In seventh grade I made the basketball team‚ I had worked persistently to reach this goal and was in a daze for the first few months of the season. It was winter break and the coaches had warned us about kids who did not practice during breaks‚ to prevent a lack of improvement I was in my driveway practicing my shots. Somehow‚ I ended up dislocating my kneecap. It was excruciatingly painful however‚ with a trip to the hospital‚ countless hours of physical therapy and loads of prescription pain pills;
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Women’s rights and liberties have changed greatly throughout the years and there is no doubt that two of the most empowering events for women‚ were the First and Second World Wars. Canada sent 625‚000 men to fight in World War I and 1.1 million men were sent again during World War II. The deployment of men‚ left large gaps on the home front‚ opening the door to women stepping into roles formerly occupied predominantly by men. They began to join the work force during this time‚ when supplies were
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junior varsity basketball team. Before high school the last time I played on a basketball team was in 4th grade‚ but it wasn’t organized. The tryouts for the basketball team were set for November 15th. For that month before the tryouts I worked out almost every day. I would go outside and run around the backyard so I could get the hang of running around the gym. Everyone said “Jasahn you should make the team‚ your good enough” and I thought the same. The tryouts for the basketball team finally came
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You have to put a lot of energy into basketball training if you want to make any progress in this sport. You have to work on your specific basketball skills‚ as well as developing strength and endurance. If you want to improve faster‚ you should try some of the training tips that follow. Any effective basketball training program must show you how to improve your endurance level. This sport requires very high levels of energy‚ and without this even great talent won’t be enough. So you must do training
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That dream of draining a last-second three pointer to win an NBA championship‚ or hit a home run to win a World Series. This is a dream that every human should be able to chase. Unfortunately‚ until recently some people were not able to turn this dream into reality simply because of the color of their skin. Racism cause widespread hatred throughout the entire sports community and the entire world as a whole. Through bravery‚ persistence‚ and determination‚ several African-American individuals and teams
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Basketball Unit Grade 3 Shooting Lesson Equipment for 30 students * 30 basketballs 50 Minute Lesson PASS Standards Objectives Psychomotor- TSWBAT shoot the ball with eyes on the goal‚ feet shoulder width apart facing the goal‚ following through making the shot 7 out of 10 tries from the free throw line. Cognitive- TSWBAT compare and contrast two similarities and differences between left and right handed layups orally with 90% accuracy. Affective- TSWBAT participate
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This August‚ a friend of mine who is passionate about climate change and food justice recommended to me the documentary Cowspiracy because it played a huge role in her becoming a vegan. I watched it with my mom‚ and both of us immediately became vegetarians. The documentary discussed‚ analyzed‚ and brought to light animal agriculture’s significant role in climate change. I used to love meat—particularly hamburgers and bacon—but the evidence that the film presented on animal agriculture’s impact on
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1450–1750: 22% of the AP Exam Overall Changes 1) The world became truly global - the western hemisphere came into continued contact with the eastern hemisphere. Technological innovations‚ strengthened political organization‚ and economic prosperity all contributed to this change that completely altered world trade patterns. 2) Maritime trade dominated the world - Technological advancements and willingness of political leaders to invest in it meant that sea-based trade became much more important.
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A basketball is an air filled sphere with a leather skin. There are different companies that make basketballs like Russel & Baden. The different types of shapes affect the aerodynamics of a basketball. Although at first it may sound strange‚ the motion of a basketball when it leaves the hands of a player is governed by the same physical laws of an airplane. There are multiple ways to affect the aerodynamics of the ball like the flick of the wrist‚ force and the quickness of the release when you
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itself would contemplate a form. A basketball could be taken for example here where you can take the roundness of the object being the basketball in this case and separate the roundness from all of the other properties the basketball has like the weight and the color‚ focusing only of the roundness would be the form of roundness. Again here according to Plato roundness being the property in thought is a property that exist without even thinking about the basketball; the form in this case is an idea
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