Greg "Slam" Harris who loves to play basketball. But one day he has to switch school because his parent couldn’t afford for him to be in the school he was so he had to move. He doesn’t want to move because all the people that he knows are at the other school even his girlfriend. When he gets to the new school he realizes that it was not so bad; the only thing that he doesn’t like is his P.E teacher and his math teacher. One day he decides to join the basketball team‚ his favorite sport‚ and finds
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22‚ 2012 Mark Matthews Ethical Issues and Tactics The ethical issues and tactics that I can think back on is when we had a basketball game and I did not realize it at the time but one of my players was fouled and as I was talking to one of the coaches another player was called to the foul line to shoot free throws and as I turn back around to see the player that was fouled standing at half court‚ and as I looked at him with a dumb look he shrugged his shoulders to say as if he don’t know
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Basketball Guide‚ With Official Rules and Standards Basketball was designed by James Naismith in the year 1891. James Naismith was a physical education instructor at McGill University. He later taught at Springfield College and then the local YMCA at Springfield‚ Massachusetts. Under the supervision of physical education professional and expert‚ Luther Gulick‚ he developed basketball as an indoor game. Basketball was initially played with a soccer ball but James Naismith used a peach basket which
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guarantee that people will carry this out. After the issuing of Title IX‚ many women in sports wished to step forward and be recognized. Part of the recognition they wanted was to be included in National Sports Associations like the men’s National Basketball Association. Eventually their cries were heard‚ and sports associations like the NBA agreed to merge and include women. Becoming included was an eye opening experience to many of these women and they have faced (and still do) doubts and discrimination
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Do you prefer playing with feet or hands? Football soccer and basketball games are very interesting‚ good for the body‚ and health‚ but they are also so different. I am going to show you some differences between soccer and basketball games. The first difference is related to the parts of the body that are involved in the game. In basketball you can touch the ball with the hands. Players need to bounce and pass the ball away from them. On the contrary‚ in soccer‚ only the goal keeper can touch
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An Ex-Mas Feast Summary Uwem Akpan’s story‚ “An Ex-Mas Feast” is a story of the struggles that one family goes through to give gifts on their upcoming Christmas season. Akpan introduces the reader to the struggles of the main characters‚ which directly ties into the details of impoverished town that they live in. Jigana‚ one of the story’s main characters‚ starts off as a naïve 8 year old little boy who was anxious to start going to school. In a stark contrast‚ Maisha‚ the eldest sister
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SIAM REVIEW Vol. 47‚ No. 4‚ pp. 775–798 c 2005 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Modeling Basketball Free Throws∗ Joerg M. Gablonsky† Andrew S. I. D. Lang‡ Abstract. This paper presents a mathematical model for basketball free throws. It is intended to be a supplement to an existing calculus course and could easily be used as a basis for a calculus project. Students will learn how to apply calculus to model an interesting real-world problem‚ from problem identification all the
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any game in the world (Encyclopedia‚ Britannica 2012). James Naismith is best known for the invention of the game we call “basketball.” While Naismith did not benefit financially from his invention‚ he was afforded a glimpse of the game’s potential appeal in 1936 when he attended the Berlin Olympics‚ where basketball was played as a medal sport for the first time (McPhee‚ John 2009). He created a sport that is one of my top personal priorities in my life today‚ without this sport who knows what the
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Two weeks ago‚ I saw the movie Ex Machina in my English class. The movie showed us the impact of new technology on humans. After watching the movie‚ I ask myself if we were victims of the progress. Personally‚ I think we are. We are victims of progress for intelligence and privacy issues. First of all‚ progress is all around us‚ simply passing by texting. Texting wasn’t always in our society. Texting is a new kind of talking with it’s own kind of grammar and conventions. It’s destroying our language
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Ex post facto laws Name: Course: Institution: Tutor: Date: Ex post facto laws refer to laws that apply to acts committed before the enactment of such laws and are‚ therefore‚ disadvantageous to the affected persons. The United States constitution in article I‚ section 10 prohibits the state from enacting such retroactive laws. This prohibition protects individuals from unjust legislative acts. However‚ the ban on ex post facto laws applies only with regard to criminal and not civil laws
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