Basketball Guide‚ With Official Rules and Standards Basketball was designed by James Naismith in the year 1891. James Naismith was a physical education instructor at McGill University. He later taught at Springfield College and then the local YMCA at Springfield‚ Massachusetts. Under the supervision of physical education professional and expert‚ Luther Gulick‚ he developed basketball as an indoor game. Basketball was initially played with a soccer ball but James Naismith used a peach basket which
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Environmental Discourse Analysis as Applied to Ecosystems Environmental Sociology FRANCYS JANE DERRICK Environmental Discourse Analysis as Applied to Ecosystems What is an ecosystem? At first glance‚ this seems to be a straightforward question‚ one to be answered by environmental scientists. However‚ the concept of an ecosystem‚ or more specifically‚ the action that posits the existence of an ecosystem‚ raises a series of questions that challenge some basic assumptions about the environment
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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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Do you prefer playing with feet or hands? Football soccer and basketball games are very interesting‚ good for the body‚ and health‚ but they are also so different. I am going to show you some differences between soccer and basketball games. The first difference is related to the parts of the body that are involved in the game. In basketball you can touch the ball with the hands. Players need to bounce and pass the ball away from them. On the contrary‚ in soccer‚ only the goal keeper can touch
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Basketball History Basketball is played everywhere today with girls and boys playing the well known game. The man behind the game basketball is Dr. James Naismith. At first the game was played with a rubber ball and a peach basket. The first true basketball game as we know was January 20th‚ 1892 in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. Dr. Naismith made the game for YMCA to play originally. Dr. Naismith wrote some simple rules‚ most of his original rules are used today. There was 13 rules‚ but nine have
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Muhammad Sarmad Khan Niazi 14-10019 Introduction to Linguistics Section-A Final Paper Racism in Animated Media and its relation with Discourse Analysis Racism is usually defined as views‚ practices and actions reflecting the belief that humanity is divided into distinct biological groups called races and that members of a certain race share certain attributes which make that group as a whole less desirable‚ more desirable‚ inferior or superior. (Schaefer 2008) There are many definations
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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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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 is my life and the focus of my dreams. Ever since my father introduced me to the sport‚ I have been passionate about it. When I was four‚ I received my first Fisher Price basketball court. The court was in my house and the basket was only five feet tall. My parents placed it in the living room since it was the only room in the house without carpet. I practiced shooting every day. I would wear my father’s sneakers and imitate basketball moves that I had seen on T.V. At that age‚ I did
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Chapter 1 Discourse Organization of Asian Fashion Blogs Introduction Background of the study Blogging has emerged as one of the most popular forms of online discourse. The ease and lack of expense in setting blogs has raised intriguing possibilities for language learning in social media. The unique nature of its architecture and its low cost have not only affected how different bloggers can publish and distribute their work to a wider audience but also how they see themselves as writers. According
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