Pearl Harbor. Young people from all over the country joined in the war effort to help fight. This included people that already had jobs and people that did not have jobs. In this time period men mostly made up the sports field. The effects on basketball‚ baseball and football in the 1940’s were greatly affected by the United States getting involved into World War II. Body 1- Baseball B. During the early 1940’s‚ the time that the United States was in the World War II‚ baseball
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For most of my life basketball has played a major impact on it. I started playing in kindergarten and still play the game to this very day. As a player‚ I am a point guard who loves to play with team work and passion. I am a strong defensive player and skilled offensive player. Over my whole career of playing basketball I have a higher winning record than loosing. However‚ I have won those many games because of the hard work and effort I put into practices. Over the many years I have learned that
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Basketball is my life and the focus of my dreams. Ever since my father introduced me to the sport‚ I have been passionate about it. When I was four‚ I received my first Fisher Price basketball court. The court was in my house and the basket was only five feet tall. My parents placed it in the living room since it was the only room in the house without carpet. I practiced shooting every day. I would wear my father’s sneakers and imitate basketball moves that I had seen on T.V. At that age‚ I did
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There’s an old saying in basketball that teams are made in the winter and spring‚ but players are made in the summer. Right now‚ basketball players all across North America are making plans to spend their summers working on their games. Some will spend it in the gym‚ others in the driveway or the park‚ and some may attend a basketball camp or two. But with a limited time to work on their game‚ and hundreds of options to choose from‚ how does a player find the best basketball camp for their own personal
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the past‚ two or three years something that I took great pleasure in working on‚ other than school‚ is basketball. This sport is very important to me because basketball is something that is overlooked but it requires a lot of discipline‚ which helps me to train myself to stay in shape and to create a better wellbeing of myself. I do not practice to prove myself to anyone‚ I just know basketball is a sport that has stuck with me for a long time‚ and it is a sport that I never want to give up on.
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(Women’s National Basketball Association) teams. However‚ basketball wasn’t always the well loved sport that we know today. In 1891‚ James Naismith invented the game basketball‚ since then basketball has been a great success for many people around the world. It is now a very entertaining sport and can be played by anyone. It is also a great way to exercise and have fun. Basketball is a sport with a variety of activities‚ multiple player positions‚ and has impacted women. Basketball can be a fast-past
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Media Analysis Paper: Love & Basketball The movie Love & Basketball was released in 2000‚ however the events in the film take place starting back in 1981 in Los Angeles‚ California. Monica‚ one of main characters‚ moves in next door to Quincy‚ the other main character. At this time‚ they are both 11 years old with big dreams of playing in the NBA‚ just like Quincy’s dad. As they both attended the same schools‚ their love-hate relationship lasts into high school‚ only their
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Basketball v.s. Football Basketball and football are both fun and popular sports. They are both played as a pro sport. To play the two sports you need to be competitive. You also can’t be afraid to hit somebody be because you have to fight for the ball. You also have to be in really good shape because you run a lot. In basketball‚ you play on a court. In football you play on a field. A football field is 120 yards long and 53.33 yards wide. A basketball court is 94 feet long and 50 feet wide. A
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Basketball is better than Football. The clock runs down and there’s the point guard with the ball dribbling up the court there’s 10 minutes left on the board and he’s stalling then out of now here he passes to the shooting guard 5-4-3-2-1 and he shoots swoosh the ball goes in and they win but one critic in the audience says football is better than basketball. To me basketball is better than football personally because I play it but I’m going to list how it is a "better" sport For me basketball
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Basketball Due: 12/1/10 Table of Contents History of Basketball Page 1 Rules/Fouls/Violations Page 3 Court Diagram Page 7 Bibliography Page 8 History of Basketball In early December 1891‚ Luther Gulick‚ chairman of the physical education department at the School for Christian Workers‚ now Springfield College in Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ instructed physical education teacher James Naismith to invent a new game to
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