College Admissions Essay-Basketball Is The Sport Of Kings

Basketball is something you have to acquire a taste for like wine, sushi, or vegetables (I find all of these things unappetizing.) You must also be able to understand the logistics of the game. From my understanding basketball is basically two teams of heavily sweating people running up and down a gym for about an hour or more attempting to score points by shooting a ball into a hoop. One of my friends, a lanky boy named Jeremy, was on my school’s basketball team. He was one of the reasons my friend group decided to spend a good portion of our senior year at basketball games.

In this analysis I will cover the different aspects of sport subculture and what it means to be a recognizable member within a group. I will give examples of what it means to be a part of such subcultures. For example, shared ways of dressing, group status and credibility, as well as some of the groups norms and rituals. The specific group I 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

Aristotle once said “ The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” When I grow up I want to get a good education and have a successful life. That is why I want to go to Villanova to play basketball. While I am playing basketball in college I can also get my masters. It has been a dream of mine for a long time to play basketball at the college level.

Basketball is not just a sport, to me it is a lifestyle; there is something about shooting the orange sphere through the net and hearing that “swoosh” sound that can force any problem to instantly go away. Nothing can compare to the satisfaction that is felt when stepping onto the court or feeling the padded outer-layer of the ball clash with the tips of my fingers after bouncing up from the ground. The court is a second home to me. I have been playing basketball since I was eight years old. It seemed to come as second nature. Once I reached middle school, I competed for a spot on the seventh grade girls basketball team and earned myself a spot. Those girls meant everything to me. I can recall practices when we got off task and goofed around for a bit, but we always got back to work.

You have to try your best and never give up. You need to play to the whistle. Your coaches are going to be hard on you and you’ve got to work with it. During games you will face challenges and the only way to defeat that challenge is to be tough and never give up. You are going to be pushed and you're going to want to stop, but you can’t stop just because something little gets in your way.

"Swish!" The pleasant sound the basketball hoop makes when you perfectly sink the ball. It was a skin-frying day in the small town of Campo. We could hear everyone else in the pool right next to the basketball courts but we would rather play some ball. "Pass it, pass it!" Aricia shouted to Jacob. Jacob ignored her and took it up to the hoop himself. "What the Heck!!" Aricia said, "Pass it sometime you ballhog." Everyone mumbled, "Ooooh" egging on the situation. This time Jacob passed it to her as fast as a bullet so she wouldn't catch it but she did and shot. "Hahahahaha" everyone laughed at her shot. Now Travez and I have the ball and we were ready to score this time. Travez passes it to me and I shoot but only to get the ball stuck in between

Basketball, B-A-S-K-E-T-B-A-L-L, 10 letters. Kobe, Michael, Curry. It might not mean anything to you but it means everything to me. How are legends born? Success, Failure. Pain. They don’t do it for the money for the glory, or the fam, they do because they love it but why do I do it. Because, I love it. And this is my story.

Basketball has been around for years and there have been a lot of people that have tried to make it to the NBA. Some people have failed and some have succeeded, and, it is extremely hard. Being a basketball player has its advantages and disadvantages. These are the steps to know how to become a player and what you need to do.

This became obvious in middle school when teams now had "cuts,” this is when if you are not good enough you will not make the team. I remember the summer of 2010 I was watching the NBA finals, and it is The Los Angeles Lakers Vs. The Boston Celtics and watching Paul pierce and Kobe go back to back at it made me fall in love with basketball. After watching that game, I went to the nearest basketball court and started shooting around, while imagining that I am Jordan. Ever since that day, I started spending hours and hours, day in and day out at the park play basketball. I really do not have anyone to teach me how to play I sorted taught myself. Once that summer was over, I waited for the school year to start, and I tried out for my school's basketball teams. This is the first time experience of being cut. It is a shock to me because I have never been cut before. This experience gives me a goal for next year, to make the eighth-grade team. To make sure that I made the team next year, I go to the gym and park every day after school and practice and I spent my whole entire summer practicing. Then the greatest thing happened, I hit my growth spurt. At the start of the summer I was 5’4 and by the end of the summer, I was 5’11 I grew a whole 7inches. I became taller than everyone in the school. When tryouts came, I became taller and better, and I have been able to show my coach my

Although I have a love for the sport, I never had a natural talent for basketball. In fourth grade, I didn’t make a team but my dad found a house league and I was happy to play. I continued to work even harder, going to clinics and practicing my skills in my own time. In fifth grade, I finally did make a team. The following year I became complacent with my practicing and, again, made the team. I knew that every girl wanted to earn their spot, and

In basketball it is a “dog-eat-dog” world where you are all fighting for that same spot and the only way you can move up is by showing your coach value and showing them that you can do things no one on your team can do. “Give me value, show me why you should be on the court and not him” that is what my brother had told me he said “that’s what my coach told me and that’s the reason you should work hard during practice” I’ve been thinking of that ever since, it is one of the main reasons why my philosophy is like this.

In my opinion, and as well as facts, basketball is a very intricate and sophisticated sport, and it may not strike as one of the most complex sports -just dribbling and shooting a ball- but it is in its own way, very very challenging; Basketball is a sport where you try to get a ball into a net at your opponent’s end of the court. Of course, you need to learn the rules of the ball game. There are 10 rules, and many, many subtopics and articles, but in all, the 10 rules are the heart of the game. Many players take years memorizing the rules and putting them into muscle memory, so that they would not slip up in games. There are also many variations of rules, that are used at the same time in a game, also changing depending whether you play in

One of the most successful teams that I’ve been a part of was my high school club basketball team. Some of the characteristics that made us successful included our hard work, dedication, and mutual respect for each other. We understood that each of us had the same goal and we respected and appreciated each of our teammates strengths. Along with this, we also understood each other’s weaknesses. This way, as a team, we were able to play to each of our strengths and make up for weaknesses within the team. The environment of my team not only empowered me to be the best basketball player that I could be, but it provided me with a safe space to be the person I am. There was no judgment or negativity because everyone cared about each other as a person, not just a basketball player. We accomplished a lot as a team. Not only were we one of the most winningest team in our programs history, but we did it without top rated D1 recruits. Yes, we had talented kids on our team, but we should not have been as successful as we were. It was because of our team chemistry and the mutual love that we accomplished so much. Lessons I took from this team was that being positive always beats negativity. Attitude is everything. Showing people that you care about their success not only empowers them to continue their good work, but it inspires others around you to act in the same manner.

The first thing we are going to work on is funmental things like; how to dribble, how to play defense, and our jump shots. The reason we are going to work on our dribbling, because if you can’t dribble you will turn the ball over. Dribbling is important in basketball. After we get done doing that, we’re going to work on our defense. When you play defense it stop the other team for scoring because defenses stop offense. Lastly, we have to work on is our jumps shots, because you can’t always do lay-ups.

Basketball was created a simple game. The primary objective was to place a ball, without dribbling, into a peach basket. However, like Darwin's theory of man, basketball has evolved into the most exciting exhibition of athletic ability. Basketball has seen many rule changes, because of the increasing ability of the players. Basketball is a melting pot, where black, white, and European people excel. This is a sport that is color-blind. This sport requires complete control over one's body and mind. Pure strength is required to fight through opposing teams picks, and to gain position for rebounds.