The Physics of Basketball Brittney LeBlanc Physics 122 Physics comes into play throughout our lives‚ in absolutely everything we do‚ especially in sports such as basketball. Although you do not need to be a physician to become a basketball player‚ if you understand the basic physics of basketball‚ it can be very beneficial to your game. Specifically‚ understanding the physics behind shooting‚ passing‚ and dribbling the basketball. A Canadian named‚ Dr. James Naismith‚ was instructed to create an
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Basketball Unlike most sports that were formed gradually over time or from a combination of other sports. If basketball wasn’t created in that way‚ then how was basketball created? It all started in 1891 when Dr. James Naismith was given the task of creating a safe indoor game to keep track and field runners in shape over the winter. Naismith created basketball from a game he used to play in his childhood called Duck on a Rock. The goal of Duck on a Rock was to throw stones to hit a target
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will discuss will be my basketball team and the role I play within it. Because my team is at highly competitive level‚ our norms may be unlike to other teams’ especially those of less competitive teams. Each and every team has their own culture and practices‚ and it is through these that they identify themselves as being different from other teams along with giving them an identity and a group to belong. Discussion The team I play for is the Douglas College men’s basketball team and it would be
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Many people‚ including close family members and friends‚ have passed away in my lifetime. But the one that undoubtedly had the most profound effect on my life and how I was shaped as a person was the suicide of my uncle when I was 10 years old. As soon as this particular death took place‚ my life was completely turned upside down‚ From a fairly stable childhood to a rocky‚ strange path that‚ in a way‚ forced me to become independent as the adult figures‚ such as my mother‚ used all of their time
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YOU RAISE ME UP - JOSH GROBAN D G D Bm G A Asus4 A Bm G D G D A D D G D When I am down and‚ oh my soul‚ so weary; D G A Asus4 A When troubles come and my heart burdened be; Bm G
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An individual’s social location which includes their social class‚ sex‚ gender‚ race‚ and ethnicity impacts every aspect of their lives. My family’s social location has positively impacted me throughout my life and provided me with the opportunities that lead me to where I am today. I grew up in a middle class household; my father was an engineer and my mother was a nurse so they were able to buy a house in a safe and rural neighborhood in Massachusetts. Since my parents were financially stable I
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Basketball is the most popular indoor sport in the world. It is also one of the few sports whose year of birth and originator can be traced back to 100% correctly‚ a man by the name of Dr. James A. Naismith in the year of 1891. Even though the game was started and grew in the United States‚ it is now played and watched in more than 150 countries. When Dr. Naismith invented the game basketball‚ he was a physical education teacher at the International Training School of the Young Men’s Christian Association
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emotionally. Violence has affected my life by making me more cautious of my environment‚ a cause to violence is peer pressure‚ I could help stop violence by advising and getting help. Violence has affected my life by making me more cautious of my environment. I remember the time when I and my family came back from fellowship‚ as we were getting out of the car a green truck pulled over behind us. Two men came out of the truck and started firing ammunition in the air. There were people running around everywhere
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who liked basketball and taught myself how to play‚ with the help of YouTube of course. I played basketball since I was a child. I remember shooting granny style because I was too short and weak to shoot it normally. The ball would be full size and the ball would be bigger than my head. My parents were the sexist type and thought basketball was a boy sport‚ so they never let me sign up for city league or some sort to get taught by an actual coach. It was cruel. Throughout my basketball career‚ I
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my life. Books were introduced to me at a very young age. Through the years my definition of literacy has grown over the years. I have learned that literacy does not only have to involve reading‚ it also involves the ability to express your feelings and opinion through text. I did not understand the importance of literacy when I was younger. I have reached college and I am still understating the definition of literacy. In this autobiography‚ I will talk about how literacy has impacted my life. I
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