Self-Presentation General purpose: how basketball taught me hard work and discipline Specific purpose: hard work can help achieve anything Thesis statement through basketball I learned how to work hard and discipline myself to achieve my goals in life My passion for the basketball started when I was in my second year of high school‚ basketball not only helped me grow but also taught me a lot of
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On the 20th of October‚ 1998‚ the world was blessed with a talented basketball player. (That would be me.) Growing up‚ I didn’t really have reasons to like basketball. My family did not play or have interest in any kind of sport‚ besides for my father turning on the Lakers game once in a while. So my influence had to come about from a mishap. A mishap I am very thankful for. The television was playing the Lakers game in my living room one night when my attention was caught by an astonishing performance
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before they call the teams out on to the court. The whistle blows‚ players make their way to their spots on the court. The Patriots playing their rival‚ the Tommies‚ with the home court advantage. They were ready to inbound the perfectly round basketball‚ at the half court line. The referee holds one hand high in the air and the other holding on to the ball. Suddenly‚ he blows in to his whistle and hands the ball to the tallest player for the Patriots. As soon as he touches the ball‚ every
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sports. Two of America’s most popular sports are basketball and soccer. Many children participate in the sports every year. Similarities are abundant between the two. Both sports require team work. Also the main purpose of both is to put a ball into a netted goal. However‚ there are some very important key differences. Soccer is played on a field that is much larger and there is a goalie that constantly defends the goal. While basketball is played on a smaller hardwood court with fewer players
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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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Compare and Contrast: Professional Basketball vs NCAA College Basketball Sports have became a huge part of our American culture. We are known worldwide for having produced some of the most top-ranked athletes in a wide variety of sports. Basketball has become a very popular sport amongst all types of people ranging from little kids to the older generation. What other sport can you see players jumping high off the ground‚ going around the back and through the legs‚ to slam dunk a ball through
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Stephen Mihalis Prof. Carmelo Tropiano EAC 150 Tuesday December 13‚ 2011 The Demonstration of Self-Sacrifice In the stories "The Gift of the Magi‚" written by O. Henry and "The Cabiluwallah‚" written by Rabindranath Tagore‚ there is an indication of how self sacrifice is used and where people feel that they need to do special things for others. Mr. Henry shows that when people have feelings for another‚ they will do absolutely anything to make that person feel special‚ where Mr. Tagore
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The history of basketball On December 21 of 1891‚ James Naismith published 13 rules for a new game using five base ideas. Originally‚ there was no set rule on the number of players. After experimenting with teams up to 50 players‚ early games were played by nine players on each side. The reason was that 18 students showed up for Naismith’s class on that day. He asked his class to play a match in the Armory Street court‚ 9 versus 9 using a soccer ball and two fruit baskets. Naismith was the inventor
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Public law– Stop and Search and Arrest I would advise Norbert that there are several factors that need to be considered before concluding if his search was legal. Firstly the question arises that did the policemen have the right to stop and search Norbert. It can be argued that the police did have the right to stop Norbert under PACE (s 1(3)) as they were suspicious that Norbert was involved in the theft that had taken place in the next street and Norbert was a well known burglar (Bentley v
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Basketball Unlike most sports that were formed gradually over time or from a combination of other sports. If basketball wasn’t created in that way‚ then how was basketball created? It all started in 1891 when Dr. James Naismith was given the task of creating a safe indoor game to keep track and field runners in shape over the winter. Naismith created basketball from a game he used to play in his childhood called Duck on a Rock. The goal of Duck on a Rock was to throw stones to hit a target
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