arrived: Basketball tryouts. I wasn’t the most talented‚ but I knew I could contribute to the team as a defensive stopper‚ using my size to my advantage. While the rest of the fellow middle schoolers struggled to hit layups and dribble the ball‚ I showed slightly more skill than everyone else. I made the B team that year as the team captain and leader. We didn’t win a game all season long‚ but that didn’t stop my love of the game; in fact‚ that is when it all began. I played every year up until my
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Basketball is one of the most injury-prone contact sports. There are many regulations that have been made in an attempt to ensure player safety. One way to do this is to regulate the amount of space between the court and spectators or other obstacles. Seating and any other obstructions must be set a certain distance from the dimensions of the court. For high school basketball‚ it is recommended that obstructions be 10 feet away from the playing court. However‚ 3 feet is the minimum requirement. With
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Harper Lee’s influence on Scout Harper Lee grew up in Monroeville‚ Alabama where girls were expected to be ladies‚ Harper Lee was just the opposite‚ a tomboy‚ and she wrote her famous novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” based upon her childhood experiences. Harper Lee made her main character Scout to be very similar to her. Harper Lee created the town of Maycomb with features almost exactly like Monroeville. Harper Lee based Scout’s father Atticus after her own father Amasa Coleman Lee. Harper Lee
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The primary thesis of this article is that the common ownership formula would create higher equality amongst individuals. The author‚ Timothy Hinton‚ advocates that there should not be individuals in a community who are not provided for. He believes that every person is an equal co-owner of the Earth‚ and should reap its benefits equally. Therefore‚ if someone in a community cannot provide for themselves‚ then it is the rest of the community’s responsibility to care for that person. This is important
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Turning the first page into this novel‚ Not Wanted on the Voyage by author Timothy Findley‚ I noticed all the religious excepts from the King James version of the Bible. This mere detail fascinated me‚ and gave an excellent leap into the chapters that so fourth proceeded. The novel commences with a very slow passing of events.. We‚ as the reader‚ are introduced into his figment imagination: the exaggerated setting and characterization of the bible. Though the use to re-read many of the passages
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Maddie Sauer Mrs. Grana Anatomy Paper‚ Sports Medicine 17 January 2012 Concussions in Soccer Although often overlooked‚ concussions can be one of the most serious injuries a soccer player can face in their sports career. Many athletes in contact sports focus on getting playing time and showing others their skills and ignore what their bodies are telling them. Often times‚ athletes will brush off injuries because they feel it is normal‚ especially in popular sports such as soccer. Soccer has
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outcome. As time slowly passed‚ my frame slouched forward‚ every step taking its toll. I could feel my heart in my throat as the coach rolled the basketballs down the wood floor. Few dents and scuff marks left from shoes being showed proudly like an old soldier showing off his battle scars. We were running full court simulation games. Each time I ran up and down the court I grew more and more
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To complicate the matter of meat consumption further‚ Professor Timothy Lang in a FAO article deduced that the challenge of defining sustainable diet is not just a matter of incorporating two scientific discourses i.e. public health and environment‚ due to the fact that food exhibits significant cultural and economic matter. Based on the article‚ Professor Lang asserted that‚ “part of the 20th century’s legacy is that it allowed us‚ in the name of progress‚ choice and individual rights‚ to develop
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Professional Baseball Players There have always been those kids in high school who are really athletic and just particularly amazing at sports. Many of those kids go on and begin a road to attempt to elevate their game to the level of a professional athlete. Of those that attempt to go pro many will try and enter the world of professional baseball. The path of a Major League Baseball player is long‚ difficult and more often than not a short lived occurrence. Along the way potential players learn the life
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The first sentence‚ which outlines the topic of the paragraph. Example topic sentence: By the end of the novel Charlie has undergone a number of experiences which help to teach him that friendship is one of the most important things needed to grow up and cope with becoming a man in a difficult world. E = Examples / Evidence (from the novel). This could be a reference to an event that occurs and which helps you to explain your point or it could be a quotation from the book. A good body paragraph
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