Basketball: The Invention That Affected My Life

One of the activities that I took part in that I feel has shaped me as a person, was basketball. I joined the Sea Point High basketball team in the tenth grade, in South Africa. Now basketball was not very popular in South African high schools, as such we lost our coach in my junior year. The choices that were given to the team was to either end the program or to continue without a coach. As team captain I rallied my teammates and we persevered through without a coach; we showed up for intensive training and competed against other schools. At the end of my senior year I was presented with the basketball player of the year; however I feel that award did not necessarily celebrate my skill in the sport, but it acknowledged the determination and

In sociology, there are 3 paradigms. There is the conflict theory perspective, the symbolic-interaction perspective and the structural-functionalist perspective. From a conflict paradigm point of view, the essay would focus on gender and how the assumption that girls lack the same level of strength and stamina as men. The WNBA (Women National Basketball League) doesn’t get the same amount of respect as the males do in the NBA (National Basketball League). Another issue could be that the NBA players have a higher annual salary than an average teacher. A structural-functionalist approach could be focused on how it creates jobs (the NBA) and academically too. Basketball could also be focused on how

This experiment transpired because of a fascination with basketball. In inches, the tested variable was the basketball court surface that gave the basketball the most immense bounce. After testing each surface, the data got averaged out, and based on the statistics, the multi-purpose floor averaged .7 inches more colossal than the hardwood, and 3.7 more than concrete.

We were at the gym for my first basketball game. I was a bit nervous but mostly excited. I walked onto the quart, shortest kid out there. Every kid out there looked like they wanted to eat me up because of my size. But there was one kid out there who towered over everyone, he stared at me with a glare trying to intimidate me but I was staring right back at him. The ref said it was was the other team’s ball so we had to play defense first. So they threw the ball in and the game began. I went up to guard the kid who had the ball but the ref told me to scoot back and to wait until he got past half quart. So when the kid got past half quart, I played tight defense. As aoon as I was about to steel the ball he passed it. The kid who had it shot

I attended St. John’s Lutheran School from three year old preschool all the way to graduation eighth grade year. Fourth grade was the age at which students were allowed to start playing sports. Even though I cheered and played volleyball, basketball was my favorite. Starting out as a fourth grader playing on the sixth grade basketball team, I learn at a young age how important it is to always give 100% and then a little more if you want to win. Fastwarding several years, I am now a senior in high school realizing basketball has taught me so much more. As I get older I see how basketball has shaped me as a person. It has allowed me to become more confident in myself; growing into the leader I wanted to be. Basketball has also taught me the

When I look back over my life and I think back to the days of my youthful experiences, some of the greatest and most impactful moments of my childhood happen to have occurred while I was playing sports. It isn’t surprising that during my childhood that the most popular sports were football and basketball. More specifically, basketball was extremely popular. With superstar players like Shaquille O’Neal, Scottie Pippen, Alonzo Mourning and Michael Jordan dominating the hardwood night in and night out, it was quite hard not to become mesmerized by these athletes and wanting to go immolate them in the backyard on my pint sized hoop.

Hot sunny day everyone playing basketball.Billy calls jace “hey let's go to the courts” said billy. “Ok i'm fine with that when”jace said. “It doesn't matter when but call gavin”. “Hey gavin come play basketball with us for a little. “Ok sounds great”said gavin. So while we were playing basketball billy was airballing his shots he was 2-8 and gavin started to laugh. I just sat there and watched him laugh but then billy started to get really mad because gavin was laughing. “Dude you couldn't make a shot any better gavin” said billy.So then gavin started to yell and they made this bet.”Whoever loses the 1 on 1 has to leave the courts”.gavin said.So they did the 1 on 1 and gavin was smoking billy 20-6,and something crazy started to happen.”Im

It all started a while ago when I decided to try a new sport. Basketball isn't easy. I learned this the first time I tried playing it, and even now I still struggle a bit in some drills. However, through my years of playing basketball, I've learned that practice makes perfect.

Wenyen enrolled in Manchester elementary schools when he was 5, and then enrolled in …. middle school when he was 11, and in his first week of school, is when he first picked up a basketball. After school one day, Wenyen was walking in the hallways of his new school, when he heard a lot of commotion coming from the gym. He decided to see what was going on because he had nothing better to do. When He opened the door, he noticed a bunch of kids fighting about how the teams wasn’t fair for the next pickup basketball game. One of the captains spotted Wenyen standing near the door, and was excited to see that he was a little taller than all of the kids that was playing, so the captain figured that it wouldn’t matter if his team is awful, if he had this tall African on his team. The captain screamed to Wenyen, “ Do you wanna play?”, and before Wenyen had a chances to say no, the captain follow up with, “ Hurry up, you are

An NBA basketball game is 4 quarters of 12 minutes each, in total it’s 48 minutes. However, the time is stopped every time there is a foul, ball out of bounds, timeouts, and 15 minute halftime which makes the game 2 to 2.5 hours long. In a normal game there is two baskets and ten players, five on each team. Those are the basic components of most basketball games. The intent of the game is for the offensive team to toss a round ball, called a basketball, into the opposing team’s basket. The team without the basketball, known as the defensive team, tries to prevent this from happening by guarding the offensive players. When you’re on defence there’s a limit to how much physical contact you have with the person you are

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Basketball originated in Springfield, Massachusetts, on November 1981 and was invented by Dr. James Naismith. There were originally 13 rules and the first game was played on December 21st, 1981. It spread quickly with students and people talking about it everywhere. The first game of basketball was played when Dr Naismith was thinking of an activity to keep his students active during the winter on a rainy day. He wanted a physically active indoor game so his students were occupied and maintained good levels of fitness during the long winters. After lots of consideration, he wrote the basic rules and nailed peach baskets three meters high above the ground on two opposite sides. The first official game was played in the YMCA gymnasium in Albany, New York, on January 20, 1892, with nine players. The game ended at 1–0 with the court at that time being half the size of a full size NBA court.

Orhan Pamuk once stated, “A man’s sentimental attachment to objects is one of life’s greatest consolations.” Orhan is stating that through life the greatest way a man finds comfort is from an object that has a special meaning to them. Many people look towards specific objects based off their emotions, whether it’s for comfort or a sense of protection. Individuals use certain objects to depend on the reassurance they hope for. Therefore, from my own point of view, I agree with Orhan and have experienced comfort endlessly through basketball. Basketball has become my main consolation considering it helped me learn to overcome my fears, allowed me to obtain the qualities of perseverance, leadership and commitment, and makes up who I am today.

“Tommy wake up Gage and Henry just pulled up and you have practice in 40 minutes” mother said.

Basketball is my passion and it makes me happy that I decided to continue playing. However, there was a time when I was thinking about not playing again due to an awful experience I had while playing basketball my senior year of high school. I have soon come to realize that not all coaches are the same, for example, my high school basketball coach is very different to my college basketball coach, especially when it comes to their coaching styles and attitudes towards their players and coaching staff.