Basketball is a sport that requires great attention‚ sacrifice‚ and dedication to be great at and win games. Practices are long‚ hard‚ and tiring. Even though‚ practices can be gruesome‚ the amount of good things that come out of the hours spent in the gym are worth the pain. Coach Coleman always preaches‚ “If you truly want to be great at something‚ you have to be willing to give up something else you love in order to be great at the other thing you love.” Whether that is about basketball for a
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Essay Since I was 7 years old‚ basketball has played an integral part of my life. I have devoted countless hours to not just a sport‚ but a passion‚ an outlet; to the game that I love. When I arrived at Bow Middle School as a fifth grader‚ my classmates and I would always look up to the 7th and 8th grade middle school basketball teams. Every year during winter carnival‚ the boys and girls teams would play a game in front of the entire school. Playing in that game became a dream and a goal of mine
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Pearl Harbor. Young people from all over the country joined in the war effort to help fight. This included people that already had jobs and people that did not have jobs. In this time period men mostly made up the sports field. The effects on basketball‚ baseball and football in the 1940’s were greatly affected by the United States getting involved into World War II. Body 1- Baseball B. During the early 1940’s‚ the time that the United States was in the World War II‚ baseball
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Basketball is a team sport with five players per team. There’s a center‚ power forward‚ small forward‚ point guard‚ and shooting guard. Brought up in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith‚ it has become one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in America. The objective of basketball is to shoot a round ball into a hoop placed ten feet in the air. Basketball consists of many rules and regulations or fouls. There are two types of fouls: technical fouls and disqualifying fouls. Today there are two leagues:
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With two seconds left in the game‚ the home team is fouled sending an individual to the free-throw line. As the ball bounces‚ the crowd holds their breath and the ball is shot towards the basket. Once a tied game is now taking end with a win and a celebration on the sidelines by the coaches. The coaches knew what was best for the team and guided them in the right direction. This moment of happiness is one of the most rewarding moments during a coaching career. While winning is dependent upon the
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guarantee that people will carry this out. After the issuing of Title IX‚ many women in sports wished to step forward and be recognized. Part of the recognition they wanted was to be included in National Sports Associations like the men’s National Basketball Association. Eventually their cries were heard‚ and sports associations like the NBA agreed to merge and include women. Becoming included was an eye opening experience to many of these women and they have faced (and still do) doubts and discrimination
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Over the years‚ I have put countless hours into studying and honing my skills for basketball. I’ve designated at least one day each week to practice basketball‚ whether it be with others or by myself. Although there is much joy that comes with basketball‚ there have been times where basketball has brought on challenges During my freshman year of high school‚ I was fortunate enough to join the Freshman Basketball team. I was glad that the months of training prior to tryouts paid off. When practice
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The game of basketball has been around since the early 1890s and is still skyrocketing with popularity. One of the greatest all-time players‚ Michael Jordan‚ once said‚ “The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge‚ place I’ve always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It’s been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It’s a relationship that has evolved over time‚ given me the greatest respect and love for the game.” These exact
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The sport I will be study is basketball. Basketball is one of the few sports whose exact origin is definitely known. In the winter of 1891–1892‚ Dr. James Naismith‚ an instructor in the YMCA Training College (now Springfield College) at Springfield‚ Mass.‚ deliberately invented the game of basketball in order to provide indoor exercise and competition for the students between the closing of the football season and the opening of the baseball season. He affixed peach baskets overhead on the walls
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Basketball is a very important sport to me because you get to meet new people and build a team with them. I love playing because when you’re playing you can blow off steam and take your anger out on the court. If I’m angry or upset I play basketball because that’s where I can go and take all my anger out without hurting anyone. Basketball also builds up your confidence‚ when you make a shot your confidence boosts up and that’s when you start to play better. Basketball also teaches you life lessons
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