Personal Essay: My Experience As A Point Guard

Matt gave some advice to me that would be good for any college student looking to get this job or a similar one. Get involved in the basketball career field as soon as possible doing as much as possible. Experience is everything in this business. If he had done anything different he would have

Regarding to basketball every single position on the floor is key to having a successful team, but to me the most important position on the floor is the point guard. The point guard in many aspects is similar to a quarterback in football, because they are in charge of getting their teams into the correct sets and controlling the game on the offensive end. Many time point guards are asked to carry on more responsibility.

In the poem, “Ex – Basketball Player” by john Updike, (which is a narrative poem) illustrates the nature of life on how life is potentially is seen has a mirror to other people’s life, especially people who play sports. Life is the physical and mental experience of an individual. An in the poem the main character Flick, supply the poem with a good example of how life is potentially a mirror for other people. This poem is formally organized, even though it locks some qualities, it still haves the qualifications of a good poem. The “Ex Basket Player” is an interested poem because it has a good theme, tone and lots of figurative languages.

I used to practice every day when practice began, and I also put in effort outside campus on my own time when I could. Dribbling was the first technique that I wanted to better improve. I was a point guard, meaning that I was the backcourt player who directed my teams offense. I also practiced my shooting skills. I acquired knowledge this way, because I knew that dedication would get me to where I am now. Defense was a challenge for me, because I was much more smaller than my competition. I practiced for the games physically and mentally in order to

Point guard is usually the fastest and shortest player on the team, this player organizes the team’s offense by controlling the ball and his usually the person to call plays.

“I started out with Center, my first year, and I also played a little bit of defensive line, but it wasn’t much. Sophomore year, I was able to specialize a little bit more on offensive line, and I actually moved up to guard,” Soehnlin said.

Ever since Kevin Garnett, a teenager who by-passed college, was drafted as the fifth overall pick in the 1995 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft, more and more high school teenagers have been making the jump straight to the pros. Since the league draft of 1995, 17 first round picks have been high school players. This means that about 7 percent of first round draft picks in the NBA have been high school teens skipping out on their college education to make the jump to the NBA (Chylinski).

Attention Getter: “I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a Baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good I would call her.” That timeless phrase coined by Ski-Lo in the early nineties, resonates with so many of us because all of those goals are things that people relate to being successful. And while I can’t help you with the first and the last respectively, becoming a “Basket-baller” is quite feasible, with a little hard work.

I played Cornerback on the football team and Point Guard for the basketball team; I was a starter on both. I love basketball more than football but I still gave it my hardest in football. Eventually, that cost me. We were 4-0, heading to our 5th game and that week of practice turned out to change my whole senior year

Opponent Three at 3-point line as displayed in Figure 14. While this transition occurs, Player Five must also quickly drop down to guard Opponent Four at the low post and Player One must also come down to the high post in order to deny the pass to Opponent Five. Also, Player Three should move down closer to the 3-point line in order to help defend, but also to be in the passing lane back to Opponent One. Lastly, Player Four should come into the paint and must be ready to defend the lob pass to Opponent Four and to defend the high post if Opponent Five receives the ball; Player Four must also be ready to run out to the wing and guard the 3-point shot of Opponent Two if the ball is skipped across the court.

"It's been great," Parker said of his changing role. "I love my role, and I'll try to do the best I can this year to keep winning games. You know, we won 67 games last year. We’ll try to do the same thing and go further in the playoffs. As long as [Gregg Popovich] is happy, that’s my main job here. I don’t care if people don’t understand my role or all this stuff I have to do now.”

A good offense is nice to have, but good defense lowers the other teams chance to score. Good defense also takes the pressure off the team when on offense. The team won't feel as if they have to score on every possession. Defense is hard to train, and a partner is required. The main thing to do on defense is to stay between the person being guarded and the goal. A good defensive player needs to be quick and agile, but also have good endurance. Once the player has learned how to defend, they can become a bit more aggressive. The player should soon reach out to interrupt dribbles and steal the ball, or try block shots and passes to create turnovers.

Within Hollywood’s movies depiction of drug addiction, many have failed to represent all true aspects that come along with such lifestyles. The movie, The Basketball Diaries, is based off a novel Jim Carroll wrote from his own diary entries. As a teenager growing up in the sixties, Carroll reveals his progression of drug abuse which eventually leads him addicted to heroin.Heroin is a white powder derived from morphine found in opium. It is commonly prescribed as a painkiller, but is also a popular street drug.The director casted Leonardo DiCaprio as Jimmy, and concentrates on creating the character as a stereotypical drug abuser. DiCaprio’s most captivating scene is when he is going through heroin

When guarding an offensive player who is one pass away from the ball, you should be in denial. Denying your man the ball, keeps him from scoring. Play the passing lane and stay between the player you're guarding and the ball. You can never lose your balance in

One rainy night in November, I arrived to the church gym for my first basketball practice of the season. As I walked in the doors creaked and you could smell the gym floor. As I already heard the basketballs hitting the ground, bouncing up and down. My friends Brittany and Destiny walked in right behind me through the door. That was when we realized we were the only girls surrounded by all guys. As practice came to a start we began to run, it felt like we were never going to stop. Up and down the court as we ran suicides, you could hear the squeaking of shoes as we went from the next line back and then on to the next. Before we started scrimmaging, the two captains were boys. Brittany, Destiny, and I stood in amazement as we were the last three standing there. You could see by their expressions they didn’t want any of us on either team.