The day I was looking forward to had finally 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
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How to Be a Better Basketball Player Basketball is a fun sport that anyone can play. It takes a lot of energy‚ strength‚ and hard work to be successful. Here are a few tips to help you improve your shooting. When you shoot a basketball‚ it should be a technique that you use every time you shoot. To be a good basketball player‚ you have to start off with shooting the right way. The right way to shoot is only using one hand and using your other hand to hold the ball in place. Shooting with
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Critical Lens Essay 12/8/10 American poet Robert Elliot Gonzales once wrote‚ “A good many family trees are shady.” What he means is that parents do not always give their children what is most necessary to achieve in life. In Ex-Basketball Player by John Updike and Death Of A Salesman by Arthur Miller the main characters lack self-esteem and cannot fulfill their dreams primarily because of their lack of familial support. More specifically‚ the protagonists‚ Flick Webb and Biff Lowman‚ suffer
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Basketball is my favorite sport‚ and I am hooked on it. Not only a popular Olympic event‚ it is also a beneficial daily exercise to help people keep fit and have fun. The graceful basketball games have always been a favorite for the spectators‚ and they are always a crowd of pleasers. Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high mounted to a backboard at each end. A team can
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Imagine being in love with someone so deeply that you want to spend the rest of your life with that person‚ and ask for his or her hand in marriage. But you aren’t able to because you and your lover are of same sex‚ and live in a state like Texas where gay marriage is prohibited. There is a loophole though‚ you do have the option of traveling one thousand miles to the closest state that allows you to wed. Initially‚ some people may think that’s okay‚ it’s just another adventure in your life right
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Basketball and My Dad Caroline - Queen Creek‚ Arizona Entered on September 22‚ 2008 I believe in watching sports with my dad‚ particularly basketball. Going to Suns games with my dad is one of the best memories and experiences in my life. The best thing about going is just spending time with my dad one-on-one‚ enjoying something we both love. Basketball wouldn’t be the same without him. I feel at peace when we’re together talking about teams and discussing what’s happening on the court
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out for you. One such risk for me was trying out for high school cheer. Doing this was taking a chance because making the squad is a difficult task. After being a cheerleader in junior high‚ I knew this was a serious plunge‚ but I was eager to take it. Now that I have been on the squad for almost three years‚ I know it was one of the best choices I’ve ever made. This experience has brought me so much. I’ve learned the importance of teamwork‚ friendship‚ and perseverance. Cheerleading exposes you
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Mindset Ivy Bridge Jami S. Opp February 9‚ 2013 PSY 320 When I speak with people I am able to see that we all have a different way of coping with problems. Some people have a growth mindset‚ in which they feel that they are able to succeed. Others have a fixed mindset‚ in which they feel they are unable to succeed at anything‚ even if they try their hardest. What is the difference in the diverse mindsets? When you have a fixed mindset‚ you believe
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Basketball. What is it? How did it begin? Why is it so popular now as opposed to earlier in history. Basketball was brought to fruition in 1891‚ as a counterbalance to outdoor activities‚ the likes of soccer and lacrosse. It’s creator‚ Dr. James Naismith‚ a presbyterian preacher who worked as a physical education teacher at the YMCA international School (now Springfield College) was told to find and “athletic distraction” for the students there‚ and thus‚ basketball was born. Later on‚ in 1950
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It was a perfect day for me‚ I couldn’t think of anything that could ruin it. I made new friends when I made the basketball. Until I got home that day. As I walked into my house I noticed something strange. My father was home sitting on the couch and as fast as I could I tried to remember if I did anything bad I couldn’t remember the last bad thing I did at school‚ then a million more thoughts rushed through my head as I remembered the C on my report card. When my dad called me in a serious low
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