How basketball changed my life. There are a lot of sports in the world that people love‚ but for me the sport that excites me the most is the beauty of watching a basketball swish through the net. Basketball has been my favorite sport ever since I was a baby. Basketball has help me in life and also made me a more successful person on and off the basketball court. First off‚ my dad would always say the word “Work ethic”‚ when he would talk basketball to me. My dad would say “you got to have work ethic
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Two specific skills that are applicable for basketball and ultimate are passing skills and high vertical jumps. A successful basketball team consists of players who make strong and accurate passes – overhead passes‚ chest passes‚ or bounce passes – to one another‚ ensuring the team’s control and possession of the ball. Similarly‚ in ultimate‚ players must practice their frisbee throws – backhand‚ or forehand flicks – so that they eventually are able to pass the disc to exactly where the player wants
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the new basketball coach at Richmond High‚ Carter has just four rules on his players’ contract. What are they? [4] a) Maintain a 2.3 grade point average (C+). b) Attend all classes and sit in the front row. c) Wear jackets and ties on game days. d) Complete 10 hours of community service. 2. Damien makes the decision to transfer schools so that he can play for his father. He also proposes a contract stricter than that offered to the other players. Why do you think it is so important he play on his
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so afraid of disappointment that one foregoes their ambitions‚ that is true failure. So‚ then‚ when have I truly “failed”? One experience that comes to mind: my elementary school basketball team. I didn’t get much playing time‚ since my coach had a son on the team‚ and I wasn’t the most talented 5th grade basketball player. I never really got passed the ball‚ and mostly watched my teammates airball jumpshots they had no chance of making. But‚ one game‚ I had my chance. Only six people showed up
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making shots in basketball‚ you are a "hot" shooter. So it’s no surprise that with about three and a half minutes remaining in the game between the Fort Wayne Mastodons and North Dakota State Bison‚ the fire alarm finally sounded. The Mastodons and Bison were both shooting over 50% on their three-point attempts‚ with the ’Dons having a 80-77 lead after trailing by double-figures late in the first half and being down by seven at halftime. Unfortunately‚ after a nine-minute stoppage in play‚ while alarms
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A persuasive essay By: College athletes should be paid to play! In this essay you’re being persuaded‚ you are being persuaded to agree that college athletes should be played to play. Here there is some information that will help change your mind if you don’t agree with this already. This essay will talk about the athletes not being able to pay for many of the things they need‚ they haven’t got any time for a job‚ the athletes bring in money to there schools‚ and more
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All Work‚ No Play Applying pressure to a wound could save a life‚ however the pressure applied in my life created a wound. Growing up I was raised by my mother and father‚ Becky and Robert. They are amazing parents and have raised some astonishing children‚ at least in my opinion. I am the youngest of three children that my parents birthed‚ therefore I am the last chance to raise a child for my parents. Which is why I believed I was pushed and pressured so much to succeed in everything‚ including
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Conflicting Attitudes In “Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike and “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman‚ each author has a different attitude toward his character. John Updike’s attitude toward his character Flick is of disappointment and pity. “Flick stands tall among the idiot pumps-“(1). He believes that Flick should not be employed at a gas station because his talent with basketball is so much better than pumping gas. He does not believe that he blends in at the gas station; he believes
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the past‚ two or three years something that I took great pleasure in working on‚ other than school‚ is basketball. This sport is very important to me because basketball is something that is overlooked but it requires a lot of discipline‚ which helps me to train myself to stay in shape and to create a better wellbeing of myself. I do not practice to prove myself to anyone‚ I just know basketball is a sport that has stuck with me for a long time‚ and it is a sport that I never want to give up on.
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The poem "The Ex-Basketball Player" by John Updike dramatizes the conflict between dreams and reality in the case of Flick Webb. Flick shows such promise in his teenage years‚ but he ends up in the pathetic reality of helping out at a garage and playing pinball in a luncheonette. The poem begins with the description of "Pearl Avenue" which "bends with the trolley tracks‚ and stops‚ cut off / Before it has a chance to go two blocks..." Pearl Avenue presents a ticket name connoting a clean‚ freshness
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