The History of Basketball The sport of basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in 1891. He came up with the sport when he was teaching at the YMCA training school in Springfield‚ Ma. Naismith wanted a sport that people could play during the cold winters. He wanted to invent a different type of game where people needed skill not strength. Therefore‚ basketball was born. In the very first game soccer balls and peach baskets were used. Players were only allowed to pass the ball. Basketball
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at the age of 72. Morgan went to two colleges. One of them was Springfield college‚ and the other one was at Northfield Mount Hermon school. His career was a gym teacher. He worked for the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association). The reason why he wanted to invent a sport was for the elder people at the YMCA. Morgan ran into the inventor of basketball‚ and right then and there he decided he wanted to invent a sport. At first he named volleyball
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than 46 million people in North America who play volleyball. There are 800 million players worldwide who play volleyball at least once a week. Volleyball was created in 1895 by William G. Morgan an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke‚ Mass. William Morgan wanted to create a game which would have less physical contact then basketball for his class of businessmen at the time. William G. Morgan He then decided to use a combination of elements from popular existing sports
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The strengths approach is a method of working with people that focuses on developing their natural abilities and capabilities. It allows people to identify and build on their strengths so that they can reach their goals‚ and retain or regain independence in their daily lives (McCashen‚ 2005). Strengths-based approach is built on the premise that the normal human development process is towards healthy growth and fulfilment‚ and that everyone has strengths that will aid them in this process (McCashen
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Guy Maisonneuve Prof. Schoenwetter GNST-110-17 26 Oct. 2017 Reflection The Clifton Strengths survey accurately defined me to the tee. It is actually pretty scary how accurately is depicts me through my strengths. My five strengths‚ in order‚ were context‚ learner‚ input‚ achiever‚ and intellection. While reading through the descriptions of my strengths list it was as if I was having Déjà vu. One of the strengths I was assigned was input. The description of input for me was‚ “craving to know more
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Basketball Due: 12/1/10 Table of Contents History of Basketball Page 1 Rules/Fouls/Violations Page 3 Court Diagram Page 7 Bibliography Page 8 History of Basketball In early December 1891‚ Luther Gulick‚ chairman of the physical education department at the School for Christian Workers‚ now Springfield College in Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ instructed physical education teacher James Naismith to invent a new game to
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Gender Dominance Grip Strength Introduction Grip strength can be used in determining the effectiveness of the different treatment strategies or procedures. Grip strength test provide and objective index of the strength of the upper extremities. (Singapore Med J 2002 Vol. 43) Studies have attempted to determine the differences in strength of left or right hand preference as well as dominant or non-dominant preference. Crosby et. Al investigated normative values of significant
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Lab Report - Tensile Strength Date : 24-Feb-2013 Experimental Data Cold Work Steel (CWS) – Specimen 1 Width (mm) Thickness (mm) I II III Average I II III Average Before 10.029 10.04 10.02 10.0297 3.06 3.07 3.07 3.0667 After 9.09 9.00 - 9.045 2.60 2.40 - 2.50 Annealed Steel (As) – Specimen 2 Width (mm) Thickness (mm) I II III Average I II III Average Before 10.24 10.13 10.10 10.16 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.08 After 8.11 8.08 - 8.095 2
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This book review is on Strengths Finder 2.0. Written by Tom Rath‚ this book follows and elaborates on Donald Clifton’s Strength Finder assessment created in 1998. Strength Finder 2.0 looks to dispel the outdated belief that only weaknesses need to be improved upon. The textbook Psychology Applied to Work describes this concept as positive psychology‚ "The aim of positive psychology is to shift the emphasis away from what is wrong with people to what is right with people" (Muchinsky & Culberson
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What Strength Can Be “Having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks” is defined as being strong (Oxford Dictionary). That is exactly what most people think of when they hear the word strong. To some‚ strength is only in physical form‚ but for others it comes in emotions and mental stability. When I hear the word my mind automatically thinks about mental capability and performance. I think of three ways to define the meaning of strong‚ physically‚ emotionally
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