African Americans to pursue their dreams of playing collegiate and professional sports. Some of these teams and players
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Composition of Concurrent Forces Abstract— The experiment aims to show the relationship of different forces acting at the same time by using different variables namely‚ the equilibrant force‚ the resultant‚ and the given forces Fa and Fb. The equilibrant force is the force that establishes equilibrium while the resultant is the addition of the given forces and is also the opposite of the equilibrant. The objective of the experiment is to determine the resultant of two forces experimentally‚ to
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It was my first day of tryouts. I was 7 years old and love to play soccer. At the time playing soccer was my life. Rapid Wien was/is the best team in Austria. I was super nervous because it was the first time i ever tried out for such a big team. My heart was beating. BOOM….boom boom. I laced up my shoes and pulled up my socks. I was ready for the challenge. I run onto the field and the coach asked me what my name was in German. My German was not so good at the time‚ so it took me a while to say
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History of Basketball The first game similar to basketball may have been played by the early people of ancient Mexico as early as 500’s. The Mayan people used the decapitated skulls of their enemies as the ball. They also made sacrifices if you did not win the game. James Naismith was a man born on In 1861‚ James Naismith invented basketball. The idea of basketball came from Naismith’s early school education. He used to play a game known as duck-on-a-rock. The idea was to knock a "duck"
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express my gratitude to all those who gave me the possibility to complete this paper. I have to thank the University of Washington for the permission to do the necessary research work and the National Council for Eurasian and East European Studies for financial and organizational support. I am deeply indebted to all people who have helped me during the Carnegie Research Fellowship Program‚ who donated their time and energy and deserve highest appreciation. Especially I am bound to my scientific
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How to Be a Better Basketball Player Basketball is a fun sport that anyone can play. It takes a lot of energy‚ strength‚ and hard work to be successful. Here are a few tips to help you improve your shooting. When you shoot a basketball‚ it should be a technique that you use every time you shoot. To be a good basketball player‚ you have to start off with shooting the right way. The right way to shoot is only using one hand and using your other hand to hold the ball in place. Shooting with
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Early Women in Basketball In 1891 Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball for men. He created it as a way to get energy out and release high levels of testosterone. Only about a year later Senda Berenson‚ a physical education teacher‚ adapted the game and Women took the court (Allen 1). Many modifications were made to make the game more acceptable for women to play. The first court was a peach basket nailed to the wall. In the rare event that the ball went in‚ a janitor stayed around
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players to think logically to solve problems. Players must actively follow directions to successfully complete problems presented in a game. Similarly‚ students in school must pay attention and follow directions. Some studies indicate that playing video games has a negative effect on a child’s academic performance. When children play video games‚ they are typically not reinforcing school activities or doing homework. However‚ a survey of 4‚500 middle school children conducted by Dr. Iman
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History of Basketball The history of basketball is the most interesting thing. James Naismith was the inventor and it was invented in 1891 in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. The game of basketball grew very quickly and finally became very popular in the 20th century. Basketball got popular in America and eventually spread throughout the world. As it progressed through colleges‚ it eventually became a pro sport in 1946. What is the origin of basketball and how did it begin? Who created the National
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India GDP Composition Sector Wise The Gross Domestic Product or GDP is the indicator of the performance of an economy. According to the estimates of 2008‚ India’s GDP is $1.209 trillion and this is slated to make improvement in the coming times. It is estimated that India’s GDP will grow by 6.5% in the year 2009. In 2008 the country’s GDP was 9%; the slowdown that has been witnessed this year in the estimates is largely due to the slowdown witnessed by the agriculture and the industrial sectors.
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