Game Changing Basketball Research Paper

As the clock ticks down, everybody starts to hang their heads. The score is now thirty to twenty-seven and we know we are about to lose. Although basketball has many lows, it is a part of who I am. Everybody has a hobby that they love that makes them feel like they can escape from reality and be free. For some people this might be a fun activity that they really love doing. This for me happens to be basketball and I have happened to fallen in love with this sport. Every Friday night as I lace my shoes up knowing I have forty-eight minutes to play with my best friends, my heart fills with never ending joy. This is the time that I hold a twenty-two ounce ball in my palms, and put all my worries and problems in the world away. This is the time

One event in my life that has changed me, is when I was watching tv with my mom . We were watching the nba finals. In the finals series it was the Cleveland Cavaliers facing the San Antonio Spurs playing for the nba championship. In game one of the finals, the Cavaliers had suffered a lost eighty five to seventy six. Even though that was a tragic lost for game one, it still was decent. In game two the Cavs lost by eleven , then the next game was a lost by three , then in the last game of the finals, the Cavs lost by one point. But during the entire series the Cavaliers wasn’t doing that bad, but they did lose all their games. But in my mind I had hope for them to win but that just wasn’t enough for them. So the next basketball season I believed

As I started my senior year of highschool, I was approached by my head basketball coach. He approached me to tell me that he wanted me to help coach middle school basketball. At first I was a little skeptical because I already was incredibly busy. Because I did not want to disappoint my coach, I decided that I was going to go ahead and do it. I missed the first four days of practice because I had cross country practice after school. On a Friday, I was able to go to a practice. We went over our plays and scrimmaged each other. I was a little flustered because I had no idea the name of most of the kids. Practice ended and the head coach told me that I was coaching the B team on my own the next day. I was surprised to hear him say that. I couldn’t believe that I was going to be coaching a whole team on my

The stuff I hear, see, and feel just makes me love the game more and more. As I grow and improve; the more stuff I hear, see, and feel. Everything I encounter on the court motivates me to work as hard as I can every time I am on

basket ball, Then in second grade I started soccer and played for 3 years, then I started karate and I'm a orange belt and 2 stripes, then Now not only do I play instruments but I also play sports. When I was in first grade I played basket ball and then a new sport got introduced to our school. Its called speed stacking. You get a stack of 12 special designed cups with wholes on the bottom so they don't stick together. You can stack them in a bunch of ways like the cycle, 9 cycle, 3 cycle, 3-3, 3-3-3, 3-6-3, 1-10-1, 6-6, 3-3-3-3, and one where you lay out 12 cups and move forward with your hands while picking up the cups. There are many more ways you can stack them. It is an amazing sport, and on the cycle (The most difficult technique) I got

You are sitting at home watching a tense basketball game on television. Thousands of people are screaming at the top of their lungs as a player from your home team dribbles up the court. There are only four seconds left, and the home team is down by two. The guard dishes to the center, breaking across the middle. He takes the pass, spins once, and puts up a shot. A defender appears to be draped all over him as the ball hangs in the air forever. The horn sounds, drowning out the referee's whistle. Everyone rises to their feet, their eyes following the trajectory of the spinning ball. A deafening roar explodes as the ball settles into the net. Yes! You instantly see the official has blown his whistle, and you know the player will have a chance

The cool thing about humans, is no two are exactly the same, every one is different in their own way. We’re all defined in unique ways, some by their jobs, some by their livelihood, or interests such as basketball. This is one of my favorite things to do in life, there's just nothing better than setting foot on that court. When basketball season starts to roll around, memories from past years come flooding in. Being able to smell the freshly popped popcorn all throughout the gym. Looking up at the crowd and seeing everyone in the stands cheering us on, arguing with refs about a call, or not really paying attention to the game at all. The feeling I get when I’m on the court is second to nothing. This is where I go when I need need to just get away and think.

I have been playing basketball since I was in the third grade. I was always a decent player, and I never had to work very hard to be on a the team I wanted to be on. This was mainly because my dad was the coach for a while and I have always had that enough skill to just get by. It was this way for most of my basketball career, until the beginning of ninth grade. During tryouts, I wouldn’t work as hard as I know I could have and I still had a lot of things that I needed to improve on. I ended up being a “swing player” for C-squad. That is where you mainly play for one team and then you play up or play down a level if they don’t have enough players. For the first half of the season they didn’t need any swing players because everyone was present.

Basketball used to be my favorite pastime. It was something that I would look forward to and thought that I'd never have enough of. This however, all changed when I joined my high school basketball team. It was because of unfair coaching, trouble managing time, and the real things that come with being on a team that changed my view on basketball completely.

Dribble, dribble, shoot, shoot, take that ball to hoop, hoop. One of the many cheers you’d hear at a basketball game. From watching the game to playing it there's so much more than people know.

By the time I was a first grader, I was practicing every day still wanting to be the best I could be. It was evident that by the time I got to Optimist Basketball in the third grade, I would be playing this game forever. The game felt like a rush of something that I had never felt before. When my four teammates and I did something successful together in the game, it made the sensation even better. The love and comradery between teammates, no matter what the age or league you are in, is the most important component

As Seth Anderson came running out of the locker room the crowd went wild, it was his senior year and he already had all the college scouts after him. He has been the starting point guard for the Bozeman Hawks since his freshman year and has averaged more points and assists throughout his career than any other player to go to Bozeman. They are 6-0 and tonight is the night they play their rivals, the Livingston Rangers. Seth and the rest of the team would have to be on there A game if they wanted to beat the Rangers, who are also 6-0. Seth was not feeling like himself as he was warming up but figured it was just his nerves and tried to ignore it. It was time for tip-off and the Hawks got the ball; right away Seth passed it to his best

As Seth came running out of the locker room the crowd went wild, it was his senior year and he already had all the college scouts after him. He has been the starting point guard for the Bozeman Hawks since his freshman year and has averaged more points and assists throughout his career than any other player to go to Bozeman. They are 6-0 and tonight is the night they play their rivals, the Livingston Rangers. Seth and the rest of the team would have to been on there A game if they wanted to beat the Rangers, who are also 6-0. Seth was not feeling like himself as he was warming up, but figured it was just his nerves and tried to ignore it. It was time for tip off and the Hawks got the ball; right away seth passed it to his best-friend,

Basketball is a game that millions of people love to watch or play. The game of basketball has been around since 1921. Ever since then the game has evolved dramatically. From beach baskets and soccer balls to glass backboards to leather/rubber balls. As the game has changed people have evaluated the game of basketball. Since I was little, I have been evaluating how basketball works. Everyone is different and may see or judge basketball in another way.

Coach McDonald: Things have been good. Locally, Shreveport is excited we are bringing the sport back to Centenary. There is a lot of excitement for from both the men’s and women’s game. There is a lot of good lacrosse in the Shreveport area and everyone is excited. In fact, we recently had a meeting with local coaches to basically let them know what is going on with the program, why we’re coming back, how were coming back, what kind of support we are getting from the school. We want student-athletes to know there is an option to play lacrosse at the next level. We are the only NCAA game in the state, and that is a huge recruiting factor for us. When the program started years ago, there was only about 12 or 13 high schools who had lacrosse