have come to the conclusion that basketball is my all-time favorite pastime. Watching the sport on television is just as enjoyable as playing it. Strangely‚ basketball has always seemed to permeate my life in one way or another. Sometimes‚ I feel like I was born to dream‚ live‚ and even sleep thinking about basketball. Basketball is such an amazing sport and I cannot fathom living in a world in which the sport did not exist. Nonetheless‚ basketball has impacted my life in such a
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Who looks at a short Asian kid and says‚ “he’s going to be a basketball superstar when he grows up.”? The last time I checked‚ Asian people are pretty scarce in the NBA. Culture tells me that the only teams I’ll ever make are the math or chess team. The only arena I should dream of playing in is Carnegie Hall as the next musical prodigy. No one‚ not even my own family‚ expected me to play basketball. Even if there is a quiet voice whispering inside you to try the sport‚ why would you even listen
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Basketball is a sport that requires great attention‚ sacrifice‚ and dedication to be great at and win games. Practices are long‚ hard‚ and tiring. Even though‚ practices can be gruesome‚ the amount of good things that come out of the hours spent in the gym are worth the pain. Coach Coleman always preaches‚ “If you truly want to be great at something‚ you have to be willing to give up something else you love in order to be great at the other thing you love.” Whether that is about basketball for a
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How can basketball affect the growth of a child? Basketball: my dreams‚ my life‚ my passion. Of course I had interest in several other sports (baseball and soccer being the two larger ones)‚ but none held my interest the way basketball did. Even when I was just a young boy‚ the game of basketball fascinated me and‚ ultimately‚ captured my heart. Growing up‚ I didn’t understand how much the game could have affected my life. Now‚ I want to coach to share my knowledge and love of basketball to positively
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1. I was a coach I would be coaching youth basketball because it is an important and exciting job where you teach the players in both basketball and life. To improve individual players I would utilize form shooting to promote muscle memory and two balls dribbling in order to improve ball handling. To improve team skills I would use the drill pass and switch to improve passing speed and accuracy and jump stop drill to improve players balance‚ pivoting skills to create space‚ confidence and reduce
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The sport I will be study is basketball. Basketball is one of the few sports whose exact origin is definitely known. In the winter of 1891–1892‚ Dr. James Naismith‚ an instructor in the YMCA Training College (now Springfield College) at Springfield‚ Mass.‚ deliberately invented the game of basketball in order to provide indoor exercise and competition for the students between the closing of the football season and the opening of the baseball season. He affixed peach baskets overhead on the walls
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Over the years‚ I have put countless hours into studying and honing my skills for basketball. I’ve designated at least one day each week to practice basketball‚ whether it be with others or by myself. Although there is much joy that comes with basketball‚ there have been times where basketball has brought on challenges During my freshman year of high school‚ I was fortunate enough to join the Freshman Basketball team. I was glad that the months of training prior to tryouts paid off. When practice
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satisfying meal I went to my parent’s room and knocked on their door. I heard my mother’s voice grant me passage into her room. My mother told me to close the door and I noticed that they were just sitting there talking. I wondered what they were talking about so I asked. They wouldn’t give me an answer so I just guessed repeatedly. Finally they told me to stop when I started saying things that I already mentioned. Then my mother told me that my father who had stepped out of the room for a few minutes was
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Height of Discourse After I watched two hours of intense play and the huddle split‚ I observed high fives and complex handshakes of some sort. “Hampton on three. Hampton on three. ONE‚ TWO‚ THREE‚ HAMPTON!” They started coming my way; as an ex-basketball player‚ deep down I yearned for a handshake or some kind of acknowledgment‚ but I sat there like a fork in the road. Each member parted around me to my left and to my right‚ some giving head nods and some giving nothing at all. I quickly realized
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Basketball History Basketball is played everywhere today with girls and boys playing the well known game. The man behind the game basketball is Dr. James Naismith. At first the game was played with a rubber ball and a peach basket. The first true basketball game as we know was January 20th‚ 1892 in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. Dr. Naismith made the game for YMCA to play originally. Dr. Naismith wrote some simple rules‚ most of his original rules are used today. There was 13 rules‚ but nine have
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