Narrative Essay On Basketball

Godwin expressed after the game how good it felt to get a win like this, what a shooting night like this does to his confidence for the rest of the playoffs, and how key it is to have a player of Jalen Rays caliber. “Our confidence is leveled, we don’t get too high and we don’t get too low. I will be transitioning my mindset from this game to our next: defend, score, rebound. Jalen (Ray) is a great player. He helps keep the defense on their toes, he creates so much space for us. Defenses really don’t know how to defend us

“Never get too high and never get too low,” Sarkisian said. “You recognize what went well and what didn’t. Our guys were focused and they were ready to go. They were in it and played hard, but it was just that last half of the inning it just didn’t work. But there is nothing to hang your head about. Just recognise that we had opportunities and we have to just make more plays. We come back to work on Monday and move forward.”

By the time he finished, nobody in the room was cold any longer. He started off simply, announcing a change in basic strategy. They were not going to take it slow for the first few weeks of the winter quarter, as they generally did, working on details of form and technique while waiting for the weather to improve. Instead, they were going to row all out every day, right from the start. They were going to work themselves into top physical condition.

Imagine a car travelling down the road going 25 miles an hour. Imagine that car striking another car moving at a similar speed. Now, replace those cars with two boys travelling at the same speed. The event described is a typical hockey hit. If carried out the correct way, it will simply displace one player from the puck and both players will likely skate away, however, if executed incorrectly, the results can be devastating. A collision such as the one described happens all too often in hockey. Be it because of ignorance by the coaches, player and league, or by the lack of knowledge on the topic, the problem is not subsiding. The issue of concussions is a growing problem reaching epidemic proportions. People always complain about officiating.

In clichéd observation some would say it is a case of the great and dedicated superstar who is first on the ice, last off. But he is not. When practice ends, Lafleur leaves, and ten or twelve others remain behind, skating and shooting with Ruel. But every day we're in Montreal, at 11 a.m., an hour before Bowman steps from the dressing room as signal for practice to begin, Lafleur goes onto the ice with a bucket of pucks to be alone.

He sustained a concussion, and still to this day, he suffers headaches, memory problems, and so much more. In the video, “Concussion Hazards in Youth Football”, the video shows how the brain is affected when a concussion occurs. Also, it presents another victim of separate concussions, but shows how he didn’t know what concussions really did to him. In the last source, “How Many G’s?”, an infographic shows the real dangers of a football hit, when compared to a heavyweight boxers punch, and the force from a roller coaster on the body! All three sources represent the fact that football is one of the most dangerous sports out there, mainly influencing students to hit each other. Football can ruin someone’s life, affect your brain, and the worst part is, you might not even know

A video of enforcers Daniel Maggio and Brian McGrattan fighting went viral. They were landing punches during the game. Ultimately, the hockey fight led to an unconscious McGrattan. When Justin Abdelakder watched the video, it reminded him of hockey's history of fighting. In the past, fights in hockey were a common occurrence.

To the average individual, the word “miracle” has many meanings. However, to the avid hockey fan, the word “Miracle” is vernacular that will be forever engrained in their hearts and history books. While the term itself is broad, miracles turn doubters into believers. This was exactly the case during the 1980 United States Olympic Hockey team shocked the world. In 1980, the U.S. men’s hockey team, consisting of college players and hopeful pros, won Olympic gold. No other Olympic performance was so uniting and inspiring to our nation. Upon scoring the game-winner and clinching the gold medal, Eruzione's goal triggered a spontaneous national celebration of amazing proportions. Overcome with joy, our nation celebrated with a display of

We have all heard of the term “sports injury”. Usually an accident that occurs when engaged in a sport, the ideal can apply from something as frustrating as a rolled ankle to the more debilitating shock of a broken arm. Yet the fact remains that these physical ailments will heal, and properly, if they are treated properly. But what about concussions? What are the long term effects? In her brief editorial in TIME magazine, Alexandra Sifferlin explores the effects of concussions and specifically how they affect children if they aren't disclosed.

Despite the long term health outcomes, the popularity of fighting in hockey still continues to this day. Hockey is considered a collision sport, as known as contact sports, which is when professional athletes collide with each other or alternative objects such as the boards. Due to hockey being a collision sport, many injuries are sustained through colliding and fighting, especially in the head. Head trauma in hockey is the leading cause of injury in hockey. Head trauma is caused by fighting and direct hits to the head. Evidence done by McKee and colleagues shows that multiple and repeated hits to the head does indeed affect brain from it’s overall function. Furthermore, records show that enforcers in the professional league reveals that they fight a lot

Injuries impact the school life, profession, and the approach to society of a player. It slows down the natural ability of one to obtain and accomplish their aspirations in life, such as academics achievements or relationship goals (Dr. Echlin, 2014). Physicality and toughness are important factors in sports, especially in hockey. In a sport that is nearing a century old, who dare prohibit the originality of it? But with prolific past injuries on players caused by malicious hits, such as Todd Bertuzzi’s infamous check on Steve Moore in ’04 or superstar Sidney Crosby’s year-long concussion in ’10-11, speculation has started to gather regarding the complete exertion of violence in the NHL. With over 50% of players getting injured each year and

The sport of hockey is an intense test of power and will, and as a result of the injuries in sport are common realities that players and coaches are faced with. Among these injuries are concussions, arguably the worst injury of all. A significant blow to the head that causes the brain to shake in the skull and sometime even swell causes a concussion. These serious and sometimes life threatening injuries have always been a part of hockey, and up until a few years ago, little was being done to combat the cause. Although great strides have been made to help athletes recover from a concussion, the question arises, why are hockey players so susceptible to these terrible head injuries in the first place?

Players do their best when playing to not get hurt but it happens a lot anyway.

    Often times, authors use their works to display themes that they deem to be important or wrong with the world. Frequently, the authors are able to convey these themes to the reader through the use of various literary devices. These literary devices have the themes that the author wants to convey embedded in them. In Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea, he uses devices to display what he calls the code hero. One ideal of the code hero is endurance. Endurance is a necessary part of life that everyone will have an experience with. While some may endure lots and other little, everyone has issues they must endure through. In “The Veldt”, Bradbury uses literary devices to display his thoughts of technology. Technology is constantly becoming more and more advanced and some, including Bradbury, have the fear technology will take over the role of humans. In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini uses the devices to show oppression. Everyone strives to take control of their lives, however sometimes that is not possible when they are being restricted by outside forces. The authors Hemingway, Bradbury and Hosseini use the literary devices of symbolism, flashback, imagery and metaphor to demonstrate their themes.

The ruckus of the crowd pierced the fallen players ears in the form of a serrated knife. Feeling the blood pulsing through his head caused him to clench his eyes shut in agony and grab at his hair, hoping to block out the unbearable waves of pain. The blurry forms of his coach and teammates surrounded his vision and as much as he wanted to get up and tell them that he was fine, he knew that there was no way that he would be able to recover from this injury easily. He had known that something was wrong with him, but he had pushed these thoughts out of his mind, knowing that he could not disappoint his fellow teammates. They had helped him in too many ways and ignoring the clear symptoms of a concussion seemed like the best way to repay them. Now, he knew he was wrong, but it was too late. He was going to pay for his decision, either now, or farther on down the line.