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    I love basketball I mean… I love it‚ love it. When I play basketball I play with my heart even if I am hurting in my legs or arms it is so damn fun! I love the game because people assume that I was built for it because of my height. The best enjoyment I get from the game is when I block people and just to see their reactions and pump up the players or the watchers. That affects my mental well being because it boosts my confidence as I feel like i’m the king of the world. Sometimes my mental well

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    Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ basketball became a popular sport to play for both men and women like Wilma Jean Buntin. Born in 1909‚ Buntin described her experiences playing basketball at John H. Reagan High School in Houston‚ Texas‚ particularly wearing her first pair of the basketball suits: “We had a sweater that came over and it had to have long sleeves‚ and then we had these black bloomers that were box pleated. […] We began to have the shorts‚ but they came right

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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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    there is a lot of sports that I liked‚ basketball was my favorite sport. Track was my least favorite sport that I liked. It was the sport that I wanted to go by fast. Both basketball and track are similar in many ways. To begin‚ both are a fun sport. Basketball and track are a sport that a lot of people like and hate playing. They are a fun sport to play when you are playing for the school. They are also very competitive so if you are competitive then basketball and track is right up your alley. Both

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    Basketball is my Favorite Sport Basketball is a great way of exercise and a great way to have fun with friends and possibly make some new ones. I love to watch and play the game‚ basketball is a very entertaining sport and can be played by anyone. Basketball is known as a good pastime in many people’s eyes but can also be seen as a passion for many others. Basketball in my opinion the best thing I can do with my friends to have fun while burning a few calories. I see basketball as a fun and

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    now played by more people than any game in the world (Encyclopedia‚ Britannica 2012). James Naismith is best known for the invention of the game we call “basketball.” While Naismith did not benefit financially from his invention‚ he was afforded a glimpse of the game’s potential appeal in 1936 when he attended the Berlin Olympics‚ where basketball was played as a medal sport for the first time (McPhee‚ John 2009). He created a sport that is one of my top personal priorities in my life today‚ without

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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 101: Training Camps and Other Basics Michael Jordan‚ a basketball superstar‚ once said: “I can accept failure‚ everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” We all are destined for something great. There are people destined to be an Olympian. There are people who are destined to win an Oscar or to star in blockbuster movies. But there are people whose steps lead to the making of basketball legends. Following what Michael Jordan said‚ how can we prove our worth if we refuse

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    Basketball has always been a huge part of my life. I remember going to Los Angeles Lakers games as a child with my dad. Some of my favorite memories from college include decking out in blue and gold and going to UCLA basketball games with my friends. I started playing and watching the sport from a young age. Up until high school‚ I played organized basketball in local leagues. During college‚ I played point guard for my intramural team for three years. I love playing basketball because it brings

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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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