Game Day Game Day had arrived for the two rival basketball teams; the Eagles and the Tigers. The loud and passionate fans had been waiting in line for hours out in the freezing cold weather. As the warm ups started the players were getting nervous. Both teams wanted the state championship very bad and they were just hours away from winning it. Months and months of strenuous conditioning and closely won ball games had all come down to this one game. The referee threw the perfectly round orange rubber
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he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto a 10-foot (3.05 m) elevated track‚ this basket retained its bottom‚ and balls had to be retrieved manually after each "basket" or point scored Basketball was originally played with a soccer ball. The first balls made specifically for basketball were brown. Dribbling was not part of the original game except for the "bounce pass" to teammates. Passing the ball was the primary means of ball movement. Dribbling was eventually introduced but limited
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Swelling cumulonimbus clouds hung heavily in the distance. The wind rose abruptly‚ making an eerie whistling noise. On the court‚ the basketball team was still tearing around the court‚ dribbling like their lives depended on it‚ under the watchful eye of their coach. Swooping down‚ the ball flew into Tong’s waiting hands with the force of an elephant. Breathing heavily‚ Tong tossed it expertly towards Hyun. Hyun’s dark eyes followed the ball as it arched over towards him gracefully. Suddenly‚ there
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Ever played lacrosse before? Want to know more about the game? Find out more below! How to understand the sports‚ Lacrosse. Basketball and hockey are very similar to Lacrosse. The lacrosse team that wins the game with the most goals by the end of the game. The number of goals scored‚ like if your team scored 10 points and the other team had 1 it would be running time that’s what the clock has to do with the score. Girls play a total of 60-minute games. The games are four quarters each 15 minutes
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The Dynamics of Basketball Bouncing – How Air Pressure and Temperature Effect Basketball Rebound Introduction: Hi. My name is Greyston Aguilera and I will be testing the dynamics of basketball bouncing and how air pressure and outside temperature will affect how a ball bounces. Almost all sports involve using balls. In a lot of sports the weight and air pressure is regulated. For example‚ the National Basketball Association regulations say the ball air pressure must be between 7.5 pound per-square-inch
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Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy” by Bill Simmons‚ was a book only the Sports Guy could write. Save a few hundred pages for Simmons to inform the readers on how he became the basketball and Celtics fan he is today (hint: it was his dad choosing between a motorcycle and season tickets to the Celtics)‚ why as a child he called himself Jabaal Abdul-Simmons‚ footnotes galore‚ his hatred for Isiah Thomas and Wilt Chamberlain‚ and many of the greatest “What-if’s” in basketball history
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Baseball vs. Basketball Baseball and basketball are two very different sports‚ but the both do relate in some ways. Often times sports fans compare these two sports to determine which they enjoy best. One big comparison between them both is that they are in face both sports. These sports are also both played as teams. Most of the time‚ these things in common are far outweighed by the differences between the sports. Two sports that are often compared with each other‚ baseball and basketball‚ are similar
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My group chose to focus on the communication practice of Creighton Men’s Basketball practice‚ we chose to do this practice because though it is the sport of basketball‚ it is going to have a different dynamic than a high school practice or even the UNL Men’s Basketball team’s practice. Though we tried our best to show exactly what was seen in the practice we had a few differences and similarities‚ the scenes that we chose to showcase in our performance were full of direct quotes and drills. There
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“TIMEOUT!” It all came down to this. The seniors had been honored‚ tears were shed‚ and the fans were ecstatic! Our district rival‚ St. John of Plaquemine had the ball with just over two seconds on the clock. Our small forward‚ Dustin Blanchard‚ who also happened to be one of the two seniors honored that night‚ just drained what everyone had thought to be the game-winning lay-up. The noise was deafening as St. John’s Hayden Heminway stood to throw in what had to be a full court pass‚ a prayer to
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Basketball and football have many differences and similarities that we often don’t catch on too or just even care too focus on. Both sports here in the U.S have become extremely popular and nationally televised around the world. For anybody trying to choose which sport is the better sport ‚ it could be very helpful to get know the basics and characteristics of each sport. Although it does seem the two sports have more differences on how they play‚ the way they move ‚ the equipment and accessors
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