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    Two specific skills that are applicable for basketball and ultimate are passing skills and high vertical jumps. A successful basketball team consists of players who make strong and accurate passes – overhead passes‚ chest passes‚ or bounce passes – to one another‚ ensuring the team’s control and possession of the ball. Similarly‚ in ultimate‚ players must practice their frisbee throws – backhand‚ or forehand flicks – so that they eventually are able to pass the disc to exactly where the player wants

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    the game as possible. A new coach should be trying to learn and understand the game in all aspects of offense and defense so that they can put together the best strategy so that the team can be as successful as possible. They also need to watch basketball at the collegiate and professional level to learn how to make substitutions at the right time so that they can keep the team moving in the most beneficial way possible. Taking notes on how certain players play together and paying attention to detail

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    Basketball is a team sport‚ the objective being to shoot a ball through a basket horizontally positioned to score points while following a set of rules. Usually‚ two teams of five players play on a marked rectangular court with a basket at each width end. Basketball is one of the world’s most popular and widely viewed sports.[1] A regulation basketball hoop consists of a rim 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high mounted to a backboard. A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through

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    the sports that I could‚ football‚ basketball‚ and baseball. Now I only do football‚ basketball‚ and track. I like baseball‚ I’m just not good at it. Fielding‚ throwing‚ and catching I can do‚ I just can’t hit‚ and I don’t want to be the one to get out when I have enough power to drill it out to center field‚ and then see the disappointment on my teammates faces. The only reason that I play football is that I get to hit people and I like the sport. I play basketball to stay in shape for football. Same

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    had made all my shots and perfected every dribble move‚ not even bothering to take Sunday off because if I wanted to go somewhere with basketball‚ I would have to eat‚ sleep and breathe basketball. I refreshed the inbox of my email‚ and there it was‚ the decision that would make or break my basketball career. I had tried out for one of the most elite club basketball teams in Wisconsin‚ Oshkosh Flight 14’s team. I think I clicked on that email about five-hundred times in anticipation while it loaded

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    a little kid I loved basketball and throughout my life my passion for basketball has increased enormously. I have wanted to be able to play basketball in college ever since I was a freshman in highschool. I have acquired quite a bit of knowledge just from being around the game for so long‚ I have also learned a lot about the requirements for being able to play basketball in college. Like in this source by NBC Camps: Best Basketball Advice if You Want to Play college Basketball‚ “Find a mentor‚ someone

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    evaluate how the various techniques a person can use to shoot a basketball at various distances and how it can affect the likely hood of making a basket. We predicted that a person was more likely to make it if they shot it over handed with some jump‚ so that the ball would have more force behind it. Procedure Step 1: Gather five willing participants and a good basketball. For this experiment we used five different people with average basketball skills. We tried to use more people‚ because it would be

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    playing basketball in our community basketball courts. I decided to visit the basketball court on Saturday to observe as many players as I can. I spent about hour or so just studying how the kids were positioning their hands‚ grips‚ legs‚ and overall body before they took the shot. In addition‚ I also found that many of the kids were playing with their dads who were also teaching them. From that‚ I realized that what if there was a system that could teach new players how to play basketball correctly

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    Kevin I Dobson Jr 2/10/13 Descriptive and narrative My lifestyle of basketball part 1 Basketball is not a sport for everyone it takes a lot of dedication‚ strength‚ focus ‚and teamwork. I have been playing basketball since I was seven years old. The love that I have for the game is indescribable‚ if by chance I could never play again‚ my soul would be a hollow lifeless shadow. From the Separating White Line I glance up at the scoreboard; the clock reads 15

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    Skill Analysis: Basketball Shooting Purpose Shooting is necessary for basketball because it is the only way to gain points in order to win. Ways it Helps in a Game In a basketball game‚ shooting helps both physically and mentally. The physical impact of shooting is the fact that as you get shots in‚ you gain points. Also‚ once more shots start going in‚ momentum begins to take over and both your offence and defence play better to ensure the good shooting continues. Shooting also helps to mentally

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