Why You Shouldn T Play Basketball

There's fifteen seconds left in the game, and we're down one. It’s summer league game, but there is a large crowd of red and black screaming their support. The crowd is nervously sitting on the edge of their seats, waiting to see the outcome. The tall, player from the other team, with sweaty hair matted to her forehead shoots the ball, and it clangs off of the rim into Brooke's awaiting hands. With lightening speed the orange ball hits Ally's open hands before finally landing in mine. I pound the bright ball up the floor and towards the waiting basket. Planting my right foot I push off the ground for a layup. As my body connects with the opposing player, knee to knee, I hear the high-pitched sound of the referee's whistle. With a sickening

In 1891 a simple game was invented that changed the world. Basketball is a athletic sport usually played on an indoor court where two teams of five each attempt to score by shooting the basketball into one of two baskets at each end of the court. The team who scores the most baskets wins the game. Because of its continuous action and frequent scoring basketball is one of the most popular spectator sports in the world. Basketball can be played outdoors as well, it was invented to serve as an exciting indoor game for the winter months and to be played with less contact than football. It quickly became a spectator sport. Now basketball attracts larger audiences than ever especially in the United States, South America, and Europe.

With less than one second on the clock, NBA all-star for the Portland Trail Blazers-Damian Lillard, chucks up the basketball from behind the 3-point line. In the ball, contains the possibility of a playoff series winning shot. Millions eagerly watching the basketball float through the air like it was in slow motion. Eyes glued to the orange-brown leather ball with black stripes. Almost slowly rotating through the air, gravity does it’s thing and the ball slips through the net; most likely making a soothing sound that no one could hear because of the deep noise that erupted in the Moda Center. Damian Lillard had beat the buzzer just in time to create history.

The game of basketball was created by Dr. James Naismith in 1891. The original equipment of the game was a literal peach basket and a soccer ball. By 1892 the first official game of basketball was played in a YMCA in New York. Then by 1895 basketball was a standard sport and began to be played all around even within high schools and colleges. In 1906 rims and back boards were made and by 1949 basketball could be played professionally. As the sport came along the skill level of players increased and the game became flashier. Numerous professional legends were showcases like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Charles Barkley. Now the game is super complex and skill driven.

You step on the court and you hear the crowd buzzing. “Give it Wilt, Give it to Wilt”. You feed off the energy that's coming from the crowd and it's time to go. 4th quarter starts. Your teammates give you the ball every possession as the crowd is going wild! You score and you score again and again and again you can't miss and finally, 48 seconds left, you get the ball, the crowds starts to stand, knowing that this might be the one! You back your man down in the paint, you put up a hook shoot …….. Swish! You hit the shot, the crowd loses it, you did it, 100 points, the new points scored in a single game record!! You sprint into the locker room, the assistant coach writes 100 on a piece of paper, gives it to you and you smile and look at the camera! 100 points!

Like a ball that goes in and right out of the hoop on a buzzer beater during a game.

The game almost over, several seconds left, score is equal and suddenly you receive the ball right under the basket, you are not the best player of the team but you won't miss for sure. Everyone's eyes on you. What would I feel in this situation? Opportunity? Chance? Responsibility? Blood pressure? Stress? Tension? Writing "Happy Endings", Atwood uses the standard plot, characterization and point of view to make the reader think nonstandard.

Once the ball was up in the air,I was almost out the door. Then as I was walking slowing I heard the ball go “swish” right into the basketball net.

There is so much more to the history of basketball than people think. There were so many changes from the beginning of basketball to now. The way people played has changed dramatically as well as all the rules. The way basketball originated and why it was even thought of is such a shock. Most people don’t think of things like this in the midst of needing something instantly, but James Naismith did.

We swung the ball around the perimeter, and it came back to me. Eight seconds left I need to hit the shot. I took two dribbles left, and then my man came up to guard me, I gave him a crossover, and he was well off balanced. I basically fell, and I drove baseline, the clock was at two seconds. I saw a big man stepping up to contest my shot, I knew I had to be creative. I saw him ready to jump so I did a floater. I floated the ball high enough, so that it just went over his fingertips. The ball went off the rim, bounced twice, and went in. The buzzer sounded and we had won the game. I could feel the adrenaline and emotion from me and my team. I could see the blood, sweat, and tears from my team and the BC Bolts left on the court. What a moment, what a time, what a performance, what a

Shockingly basketball was first played with a soccer ball before being change to an actual basketball sponsored by Spalding in 1929. Kareem Abdul Jabbar apparently found it quite easy to make a lot of baskets because “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holds the record for most points scored in his 20 year career at 38,387 points. ”(FactMonster) If you are new to basketball then you probably don’t know that the first game ever played was for 30 minutes and nowadays its 48 minutes. If you ever peeked at a score of an NBA basketball game you’ll see that it is always close to about 90 and 100 points, but can you believe that the score of the first game was 1-0.

opposing team, had the ball. Here comes the ball bouncing, and banging on the court like a crowd

I’m still filled with nerves until the leather ball glides against the tips on my fingers as I drive through the lane. The rush gives me confidence for the minutes to come. By the time I realize it, it’s already half time and we’re up by six points. The only problem is I have 3 fouls. A lot runs through my mind as I step back onto the court. My team needs me I can’t let them down. Until suddenly I feel her hot sweaty skin against mine and theirs foul four.

Naismith moved in with his Uncle Pete Young. James Naismith went to a spring field YMCA conference and there they ask him to invent a sport that people can during the cold season. So he finally thought of using a basket to through a ball into it and he called it basketball.

Basketball is a great way to get your mind off things and it’s also a great way to express yourself. It is a sport that can work your whole body, it is also a great way to bond with family and friends. Me and my team Rosebud-Lott Cougars were undefeated the whole season which gave us a record of 9-0 and it made our coach really proud of us. That year we only had 7 girls on our team because two of our girls were injured and two more of them were suspended and I was in 8th grade that year and it was one of the supreme games I’ve ever had.