Three seconds remain in the tied basketball game. The point guard shoots and scores right before the buzzer sounds off. I bet for a long time‚ that player worked hard in the gym to practice and perfect his shooting for game time situations like that. It just goes to show that nothing great can ever be achieved without hard work. Holden Caulfield from The Catcher In The Rye‚ however‚ does not quite understand this saying. In the story‚ Holden does not apply himself to his education at Pencey Prep
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Between 4th and 5th grade I joined a basketball team. I was in tryouts but I didn’t think I did so well. I ended up making the team though. Practices after practices‚ my first game took place. My friend John played basketball too; but we weren’t on the same team. It turns out we play each other for the first game. John said “do you want to ride to the courts with me?” I said “yea‚ what time do you want to meet me?” John asked “what time do you have to show up to the courts?” I replied “my coach
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Although it was a chilly‚ Pre-Winter morning‚ national star Terry Fox was dripping with sweat and grimacing from pain. Running 40 kilometers daily with only one whole leg is not an easy task. But Terry Fox was not stopped by this. The moment before he collapsed to near death‚ he was still running. Athletes‚ especially runners‚ rely on having healthy legs to carry them. This was what Terry Fox was “stolen” of. As a basketball player and a runner for his school and university‚ being hit with osteosarcoma
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Billy‚ a passionate League of Legends player‚ has a lot of experience with the game. He thinks that he is skilled enough to go pro because he is Diamond 1 ranking‚ which is a pretty good ranking. Billy believes that some professional teams League of Legends might want him to play for them. So he did some research and found out how he could possibly make his way onto a professional team. With this new knowledge‚ Billy is really convinced that he could become a professional eSports player. These following
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I sat there‚ riding home from a football game finding myself spacing off thinking about basketball. basketball is starting soon and i cant help thinking about getting to play varsity. I miss the smell of the gym right before a basketball game and the feel of the basketball grooves. I actually kind of miss the bad tasting water from the school water fountain. One thing that I miss the most about basketball is the feeling of trying your hardest and succeeding at it. I’ve been playing basketball
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When people talk about the best basketball player of our era‚ usually players such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James lie somewhere amongst that list. Both players were drafted out of high school in the first round and at a young age showing that they both are going to be remembered forever as some of the greatest players to ever play. The ultimate trait in all sports is leadership; between Kobe Bryant and LeBron James‚ it’s difficult to say who is the leader of their team‚ whereas they both exist
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Raymod’s Diary Entry: Dear Diary‚ Today was tryouts for the Franklin High School boys’ basketball team. I am a sophomore this year‚ I am proud that I made it this far. This year will be my first year trying out for a basketball team. I am nervous‚ what if I am not good enough for a team? There was only 2 other white kids there at the tryouts. During the drills I think I did pretty well‚ but when we started doing ball handling drills…. I think that’s where I messed up. Some boy that was smaller
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The documentary that I decided to watch will be a 30 for 30 ESPN sports film a Magic moment. The reason that I decided to watch this documentary was I wanted to know more about the Orlando Magic franchise and the rich history. Orlando really didn’t expect to get a professional sports team Jimmy Hewitt was the guy that made it happen in Orlando to bring a pro basketball team into town. However the first year of the Magic was a tough one they only won seven games that month after that the Magic only
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For most of my life basketball has played a major impact on it. I started playing in kindergarten and still play the game to this very day. As a player‚ I am a point guard who loves to play with team work and passion. I am a strong defensive player and skilled offensive player. Over my whole career of playing basketball I have a higher winning record than loosing. However‚ I have won those many games because of the hard work and effort I put into practices. Over the many years I have learned that
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The assumptions this film of High School Musical makes of education or teaching is that they are committed to their extracurricular activities. In the movie made it where if one was into sports and that sports was a big deal and that one could be very passionate about. That meant that the students and faculty had very high amounts of school pride into their basketball team. The boy’s basketball team of East High School showed that they were very excited that they were in the big championship game
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