Why Did Wenyen Play Basketball?

After spending the past few days sitting, watching the neighborhood boys play basketball on the Bronx Court in New York, Wes Moore finally found his chance to join them. Because of the uneven teams, Moore was invited by one boy to play with the

One of the activities that I took part in that I feel has shaped me as a person, was basketball. I joined the Sea Point High basketball team in the tenth grade, in South Africa. Now basketball was not very popular in South African high schools, as such we lost our coach in my junior year. The choices that were given to the team was to either end the program or to continue without a coach. As team captain I rallied my teammates and we persevered through without a coach; we showed up for intensive training and competed against other schools. At the end of my senior year I was presented with the basketball player of the year; however I feel that award did not necessarily celebrate my skill in the sport, but it acknowledged the determination and

We can all agree that basketball is almost becoming popular around the world. So many people play this sport but do people know how basketball started and how it evolute throughout the years since basketball was borned? So like every other sports and creations, there has to be a inventor and in basketball there was a man by the name of Dr. James Naismith. “Created in 1891 in a Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA gymnasium has grown into a game played worldwide by more than 300 million people”(historybits.com). So this game has been out for a very long period of time with many changing of the rules in basketball throughout the history. When it was first played in the late 1800s, there were different rules and even different looking basketball. As for the rules, originally there would be 10 people on the court but it first started with 18 people on the court which after couple of years it changed to only 10 people. Substitution was also different and the rule for this was at first no one can enter until the next game. “The rule was changed in 1920 to allow a player to re-enter the game one time. In 1934, the rule was expanded to allow players to re-enter the game twice, and, in 1945 the rule was finally changed to permit players to return to the game an unlimited number of times”(hooptactics.com). The first basketball looked very alike a football but round. The backboards were made out of straight wood and the baskets were made out of peach baskets or square boxes. There was only

He kept hearing a thumping sound outside. He went outside to find a small, young Isaiah shooting basketball alone. He told him he was friends with his younger brother, Curtis, so Jason went back inside. ““Then it’s like 10 p.m., and I hear it again,” Terry recalled, his voice rising. “I go back out, and Isaiah is still out there shooting all by himself”” (Rudick). There are people that are closer to Isaiah that can tell stories like that. There was a time that James Thomas was contacted by Isaiah’s teacher because Isaiah was refusing to go inside after fourth-grade recess. He explained that he could only improve his game if he could play against the sixth-graders. In middle school, he rode city buses to find good games to get involved in, even if it were in a gym that required membership. He used his small size to sneak into those gyms. By the ninth-grade, he realized he was not going to grow anymore, so he decided he wanted to be the best under-six-foot player there ever was.

I attended all training sessions and spent a great amount of time playing basketball since the thrill of winning games, of becoming better pushes me forward. I believed my efforts are worthy, since I had the advantage over other players in speed and keen awareness, and I trained harder than others every day. Basketball was the only thing on my mind. Then the time came to assemble the official school team to participate in formal basketball games. I thought for all my efforts

In “The Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike, former basketball star, Flick Webb, cannot escape his past which is depicted by the geography of the town in which he lives. The speaker explains how Flick was once a high school basketball legend, but since leaving high school his life has amounted to nothing. The first stanza begins by describing Pearl Avenue, running “past the high-school lot” and ending at “Berth’s Garage… facing west”(1,4-5). Flick’s new job at the gas station faces west, looking back at his high school. Flick is able to relive his high school memories when he looks west toward his old school, but it keeps him cemented in the past. At his new undertaking at Berth’s Garage, Flick pictures the “idiot pumps” as five basketball

One unknown to the game of basketball will assume Michael Jordan changed the game, or at least the one who made the game famous. However, before the ‘Gifted MJ’ there was one of the greatest rivalries in basketball, which raised television ratings, ergo, helped make the sport prominent. Magic Johnson and Larry bird’s rivalry was a sight to see. Magic and Bird’s contribution to basketball varies, their training techniques and personal life has led both of them to make phenomenal sport history, and everlasting legacies.

Throughout the two poems, “Ex-Basketball Player” and ‘To an Athlete Dying Young,” there are many different similarities and differences that explain the story behind the poem. Both poems explain how the memories of 2 great players have been diminished by the negative influences of death and or failure. In “Ex-Basketball Player,” the narrator explains that Flick Webb was an exceptional basketball player but ends up having a life in which no one as good as him wished for. But, in “To an Athlete Dying Young,” the story was about an athlete that was an exceptional star, but like Flick’s story, that fame ended quickly following his death. The poems also show a difference through imagery. In ‘Ex-Basketball Player,” the poem explains that in

He tried out for every single sports team possible in middle school and didn’t ever make the first cut. One summer he called one of his friends to practice basketball, his friend practiced with him everyday of the

At age 10 he was playing against high school competition, and Smith would be the best player on the court. One game he was being his normal self, dropping 30 points on some high school team from Los Angeles. Tray heard a murmur through the crowd that he heard during many games, but this one was bigger than normal.

This July the NBA will see one of it’s most influential post players hit free agency. Rarely does anyone hold such power of the entire NBA. Lamarcus Aldridge is a one of a kind player, his skill set is so unique that his team has predicated their entire roster on his game. Such a talented individual is inherently allowed career mobility, this mobility could shape the immediate future of the NBA. Lamarcus has the ability to go back home to Texas and play for either the Dallas Mavericks, or San Antonio Spurs; He also could leave for larger markets in Los Angeles, or New York, or he could remain a Blazer. This July will be a big month not only for Aldridge but for the entire NBA. The Portland Trail Blazers have spent years surrounding

Wenyen’s life story remind people of Micheal Jordan’s. Jordan got cut from his high school basketball team, as a sophomore; however, he didn’t give up. He pushed himself, until he became the best basketball player in the world. In Wenyen’s case, he didn’t make the Rivals elite team until he was a junior in high

Brent Granario GCSE Physical Education: Coursework Chosen Activity: Basketball Analysis Section: Strength One – Fitness Component: Agility In my chosen activity of Basketball, I have identified agility as my main strength. Agility is the ability for a player to move and change direction quickly. As a point guard, I have to be changing direction all the time all around the court.

It was the first day of tryouts in ninth grade and I was nervous out of my mind. I walked in the freshly lit gymnasium, with maroon bleachers and the roaring black panther mascot in the dead center of the court. The first game of tryouts and I stepped onto the court knowing that I should display my talent for scoring, passing, and defending. I made sure that talked on defense “Down Low, Cutter, I got two, One D, Baby J” and I made sure I said it enough where the coach heard me from the sidelines.

“Tommy wake up Gage and Henry just pulled up and you have practice in 40 minutes” mother said.