I was an eight year old kid when I had my first ever glimpse of the NBA Basketball. It was a lanky afro manchild doing a reverse dunk versus Indiana right in front of the Laker crowd. Crowd was in awe‚ Commentators were ecstatic and Kevin Harlan in his usual voice saying‚ Kobe can’t be denied. That day‚ my love affair with the Los Angeles Lakers started. The 2000-2002 Seasons were the very foundation of my Purple and Gold affair. My Lakers were champions and Kobe was the superhero. He’d beat the
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I was was playing basketball with my team the wolves. We were the best team so far. We would beat every team in the league. One day a new team came called the tigers. We said they will be our next victims to beat. It was Saturday 3:00 sharp and the game began. We were on it but then it just hit us. They started making every shot and stealing the ball. The final seconds were counting down 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… “ We just lost”. We were all devastated.Our coach said it is okay and it was our fault for getting
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Basketball is probably my favorite sport to be in. This is not because of the actual game as much as being part of a team so close‚ we were almost like brothers. I had originally joined basketball in 6th grade to make friends and have fun. That is what it was like during that grade. When 7th grade rolled along‚ the 7th and 8th grade is one team and we would go to each other’s games‚ things started to get serious. We loved our coach‚ he pushed us hard to be good players but at the end of the day‚
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Basketball is a team sport‚ the objective being to shoot a ball through a basket horizontally positioned to score points while following a set of rules. Usually‚ two teams of five players play on a marked rectangular court with a basket at each width end. Basketball is one of the world’s most popular and widely viewed sports.[1] A regulation basketball hoop consists of a rim 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high mounted to a backboard. A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through
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Mitsu entered the basketball gym‚ watching as the players played scrimmage games against their teammates. She listened to the screeching of the shoes on the court and bouncing of the balls. Mitsu always loved the how the gym sounded when the team was in here practicing. She walked through the sidelines of the courts‚ she made her way to her usual spot on the bench. Mitsu watched Kasamatsu as he practiced‚ moving swiftly with the ball‚ making his 3 point shots‚ blocking people as they tried to get
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My realization of playing volleyball occurred at the beginning of my teenage years. It was a sparked interest from my parents and friends always tossing the ball around for fun. I was a mere twelve years old when I knew volleyball was my drive. Tryouts began the start of seventh grade‚ and I had long decided to be part of the team regardless if I failed miserably at it. It was a long and eventful day filled with balls being tossed‚ passed‚ and served over the net. As soon as I arrived home‚ I
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the NBA. One day‚ I was playing in a basketball game at the Grand Ledge Gym. I shot a 3-pointer and made it! A few seconds later‚ the gym got quiet and all the people froze and then cheered loudly! A couple years later‚ I am lucky enough to be playing in an NBA stadium. The gym was silent. Then‚ Dr. Naismith walked into the stadium. I said‚ “How did you get here?” “An NBA game just ended‚ how did you get here”‚ he said. . “I think by playing basketball”‚ I replied. Mr. Naismith had glasses
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Passion Essay I have a passion for basketball. Basketball is my favorite sport. I’ve been playing organized basketball since I was four years old‚ at least as long as I can remember. Basketball is a very big important part of me. This is something that I am really good at and makes me very happy when I play. My mom supports me playing basketball very rarely. It seems like my mom doesn’t care but I think she does deep down inside. My mom wants me to focus more on school then basketball. Her motto
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The adrenaline pumped through my veins. My heart was beating so loud and fast. There was the ball‚ held in the referee’s hands‚ about to be thrown up into the air. I stood a few feet behind the boy on the opposite team‚ poised and ready to catch the ball when my teammate smacked it toward me. Oh‚ I was so nervous. Suddenly the basketball hit my stomach with incredible force. It bounced off and rolled away on the floor to be picked up by the opposite team. The game had begun‚ and I had already dropped
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something new‚ to learn how to play basketball! We made that decision mainly because we wanted to do an activity together for the winter term‚ and seventh graders didn’t have the option of doing the winter school play. We were very hesitant; only one of us had any experience playing basketball‚ and we didn’t think it would be very fun to run up and down a court trying to get a ball in a hoop. Still we kept an open mind and began to learn how to play. Basketball was a challenge for us. We all had
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