‚ before they get on the field. I believe in football you get more exercises than any other sport. I like the fact that you can play under the lights at night. This seems to be the best time to draw a crowd to cheer you on and parents aren’t so happy to be working so they can come and enjoy the game. My dad loves football as much as I do and it seems
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Since its beginning over a century ago‚ basketball has evolved from a simple form of exercise with only a few rules to a highly competitive and complex national sport. Basketball was invented by James Naismith at a YMCA in Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1891 (Fox 11-13). It began as an activity for the “‘ball-game’ void” months of winter (Hanson 65)‚ and Naismith had five standards for the game. He wanted a ball that could be handled by a player’s hands; no one was to run with the ball‚ and anyone
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The history of basketball On December 21 of 1891‚ James Naismith published 13 rules for a new game using five base ideas. Originally‚ there was no set rule on the number of players. After experimenting with teams up to 50 players‚ early games were played by nine players on each side. The reason was that 18 students showed up for Naismith’s class on that day. He asked his class to play a match in the Armory Street court‚ 9 versus 9 using a soccer ball and two fruit baskets. Naismith was the inventor
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Football is a popular American team sport. Players can start young by participating in youth leagues and then work their way up through high school teams‚ college teams‚ semi-pro teams and finally‚ professional teams in the National Football League. Players can play tag football or tackle football. Tackle football involves much more physical contact. Though football is a source of exercise‚ it can be dangerous if not played correctly. Physical Conditioning Football players undergo demanding workouts
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The Evolution of Basketball Basketball has been played over 100 years and it is one of the most widely played sports in the world. James A. Naismith started basketball in December 1891. He tried to make a sport that would be played between football and baseball seasons. It should be indoors‚ due to the weather. He made the rules on December 21‚ 1891. Naismith declined the name Naismith ball. A player suggested the name of basketball. Naismith wanted two square crates but
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focusing on soccer) Brazil is a big country. I mean‚ huge. It’s the biggest country in South America. It consists of 8‚511‚996 square kilometers‚ including all of its oceanic islands. Its full‚ official name is the Federative Republic of Brazil‚ and the most recent consensus counted the total population as 188‚078‚22 Brazilians. So now that you know the basic statistics of Brazil‚ I can relate to you the actual topic of this paper- Brazilian culture‚ with an emphasis on soccer (Brazil‚ pp
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We will explore how these molecules are getting through the basketball. Effusion is when small gaseous particles have high kinetic energy that allows them to move through small holes. However‚ the mean free path must be larger the hole itself. The mean free path is the average distance traveled by a particle between
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