Outside the sun was shinning brightly‚ while inside the basketball gym‚ everyone cheered. Today was of course the one game we had to win to get into the playoffs. Everybody cheered hoping for our team’s victory. At practice this morning we felt ready‚ so we thought. Now it was sunset‚ and The Wolves were waiting; they were legends in the county and were trying to get their 4th playoff trophy. My whole team was on the court setting up for the game and everything was ready. Finally‚ when the hosts
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qualities are carved in stone” (Dweck‚ 2007‚ pg. 6). Someone with a fixed mindset is always trying to prove themselves over and over again (Dweck‚ 2007). Let’s take my situation with basketball for example. I played one year and decided that I was too short to play on a team. I had heard that short people couldn’t play well. I didn’t think I was capable of being on a team‚ and I decided to quit playing all together. Another person may not have coped with this failure in the same way. Having a growth
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Basketball is a simple game where you have two teams with 5 players on each and you try and shoot the ball into the hoop. Of course‚ there are a lot of rules to follow but that is the main idea behind the game. About 5 years ago my stepsister‚ Isabel‚ was playing basketball for the Bedford Eagles and I would occasionally go see her games. At some point‚ I decided I wanted to play‚ so the next season I joined the Bedford Eagles. Through my 5 years‚ I have learned a lot about basketball and about myself
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The Stanford Cardinals men’s basketball team won‚ 82-69 over visitng Arizona State on Thursday night. With the win‚ the Cardinals ended a two-game losing streak and continued their ninth straight win at home. This was an important game for the Pac-10 Conference teams. After the game‚ Stanford (9-4‚13-9) remained a game behind co-leaders UCLA and California. Stanford senior‚ Matt Haryasz‚ who scored 22 points‚ said: "Right now we just need to win. We’re only a game out of first and we think
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A basketball is an air filled sphere with a leather skin. There are different companies that make basketballs like Russel & Baden. The different types of shapes affect the aerodynamics of a basketball. Although at first it may sound strange‚ the motion of a basketball when it leaves the hands of a player is governed by the same physical laws of an airplane. There are multiple ways to affect the aerodynamics of the ball like the flick of the wrist‚ force and the quickness of the release when you
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Dad‚ I was wondering if you could get me a basketball hoop so I can play my favorite sport at home. Some of the reasons you should get me a basketball hoop is that I don’t like walking 5 blocks to go to the community basketball hoop‚ it can help me with exercising my body and doing a workout‚ and some of my friends can come over to my house to play on my very own basketball hoop. The reason that I don’t want to walk five blocks to the community basketball hoop is that sometimes there could be another
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Naomi Nikeeta Phagau Edmonton Grads Basketball Team: Notes Link: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/edmonton-grads * Female basketball team * Based at McDougall Commercial High school in Edmonton * Very successful * Dr. James Naismith called them - “The finest basketball team that ever stepped out on a floor” * They earned a lot of respect from Canada and abroad * Edmontonians were proud to consider them representatives of their city Book: Celebrating
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First we look at a Men’s 12U basketball tournament. The overall feel was‚ for a lack of better words‚ boring. Even the “close games” (within 10 points) left me wondering where I was and if this was sports. No excitement. Not even from the players. It was like watching these kids do a job. Our job was to play like this‚ win or lose. Either way‚ it was less exciting than SCSU basketball games.. and that’s saying something. The only organization that I saw was the tournament board‚ which was typed out
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Dec 7. 2012 My Basketball Experience When I was in the 8th grade‚ I came back to public school. I was eager to make the basketball team. My friends who were on the team last year motivated me to tryout. So after school I went to the tryouts and surprisingly‚ I saw most of my friends there. The coach‚ coach Huff‚ had us do lay ups‚ free throws‚ running up the bleachers‚ three point line shooting‚ two point line shooting‚ and suicides. Then we had to run a couple of plays‚ and I was so tired
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efforts: Participating in play with children child is fun for them and shows them you value what they are doing. Your presence and proximity to children can communicate a lot to them. Adding to children’s play: In actively participating in play practitioners can extend upon a child’s current knowledge and help them make new connections. This can be done by practitioners modelling positive behaviours and interactions Preventing problems: By being actively involved in the process of play‚ practitioners are
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