Basketball is a wide known sport‚ that has impacted my life in many ways. I love basketball‚ it has kept me from doing other things‚ but I truly can’t complain because of many amazing opportunities I have been granted. Not only has it impacted my life it has also impacted millions of people’s life around the world. My passion for basketball has impacted me in many ways‚ short term things that are good include new friends‚ always being busy with people who work as hard as you do‚ you get to travel
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The first time I scored in a basketball game was a life changing event for me. I was about to quit because I didn’t think I would ever be good. My dad‚ he was my coach‚ told me not to because he saw potential in me. The first year I played basketball‚ I didn’t score‚ so I wanted to quit. "Don’t quit playing"‚ my dad told me‚ "you can be a great player if you work hard." The first time I scored made me want to play more. It was my second season and I was the happiest kid in the world. My dad was in
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Since I was a little kid I been playing basketball with my family going to the park every day. I learn to play basketball from my dad and my brothers. As long I can remember I been trying to do my best to be a great basketball player as my brothers and dad. Both my brothers played basketball in middle and high school so I did the same. Both my brothers wanted to be cations of their team but fell to do so. So my dream was to be cation and show I was better than my brothers. In middle school I was
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Wilt Chamberlain Wilt Chamberlain‚ a hall of fame basketball player died yesterday‚ October 12‚ 1999 at his house in Bel Air‚ California. Standing at 7’1" he is remembered as one of the most dominant centers in NBA history. Chamberlain broke many records in his long‚ successful career‚ most notably scoring 100 points in a game. Wilt Chamberlain was born on August 21‚ 1936 in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. He played basketball at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia scoring 2‚200 points in his high
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team. That’s the pressure I get every game I played that year of my freshmen year in my high school basketball games. I loved playing freshman basketball because the road trips we went to together. the thrill you get out of the games we played and lastly the team was like a family to me.
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Basketball is the best Sport Basketball is the best sport because it can be played anywhere . Some people say it’s fun‚ but don’t play it. I play the sport because I love to shoot‚ and being a starter. Basketball is an amazing sport. Why because it also involves using other methods in sports like passing‚ players‚ a basketball‚ and also can be played one on one. Basket is a interesting and easy sport to understand and play. You see there are two teams‚ and 5 people on each team. You must dribble
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Every aspect of basketball has some type of force working upon it. For example‚ without friction a basketball player would be unable to stop because inertia states that objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Without friction acting upon the player‚ there is no force to stop him‚ until he hits a wall that is. With this information you can come to the conclusion that without forces‚ there would be no game of basketball. However‚ what exactly is a force? Webster’s dictionary defines force as a push
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“Ex-Basketball Player‚” by John Updike is the poem that struck me this week. It is about a man who once had great potential but never followed through with it. Flick Webb is the focus of this poem; he was a basketball star in high school quite some time ago‚ but nowadays he merely pumps gas at a local station. The first stanza provides the readers with geographical information about the location of the gas station. “Pearl Avenue runs past the high school lot‚ bends with the trolley tracks‚
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movie star‚ singer or athlete. For me‚ the National basketball Association player "Jeremy Lin" is the person who I respect. Why do I esteem Jeremy Lin‚ yet I don’t admire the other world famous players like LeBron James‚ Kobe Bryant or Kevin Durant? There are two reasons why Jeremy is the athlete I respect the most. First‚ I admire him because of his excellence under pressure. I have been an enthusiastic basketball fan since I was 8 years old. It is difficult to be
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large dose of adrenaline as she takes the court for one of the biggest games in the state tournament. First round of the tournament they play the number one team in class A. Her former summer teammate‚ now known as the 2015-2016 Big Ten women’s basketball player of the year takes the court against her. They both fight to stay on top to continue on to the semifinals. My sister Marisa fought until the last minute in the game after losing earlier in the season to the undefeated Fremont tigers. She beat
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