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
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Basketball growing up Do you ever get the feeling where your in a situation the clock is winding down to zero and you have the ball‚ take a shot and it goes in? The feeling when you get the finish shot all the cheers from the crowd applauding you. Basketball played important role in my life that made me improve my mindset‚ health and stress reliever. I started to enjoy playing basketball when I was nine years old playing with my friends at school. Making my first basketball made me realize how
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Richard Garcia ENC1101 Online February 25‚ 2013 Two Sports: Basketball and American Football In countries throughout the United States‚ most people enjoy high scoring sports with a great deal of physical contact. In my opinion‚ both Basketball and American Football are the two most popular sports here that fall under that category. In which as fans we can all appreciate and participate with our own friends and family members. Furthermore‚ not only can we watch these games at home‚ but we can
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Basketball is the most popular indoor sport in the world. It is also one of the few sports whose year of birth and originator can be traced back to 100% correctly‚ a man by the name of Dr. James A. Naismith in the year of 1891. Even though the game was started and grew in the United States‚ it is now played and watched in more than 150 countries. When Dr. Naismith invented the game basketball‚ he was a physical education teacher at the International Training School of the Young Men’s Christian Association
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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
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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
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Talha Syed October 2nd‚ 2014 Speech Professor Ratcliffe Basketball: The Greatest Sport Invented (Outline) General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the history‚ basic rules‚ and the development of basketball. Introduction Attention Getter: There is no “I” in team‚ but there is in wIn. This is a quote from the 6x NBA Champion‚ Michael Jordan. Thesis: The game of Basketball is a very exciting sport. You need to be able to communicate with your teammates
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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
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athlete. In the fourth basketball game of my freshman season I collided with a player from the opposing team and tore my ACL. My injury‚ although devastating‚ taught me a lot about myself and what I was capable of. This event not only made me grateful for the opportunity to play sports but it drove me to work harder and made me more empathetic towards other athletes with injuries. Not everyone is blessed with the chance to play sports. I realized that being able to play basketball was a privilege‚ not
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The Evolution of Basketball Basketball has been played over 100 years and it is one of the most widely played sports in the world. James A. Naismith started basketball in December 1891. He tried to make a sport that would be played between football and baseball seasons. It should be indoors‚ due to the weather. He made the rules on December 21‚ 1891. Naismith declined the name Naismith ball. A player suggested the name of basketball. Naismith wanted two square crates but
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