My heart ached more than my broken leg as I stared at the trophy across from the gym‚ mocking me‚ telling me I wasn’t good enough. The doctor said he wasn’t sure if I would be able to play in the state championship‚ but I sure earned it‚ the team needed me. I got up using my crutches as a guide‚ and walked across the room‚ to the face of the trophy that made me the most nervous‚ then looked at the basketball hoop south of it. My baby sat their all sad and lonely‚ like he hasn’t seen me in years‚
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How to Dunk Jumping higher is often a goal of basketball players. Not only can it help them be more effective players in the all-around game‚ it can also help them get up above the rim and learn how to dunk a basketball. Dunking a basketball gives a player a certain confidence that allows him to know that under the right circumstances he can put the ball in the basket any time he wants. Conditioning To dunk a basketball‚ you have to get in excellent cardiovascular condition. Doing interval training
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“My Country” Persuasive Speech Have you ever wondered about what it means to be a ‘True’ Australian? Does it mean to be “Fair Dinkum’ or does it mean to be of Australian Blood? Does it mean to live in the bush or desert and wear an Akubra with jeans and an old shirt? Hello fellow students. Today I am standing here to discuss how and why ‘My Country’ by Dorothea Mackellar best represents Australia. Although some may argue that this poem was written in 1908 and since then Australia has changed in
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In general‚ games played at home provide a wholesome activity for the entire family. Many people find that the time spent playing games at home contributes to feelings of closeness among family members‚ thus giving them time to relax together and promote familial ties. Three types of games played at home that have remained popular over the years are card games‚ board games‚ and outdoor or backyard games. Firstly‚ there are card games which have remained popular in many homes. Bridge‚ canasta
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Persuasive Essay December 4‚ 2013 Word Count: 1073 “One and Done” For the past 7 years high school basketball players have had to be one year removed from high school and at least nineteen years of age if they have wanted to participate in the NBA draft. Before this time‚ high school basketball players had the option of leaving high school after their senior year in hopes of playing in the NBA. College was not a requirement for these athletes. This became very controversial when many players
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Fouls are caused by physical contact (holding‚ pushing)‚ or actions (acting out like you are going to hit another player but you don’t) or even extreme abusive yelling or cussing (technical foul). Violations are actions by players that break a basketball rule – such as traveling‚ stepping on the line‚ and back court. Prior to each “Foul” call the referee will first perform this signal… Stop the Clock! Prior to each “Violation” the Ref will first perform this signal… “Fouls” Fouls are the
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There are a lot of pros and cons to the game of basketball. A lot of kids when they are young want to be a professional athlete. They see all the fame they get and all the money they get from it. But they don’t know the negatives of all the publicity. A few cons about being famous are you can’t do very many normal people things like going and playing basketball at courts. Without having someone taking a picture of you. The three main pros and a con of basketball I will be talking about are developing
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Sales of video games have more than quadrupled from 1995-2008‚ while the arrest rate for juvenile murders fell 71.9% and the arrest rate for all juvenile violent crimes declined 49.3% in this same period. The 2008 study Grand Theft Childhood reported that 60% of middle school boys that played at least one Mature-rated game hit or beat up someone‚ compared to 39% of boys that did not play Mature-rated games. California passed a law in 2005 that would have required violent video games to include
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If it was my first year at that level‚ I would be on the B team. If it was my second year I would be on the A team. It had been that way all my life. But somehow this year I wasn’t as disappointed when they came around. This year it just felt...different. This year I felt like I had a real shot at making the A team my first year of Bantams. But I knew that making the A team would mean one thing‚ I wouldn’t be on the same team as any of my friends. So I had to choose between trying my hardest and
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Poetry is an unusually polarizing form of literature. While many are elated by it‚ others could not care less about it. To me‚ I always considered myself to be one of the latter. However‚ now that I have been given the opportunity to select poems I admire instead of being forced to know a poem‚ I have started to really enjoy certain aspects of poetry. The poems I chose for my anthology were ones that I had an instant connection with‚ but also had a deeper meaning. The five poems I selected were
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