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    I have a passion for basketball. Basketball is my favorite sport. I’ve been playing organized basketball since I was four years old‚ at least as long as I can remember. Basketball is a very big important part of me. This is something that I am really good at and makes me very happy when I play. My mom supports me playing basketball very rarely. It seems like my mom doesn’t care but I think she does deep down inside. My mom wants me to focus more on school then basketball. Her motto is “business

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    be based on a year 7 middle school class who are beginning a new unit of basketball. This paper will attempt to show how teachers can educate students to acquire new skills in basketball and various ways to assess development and adaptation (by students) to the sport. Basketball is a diverse sport‚ played across the globe‚ that captures a variety of skills‚ which participants try to attain. The main skills used in basketball are dribbling‚ shooting‚ passing‚ and defending‚ but many other developmental

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    Jake Yerbey Thesis Statement: Let’s learn who James Naismith is‚ and discuss how basketball was invented‚ the game’s rules‚ and how the game affects us economically in the present. Introduction: A. Attention Getter: Have you ever wondered how the great sport of basketball was invented‚ and how it became the sport we have all come to enjoy today. B. Relevance Statement: Although we might not all play basketball‚ we all know what the game is; and I am sure you could all name at least one player:

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    Pro Basketball vs. Pro Football If you had a choice‚ would you pick a career where injuries are less frequent and less severe along with a better salary or a career where injuries are frequent and sometimes severe‚ and salaries are not as good. Anyone in their right mind would choose the first option. This will now bring me to my topic‚ professional basketball is better than professional football. Professional basketball is more dominant than football in three critical areas‚ injuries sustained

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    I believe drugs can kill‚ but basketball will save me. I am a young adult‚ a teenager‚ a young man who has witnessed close family members deceased due to the presence of drugs. As I witness this‚ the game of basketball keeps me safe. I was born into a family‚ a loving caring family‚ one who did not think they were doing anything wrong because it was not around me. Soon enough I came to realize they would no longer be around me. I saw some do it as I grew older‚ they said it makes them feel better

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    Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time won the the championship really often division championships. In 1982 with scoring the final basket to defeating lots of other teams in the university he was also singled.Out as the college player of the year in 1983 and in 1984 during the summer of 1984 made his first. Appearance at the at doing games as a member of us basketball team the team won the golds that year which were. held in later helped the american bring home the

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    for being a professionally basketball player. While he made a name for himself through the game of basketball‚ the legacy he will leave behind will be much greater than being a phenomenal athlete. Dwyane is a man of many genres. He is a prime example of what being an exceptional parent is. He has made it evident that being a father comes before anything else in his life. Dwyane is also heavily involved in helping out the children in his community. The game of basketball has allowed him the chance

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    Michael Jordan once said “I’ve failed over and over and over again and that’s why I succeeded.” If you don’t even try in life you will never be successful. When you want to be successful as bad as you want to breathe then you be successful. Success is about developing personal wisdom and competence or what could be called personal mastery in the field you want to succeed in. Nothing is ever impossible to accomplish in life. You have to be determined that you can do the impossible. If you have determination

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    fair project is "The effect of temperature in energy loss in a basketball". Some of my subtopics for my project include the pressure air and height in a basketball‚ the material a basketball is made out of and the size of the ball. Different sports require different size balls to correspond with the correct bounce it needs to be used during the sport. Thats why you would not be able to use a tennis ball to play basketball because it is too bouncy and a soccer ball because it would be

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    my friends were doing‚ such as Little Wolves basketball or cheer camp‚ because my only ride home left during practices. During middle school‚ I had moved into town where my school was only 3 minutes away instead. In seventh grade‚ you can start to play volleyball and basketball as an in school sport; since I’d never played before‚ I was too shy and scared to try out. Eighth grade year‚ I finally decided to take a chance and try volleyball and basketball. Although it was difficult‚ I went to every

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