Britain‚ it was wheelchair basketball. When first walking in I didn’t know what expect‚ I didn’t know what type of personalities the athletes would have towards me because I felt they might feel I was invading their sanctuary. The athletes had an extremely open and friendly environment‚ they saw that I was trying to be cautious and not disturb their normal practice rituals. The athletes came over to me and was happy to see that I was interested in the sport wheelchair basketball‚ so they wanted to get
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The Boom of the Basketball I have always love to play basketball. The swish when you make it just right‚and the boom of the basketball hitting the floor “are sounds I love”. When I first started playing basketball‚ my mom and my couch Richard knew that I was expectational. I played with Richard for a few years‚ then one day he told us about this newspaper ad he saw for a team named “Eugene Fire”. My mom decided to check it out‚ so she called the coach‚ Jim. He said I probably
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a proper motivation technics is crucial for achieving the best results. In this paper I will put under consideration motivation of the individuals and its impact on the results of entire team‚ in context of a very specific type of organization – basketball sport club. Motivation is a real determinant of players’ involvement‚ which drives them to develop technical side of skills‚ and prompts to work at concentration‚ composure and faith in their own abilities. In sport‚ encouragement is a key to
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Despite‚ world-wide agreement that 9/11 was an act of terrorism‚ there remains much dispute on the specifics of what defines terrorism. The definitions provided in one dictionary differ in another. Lets take into example Merriam-Webster’s definition‚ which states that terrorism is “the systematic use of terror as a means of coercion.”¹ The problem with this definition is its simplicity. It can applied to almost anything and sometimes things that traditionally wouldn’t be considered terrorism. For example
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All of us trust the dictionary to give us the full understanding of a word we do not know. In this aspect‚ it is insufficient when it describes courage. While it defines physical courage‚ it omits inner courage which can be argued to be much more valuable to posses. Webster’s New World Dictionary describes courage as “an attitude of facing and dealing with anything recognized as dangerous‚ difficult or painful‚ instead of withdrawing from it”. Courage is not the ability to be brave or to laugh
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Death For everyone they have their own definition of death‚ but for now we will focus on three; biblical‚ philosophical‚ and medical. In many religions each have something to say about death and how for some it isn’t the end. An example of this is in the Christian bible‚ “And these will go away into eternal punishment‚ but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:46 ESV) (Robert Driskell). Christians have a deep faith in their religion and for them death is only a separation of their body and
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are all questions we ask ourselves‚ yet no one really knows the answer to them. Happiness: the state of being happy. That’s the literal definition anyway‚ but what’s the personal one? Happiness can be described in many different ways. We‚ ourselves‚ loves‚ likes‚ guilty pleasures all define our happiness. It’s definitely not just a “one size fits all” definition. Happiness is a lot of things‚ but it’s also not a lot of things. I could go into the long‚ boring‚ scientific explanation by telling you
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What ruins Love? Everyone knows that love is hard to come by but what they don’t know is how to handle it when it does come by. Many things in life can destroy a happy marriage or the perfect relationship. Relationships are not pitch perfect as they show in movies. To be in relationship it is essential to take a responsibility to stick with it when things go wrong. Dishonesty‚ long distance‚ mistrust‚ misunderstandings‚ difference in priorities‚ circumstances etc. there are endless reasons that
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Everyone has a level of it‚ high or low. Some use it for good‚ and some use it for evil. The “it” I am referring to is power. The definition of power is the ability to influence or direct people and the course of events. People want to acquire power so they can shape their lives and surroundings into their vision. In modern society‚ popularity is considered the source of most power. Therefore‚ the level of popularity and the level of power are always proportional. Power isn’t just something that
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of the most prevalent themes in the world. But what is beauty exactly? According to the Oxford Dictionary beauty is A combination of qualities‚ such as shape‚ color‚ or form‚ that pleases the aesthetic senses‚ especially the sight. Based on the definition‚ one would assume that beauty is only on outward appearance but that statement is false. Beauty is not only appearance but it is also what people cannot see. Beauty is about being beautiful on the inside not just the outside. The media has fooled
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