Excelling In The Game Of Basketball

You need all these skills for basketball because without communication and teamwork you want have a good team which means no wins. Work ethic is important because in basketball you have to work hard. You might can shoot but not dribble that is why you work hard on dribbling instead of shooting. Safety and health is important because if your health is bad your safety is bad. Self-motivation is key because if you don’t have any you want do well. You have to motivate yourself to do good.

Basketball is one of the most popular which is beloved sports that is played today. Michael Jordan, who played for the Washington Wizards and the Chicago Bulls once said, “Just play, have fun, and enjoy the game” (BrainyQuote 2016). Whether playing with friends for fun or by professionals for entertainment or simply watching from home, basketball is very enjoyed all over the world. Beginning with a unique history, basketball has evolved over time from a simple idea into a professional career choice for those with the unique skill set.

In the collegiate world of sports, basketball has become an increasingly recognized sport among African Americans, predominantly males. The hope of any young basketball player is that one day a scout will come and recruit them into stardom The question that presents itself as a problem to the lucky few who are chosen to go professional, is whether or not an education is more important than a million dollar shoe deal, “The NCAA's (1998) annual six-year study reported that only 33% of Black male basketball players graduated, (Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999). Individually, basketball reported the lowest graduation rate in all divisions,” (Robinson, 2004:1). Basketball players have become so idolized in the eyes of young

In the last ten years many young and talented high school basketball players have chosen to enter the NBA draft. These 17 and 18 year olds decide to skip college, and instead they choose to take a big risk and enter the NBA, hoping to become stars and earn millions of dollars. In many cases, these youngsters’ careers are a failure because they don’t turn out as talented as they thought to be. They end up spending only a few seasons in the NBA because they are not good enough to compete at that level. Many of them have to move on to doing other things, such as playing basketball overseas, doing everyday jobs, or going back to college to earn a degree.

There are a lot of aspects that should be taken into account when determining what makes an athlete successful. One could argue that natural ability is one of the determining factors which leads to success. For example, if an athlete has dreams of playing in the NBA then height makes a difference. There aren’t many successful players in the league under six feet tall. One could argue that level of competition plays a role in the development of an athlete. This could include the skill level of the opponent or outside factors such as playing conditions or game circumstances. These types of arguments play a role in athlete success, but will not be used in this paper because they are factors that are out of the athlete’s control. This paper

Moreover, college athletes have shown a poor academic success rate in past few years, in brief. Their academic performances were significantly low due to the distraction caused by athletic programs. Athletics are not only a distraction for athletes, but also for institutions which are holding these athletic programs. “The low graduation rates among athletics, particularly in sports like football and basketball, are alarming, although there is strong evidence that this problem is endemic to the entire academic enterprise” (“College”). Average outcome GPA of an athlete is way lower than that of a normal student in general. Missing classes regularly, missing assignments, and missing exams have been the reasons for these poor academic performance rates. Daily practices and tournaments are the reason for them to miss their academics. Another side of this argument is that athletes are given unfair advantages in academics unlike other students. They were given excessive grade changes and extra points to maintain their athletic eligibility. This situation degrades the quality of academic programs and it debases

Sports are not for everybody, not only because of talent level, but because a certain mindset is to be had to be successful at any sport. A commitment is made. Forty hours of practice a week, the average amount of time spent practicing for football players, all for a one hour game, the average time of one game of college football, takes dedication. That is not even counting the time spent icing, resting, and studying the playbook or film, not to mention the school work to be kept up with for college and high school students. Most athletes have become used to the grind and juggling three or four time consuming activities all at one time while being successful at each. Waking up at the break of dawn, following a schedule, and suffering consequences when a bad choice is made creates character and discipline that is often needed for many little league, high school, and college athletes. The most important non tangible thing sports teach anyone is how to get back up after falling, how to get knocked down but get right back up and keep going, how to move on from failure and overcome it, focusing on the next important part of life. These skills of determination and courage taught through sports are essential for being successful in any part of life and are hard to come by anywhere

According to Peart, “’Many student athletes arrive at school without any idea how to take lecture notes, read a textbook, or write a research paper’ says Darcy Frey” (Peart). Athletic scholarships allowed these students to reach the college level. Without a proper education, these students stay at the same educational level they were before college. This leads to athletes not graduating their college. Eventually, the former athlete is stuck with a bad job because they cannot receive their degree.

As you can see, sports generate a lot of money for colleges and universities. Many colleges consider sport as a big business. Hence, college sports will become more and more professional; athletes devote most of their time to practice. However, people forget that college athletes are students and they go to college for the purpose of honing the skill and learning how to do in future career not playing sports. By spending much time for sport, they cannot concentrate on studying and lead to the decrease in studying

Every athlete dies twice, once when his life fails, and once when he/she does. However, one leads to the end while the other starts a new beginning. Nobody in this world is perfect, including myself. I have learned this lesson numerous times, but never as much as when I humiliated myself realizing that you can never just jump into something and expect to master it in a day. But humility, realization, and training helped me fix my failure. I’ve always loved the sport of basketball and always dreamed of being an all-star in the NBA, just as millions of other kids do. Unfortunately, I never realized that stars need fuel in order to keep shining. Not until the day I decided to try out my skills on my high school basketball team.

The name of this article is “What it takes to be Great” and the name of the author is Geoff Colvin. This article was published October 30 2006. The questions that the researchers wanted to answer where if people are born athletic so the researchers studied athletic people like Michael Jordan and Jerry Rice. People always thought that people are born athletic and that was Colvin’s argument that people are not born athletic. You have to work hard every day so you can become great at something. Deliberate practice involves, discipline, dedication, a strong mind, and determination. The example that Colvin uses is how Michael Jordan got cut from a basketball team but the next year he came back and he was better because he started practicing every

Thesis: This paper argues that basketball is the most difficult sport, for a number of reasons that will be pointed out through the literature on the game, the coaches, and the players.

Professional basketball is more popular than ever – who has not heard of Lebron, Kobe, KD, D-Rose or a host of other NBA stars? Over the years, the game’s popularity has grown exponentially over the years, starting in the inner city, expanding to mainstream America and now rising to worldwide appeal. Paralleling the expanding popularity of the NBA is the changing nature of the game. Professional basketball relies more than ever on athleticism and physicality. And each wave of players seems be quicker and faster, and yet, still stronger than those that preceded them. We believe, there is a price to be paid though. Today’s

Sports usually have a person getting injured while playing so they miss out on their work so they fail a class and don’t graduate from school to begin a career, and they are late for a collage deal or a chance at making a lot of money.

Children in youth athletics miss out on a lot of school. If the team an athlete plays for has a tournament in a major city across the country, the child will miss a Friday and Monday to play for his/her team. Children are unconsciously taught that sporting events should come before their education. They believe as long as they keep performing well then nothing bad will happen. It is not uncommon to see an all-state linebacker not play in college because his grades were not good enough. Johnny failed geometry and now he cannot play at USC. Parents, blinded by their child’s talent, will push for him to spend an extra hour working on a sport-related skill instead of teaching the child to