I have a passion for basketball. Basketball is my favorite sport. I’ve been playing organized basketball since I was four years old‚ at least as long as I can remember. Basketball is a very big important part of me. This is something that I am really good at and makes me very happy when I play. My mom supports me playing basketball very rarely. It seems like my mom doesn’t care but I think she does deep down inside. My mom wants me to focus more on school then basketball. Her motto is “business
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evaluate how the various techniques a person can use to shoot a basketball at various distances and how it can affect the likely hood of making a basket. We predicted that a person was more likely to make it if they shot it over handed with some jump‚ so that the ball would have more force behind it. Procedure Step 1: Gather five willing participants and a good basketball. For this experiment we used five different people with average basketball skills. We tried to use more people‚ because it would be
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Two specific skills that are applicable for basketball and ultimate are passing skills and high vertical jumps. A successful basketball team consists of players who make strong and accurate passes – overhead passes‚ chest passes‚ or bounce passes – to one another‚ ensuring the team’s control and possession of the ball. Similarly‚ in ultimate‚ players must practice their frisbee throws – backhand‚ or forehand flicks – so that they eventually are able to pass the disc to exactly where the player wants
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The invention of basketball has been one of the greatest inventions in sports history‚ or possibly all of history. Basketball has inspired me also. The game of basketball has influenced many people other then me to go and do a thing they like to do‚ but also getting the exercise you need to stay healthy. That’s why I think basketball is the best invention of all time. Basketball has helped many families who are less fortunate become rich from just their son or daughter being good at a sport
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playing basketball in our community basketball courts. I decided to visit the basketball court on Saturday to observe as many players as I can. I spent about hour or so just studying how the kids were positioning their hands‚ grips‚ legs‚ and overall body before they took the shot. In addition‚ I also found that many of the kids were playing with their dads who were also teaching them. From that‚ I realized that what if there was a system that could teach new players how to play basketball correctly
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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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Scores during basketball games tend to reach high numbers‚ but the first recorded game ended in a 1-0 score. Basketball is a game of skill‚ finesse‚ and accuracy. The goal of basketball is to score more points than your opponent by shooting a ball into a hoop to receive points. Games are played inside a gymnasium using a round ball and two iron hoops that are 90 feet away from each other and both 10 feet above the ground. The basketball season starts at the end of fall and finishes in the beginning
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Matt Lawrence Father Hudgin AP English December 21st‚ 2012 College Athletes: Should they be paid? The debate of whether college athletes should be paid has gone on for years. From famous sportscasters to the common man‚ everyone has their own opinion whether the student-athletes should receive a “stipend” or certain wage per month to cover food‚ gas‚ and other various essentials. A great example of this is from Ramogi Huma‚ a former linebacker for UCLA. “Even though the school was providing
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Basketball. What is it? How did it begin? Why is it so popular now as opposed to earlier in history. Basketball was brought to fruition in 1891‚ as a counterbalance to outdoor activities‚ the likes of soccer and lacrosse. It’s creator‚ Dr. James Naismith‚ a presbyterian preacher who worked as a physical education teacher at the YMCA international School (now Springfield College) was told to find and “athletic distraction” for the students there‚ and thus‚ basketball was born. Later on‚ in 1950
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was the ball‚ held in the referee’s hands‚ about to be thrown up into the air. I stood a few feet behind the boy on the opposite team‚ poised and ready to catch the ball when my teammate smacked it toward me. Oh‚ I was so nervous. Suddenly the basketball hit my stomach with incredible force. It bounced off and rolled away on the floor to be picked up by the opposite team. The game had begun‚ and I had already dropped the ball. I hadn’t even seen it flying toward me when I was looking straight at
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