FIrst Time ever playing basketball My first time playing basketball was kind of scary because i thought i sucked at basketball‚ but i wasn’t going to be bad at all my coach said. He actually said i would be pretty good. My first game was a different story i had to face some 6 foot giant in the paint. We were all in 5th grade i don’t know what they were feeding that kid. He was eating little kids or something. Then‚ next practice we basically ran all practice because that guy got the ball every
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The poem "The Ex-Basketball Player" by John Updike dramatizes the conflict between dreams and reality in the case of Flick Webb. Flick shows such promise in his teenage years‚ but he ends up in the pathetic reality of helping out at a garage and playing pinball in a luncheonette. The poem begins with the description of "Pearl Avenue" which "bends with the trolley tracks‚ and stops‚ cut off / Before it has a chance to go two blocks..." Pearl Avenue presents a ticket name connoting a clean‚ freshness
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My First High School Basketball Game I believe playing a sport that you love is fun‚ but at the same time winning is more fun. For me I figured this out when I was ten years old. I was playing a pickup game at the RAC and my brother hit the game winning shot. I was so happy because I gave him the assists. Then it came to me like I bolt of lightning that playing basketball is fun when you win. Ever since that moment it helped me perform to my full potential. It was cold snowy Saturday morning
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Jessica Cheng Successfully strategic use of colors in a poster: ”Olympic Games 1972 - Basketball” The poster‚ “Olympic Games 1972 - Basketball”‚ was designed by Otl Aicher‚ who was a pioneer of developing the visual identities of the 1972 Munich Olympics. "As a strictly designed grammar‚ the identity system allows free‚ playful application‚" Aicher explained before the Munich Olympics in 1970. "This is comparable to ball games or chess‚ where fixed elements and an agreed set of rules allow playful
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FILM STUDY – COACH CARTER By: Yvonne Nnadi For: Mr. Lio April 2nd‚ 2013. 1. As the new basketball coach at Richmond High‚ Carter has just four rules on his players’ contract. What are they? [4] a) Maintain a 2.3 grade point average (C+). b) Attend all classes and sit in the front row. c) Wear jackets and ties on game days. d) Complete 10 hours of community service. 2. Damien makes the decision to transfer schools so that he can play for his father. He also proposes a contract stricter than
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Basketball has taught me many things in life. Basketball has gave me many friends because I could be social with my family and friends talking about the NBA and the teams.. I ended up dropping the sport until middle school started. Usually I would go to lunch every day at the basketball courts just watching everyone play because I was too shy to ask to shoot around. The day they were short a player a few weeks into school they asked me to play‚ but boy did my elementary school days came flashing
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As fantasy football season is coming to an end‚ fantasy basketball is quickly becoming the focal point for us all! I do my Top 100 rankings every other week‚ but I figured it would be nice to fill you all in on some players who are flying up the list. From Kyle Lowry to Elfrid Payton‚ there are guys in the league who get better each and every week. Each of the five players should be guys you all should be targeting in potential trades going forward if they’re not already on your squad! Here are
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Camps VS. Basketball Camps I have been to many basketball camps since I have entered high school. After a couple of years they become routine for players. I got my first opportunity this summer to go to a football camp at CHadron University which I figured couldn’t be too much different than a basketball camp. I figured you played a few games‚ went to bed‚ woke up sore and repeat the process like in basketball. I found out that there are actually a lot of differences between basketball and football
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My last season of middle school basketball‚ I felt like I was never strong enough‚ never fast enough‚ and never good enough. I thought about giving it all up until I came to high school and started playing for Becky Padgett. She effected not only how I played‚ but my attitude and character as well. What I would give to be able to play just one more game for her as my coach. I have played basketball since I was about five years old and I was never that kid that sat on the bench the whole season until
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quarter. “Hurry in. C’mon C’mon” screamed my coach hurrying to give us wisdom on what to do in our situation. We were up twelve with the final quarter the only thing keeping us—Rocky River High School— away from the title of New Jersey State Basketball Champions. Our team had been favorites to win in three out of my fours years of starting as the high school shooting guard. Our previous seasons had ended in disappointment from our captain getting injured; to losing the last year in a pitiful fashion
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