Basketball Scholarship Appeal I am definitely the best player that you‚ John Calipari can take to play on your basketball team this upcoming season. Three reason why I think I am best fit to play for your team is my work ethic is unbelievable‚ my grades have improved a lot‚ and I am very skilled and believe I can compete with anyone in the nation. These are the things one needs to succeed in the NCAA. I am always able to motivate myself when I make a mistake or if I’m going through a
Premium Basketball High school Michael Jordan
More than Basketball At first glance‚ basketball may seem like an easy concept to comprehend. It’s pretty basic; two teams compete against each other to shoot a ball in a goal more than one another‚ scoring more points‚ thus winning the game. Simple enough‚ right? Well‚ basketball goes a little deeper than that. It is quite a bit more than what meets the eye and can even get a little complicated at times. However‚ sticking to the basics is what will be done in this essay for getting in depth would
Premium Basketball Free throw Rules of basketball
History of Basketball Basketball was invented in December 1891 by the Canadian clergyman‚ educator‚ and physician James Naismith. Naismith introduced the game when we was an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. At the request of his superior‚ Dr. Luther H. Gulick‚ he organized a vigorous recreation suitable for indoor winter play. The game involved elements of American football‚ soccer‚ and hockey‚ and the first
Premium Basketball National Basketball Association Los Angeles Lakers
Persuasive Speech Gun Violence Mandy Ma General Purpose: To persuade my classmates Specific Purpose: To persuade my classmates Gun violence are increasing. Central Idea: Too many deaths have been occuring from the useage of guns. I. Introduction a. Attention Getter This year‚ Januanry 23 of Oakland in Chinatown emerged a extreme usage of gun from a 14 year old AfricanAmerican. The young boy had a agrument with his 17 year old sister because she bleached his clothing and shot many times untill she is dead
Premium Firearm Gun United States
19 September 2012 A Story behind Basketball Basketball has been a part of my life since I was the tender age of 5. Ever since the day my dad put that round leather sphere into my hands I haven’t been able to get enough of it. To me basketball isn’t just a sport‚ but an outlet from schoolwork‚ a basis of enjoyment‚ a place where I can socialize and obviously a source of exercise. Anytime I start to feel the stress of school and work‚ I always have basketball as my way of winding down. The moment
Premium Play Week-day names The Final
will discuss will be my basketball team and the role I play within it. Because my team is at highly competitive level‚ our norms may be unlike to other teams’ especially those of less competitive teams. Each and every team has their own culture and practices‚ and it is through these that they identify themselves as being different from other teams along with giving them an identity and a group to belong. Discussion The team I play for is the Douglas College men’s basketball team and it would be
Premium Basketball
<b>Specific Purpose</b> To persuade my audience that animal testing is wrong and how other safer alternatives should be taken. <br> <br><b>Central Idea</b> By going the extra mile in using safer alternatives when experimenting with animals will not only prevent conflicts from pro-life activists‚ it will minimize lawsuits and morals will be preserved. <br> <br><b>Introduction</b> <br>I. Okay I got a riddle I made up for the class. <br>A. What was once cute and furry but becomes a bloody rotted
Premium Animal rights Human Animal testing
____Kxxxxx Vxxxxxx_____ ____April 05th‚ 2012_____ ____Human Trafficking_____ I. INTRODUCTION A. (attention grabber): I will have a picture on the big screen and ask to the audience: “what would you say if you are in another country. I am a totally stranger to you‚ I come up to you and offer you your dream job? The job that you always wanted. Would you accept it? But there is only one condition; you will need to leave your country and everything else that you have to come to America
Premium Human trafficking Slavery Prostitution
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the life of Monica. Central idea: Monica was not only my sister‚ she was my friend. Introduction I. Read Poem II. Monica use to always say that “When you die‚ if you have one real friend‚ then you’ve had a great life.” Monica was more than a sister to me‚ she was my friend. III. I remember like it was yesterday taking walks‚ playing in the woods‚ going fishing and sharing secrets. Body I. Growing up‚ we lived on a quiet dirt road surrounded
Premium English-language films Grape Sun
English Exposition draft Topic of choice: Feminism Introduction Hello‚ my name is Dona and today I’m going to persuade you to become a feminist. What does the word feminist mean to me? The word feminist means to me is for both genders to become equal. For both genders to be treated equally in a society that doesn’t judge so harsh on males and females. Feminism is not a divisive term. It’s not a label to separate one gender from another. Not a term for putting another gender against another. Women
Premium Gender Woman Feminism