(Women’s National Basketball Association) teams. However‚ basketball wasn’t always the well loved sport that we know today. In 1891‚ James Naismith invented the game basketball‚ since then basketball has been a great success for many people around the world. It is now a very entertaining sport and can be played by anyone. It is also a great way to exercise and have fun. Basketball is a sport with a variety of activities‚ multiple player positions‚ and has impacted women. Basketball can be a fast-past
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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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I was an eight year old kid when I had my first ever glimpse of the NBA Basketball. It was a lanky afro manchild doing a reverse dunk versus Indiana right in front of the Laker crowd. Crowd was in awe‚ Commentators were ecstatic and Kevin Harlan in his usual voice saying‚ Kobe can’t be denied. That day‚ my love affair with the Los Angeles Lakers started. The 2000-2002 Seasons were the very foundation of my Purple and Gold affair. My Lakers were champions and Kobe was the superhero. He’d beat the
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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 it to go‚ even over
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and through those images we understand that the trumpet player is burdened with not having a choice between what he can and cannot control. He has his capabilities‚ but he will always be held back by his blackness. In the poem‚ the speaker talks about items that represent royalty‚ but those images are also contrasted with ones of oppression. The speaker describes the trumpet player with a worldly and regal vocabulary and the trumpet player proves this by how he expresses himself during his performance
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dreamed his “peach basketball” game would develop into the world biggest indoor sport. Basketball was made because of many reasons. For instance‚ when it’s too hot to play they used to go in their barn and nail a peach basket to the barn door at about 10 feet high. Although the original 13 rules turned into over 60. Major rules changed over years and still are‚ Including the number if players‚ court boundaries‚ and dribbling. Back when James Naismith invented basketball people couldn’t dribble
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How safe is safe enough? An introduction to risk management By Angela Darlington‚ Simon Grout & John Whitworth Presented to The Staple Inn Actuarial Society At Staple Inn Hall At 6 p.m. On 12 June 2001 Contents Section 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Page Introduction.................................................................................................................. 1 Why is risk interesting? ...................................................................................
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Parts of a prescription 1. Prescriber information: The doctor’s name‚ address and phone number should be clearly written (or preprinted) on the top of the prescription form. Some states require the doctor’s state license number to be on the form. It is not recommended that you preprint your Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number on the prescription pad. It becomes too easy for drug abusers to lift a few prescription forms for illicit use if that number is easily available. The DEA number is
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dependent upon the effort put in by the team‚ the coaches’ ability has a huge influence on the outcome. Committing to a career as a basketball coach has many responsibilities and challenges‚ although it can be beneficial. Focusing on being a successful basketball coach means believing in the staff and team. According to Tammy Murray‚ a previous high school basketball coach‚ “what if” statements are an ineffective way to coach a basketball team because they cause the individuals to think for themselves
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Game Day Game Day had arrived for the two rival basketball teams; the Eagles and the Tigers. The loud and passionate fans had been waiting in line for hours out in the freezing cold weather. As the warm ups started the players were getting nervous. Both teams wanted the state championship very bad and they were just hours away from winning it. Months and months of strenuous conditioning and closely won ball games had all come down to this one game. The referee threw the perfectly round orange rubber
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