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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Who is potentially the greatest basketball player in history has been argued for decades‚ but in more recent times‚ a newly found debate has emerged that includes the likes of Michael Jordan and LeBron James. Ever since each player debuted in their respective eras‚ they burst onto to the scene with skill sets never seen prior and made their mark on the game. As of right now‚ the general consensus is that Jordan holds that title‚ but various individuals are making the argument that LeBron is the greatest
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Theodore Simmons Joyce Williams English 101-2CD 10/10/13 NBA2K Series The NBA2K series is the best basketball simulation game in history. “It began in 1999 to 2001 were it was exclusive to Sega Dreamcast.” The NBA2K series was published by Sega Sports‚ now it’s published by 2ksports. The developers for this game are the visual concept team from Los Angeles. This game can be located in stores such as Wal-Mart‚ GameStop‚ and etc. NBA2K has been seen in many magazines Dime‚ Sports Illustrated
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Basketball Unit Grade 3 Shooting Lesson Equipment for 30 students * 30 basketballs 50 Minute Lesson PASS Standards Objectives Psychomotor- TSWBAT shoot the ball with eyes on the goal‚ feet shoulder width apart facing the goal‚ following through making the shot 7 out of 10 tries from the free throw line. Cognitive- TSWBAT compare and contrast two similarities and differences between left and right handed layups orally with 90% accuracy. Affective- TSWBAT participate
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Crossed Up: Does Crossed Hand/Eye Dominance Affect Basketball Shooting Percentage? Abstract Everyone ’s used to the idea that people are either right-handed or left-handed for particular tasks. That is‚ one hand is preferred (or dominant) over the other for a particular task. Did you know that people also have a dominant eye? This project is designed to look for consequences of having the dominant hand and eye on the same side of the body (uncrossed) vs. having the dominant hand and eye on opposite
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Basketball is one of the most injury-prone contact sports. There are many regulations that have been made in an attempt to ensure player safety. One way to do this is to regulate the amount of space between the court and spectators or other obstacles. Seating and any other obstructions must be set a certain distance from the dimensions of the court. For high school basketball‚ it is recommended that obstructions be 10 feet away from the playing court. However‚ 3 feet is the minimum requirement. With
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itself would contemplate a form. A basketball could be taken for example here where you can take the roundness of the object being the basketball in this case and separate the roundness from all of the other properties the basketball has like the weight and the color‚ focusing only of the roundness would be the form of roundness. Again here according to Plato roundness being the property in thought is a property that exist without even thinking about the basketball; the form in this case is an idea
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greatly”‚ Robert F. Kennedy. In 6th grade‚ I failed to make my school’s basketball team. When I look back on this time‚ I realize the lesson learned was far more important than simply making a basketball team. This experience allowed me to obtain a lesson that applied to all aspects of my life. This incident certainly played a major role in molding and allowing me to becoming who I am today. After 3 strenuous days of basketball tryouts at West middle school‚ tensions rose dramatically as the group
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In seventh grade I made the basketball team‚ I had worked persistently to reach this goal and was in a daze for the first few months of the season. It was winter break and the coaches had warned us about kids who did not practice during breaks‚ to prevent a lack of improvement I was in my driveway practicing my shots. Somehow‚ I ended up dislocating my kneecap. It was excruciatingly painful however‚ with a trip to the hospital‚ countless hours of physical therapy and loads of prescription pain pills;
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situation much either. Ever since my entrance into the room all I could ever think about was the outcome. As time slowly passed‚ my frame slouched forward‚ every step taking its toll. I could feel my heart in my throat as the coach rolled the basketballs down the wood floor. Few dents and scuff marks left from shoes being showed proudly like an old soldier showing off his battle scars. We were running full court simulation games. Each time I ran up and down the court I grew more and more
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