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    Is Tamir and my favorite sport is basketball. A lot of people have their own opinion, but to me basketball is the best sport ever, and I am going to tell you exactly why. Basketball is a very professional sport played in stadiums, but it can also be played in the street. Basketball is worldwide. People from all over the world play the game. Basketball is also a stress reliever. For example, whenever I am having a bad day I would go to the basketball court and shoot hoops with the other kids and take

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    say basketball is just a sport. Many people see basketball as something on T.V. Many people don’t know what basketball is till they experience it first-hand. Basketball can show so much about a person. For me basketball is a way to show who I am and let me prove myself. That’s why I love basketball! It changes my life it makes me think about life. When I first saw people playing basketball I really did not care. I hated basketball, I liked games like four square. I did not have a basketball or a

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    There are a lot of ways that basketball and volleyball are different than each other. Basketballs and volleyballs used to play the sport can also have some similarities. You might not think they are similar but they really are. As you read you will find out how they can be different and in other ways also be the same. Basketball is a game you play with a basketball or other teammates. When you are playing basketball in a game against other people, you run down the court and back, trying to steal

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    Basketball is a sport that was created for a gym class and evolved into a worldwide sensation . Basketball was created in 1891 by a man named James Naismith. He originally created the game for his gym class because, it was unbearable outside for any other sports , and the game originally was nonphysical and only had 13 rules. When basketball was first created , there were unlimited players allowed on the court and present day there are only five players per team allowed on the court. Also,

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    valuable moments in our life. I remember as a young child learning the ropes of how to play my favorite sport basketball. My father and I would drill around, and i’d learn to shoot by B.E.E.F (Balance, eyes, elbows in, and follow through), but one tasked seemed to be unimportant to me and that was free throws. I couldn’t understand why we had to practice free throws so often and so much. I didn’t learn until later in life how important it was to have the skill of shooting free throws. While I was young

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    James Naismith is the inventor of basketball in the year of 1891 at the age of 30. When doing this he used a peach basket as the rim and after doing this founded the university of Kansas basketball program. He was born in Canada, where he studied physical education at McGill University at Montreal before moving to the United States. After he founded the Kansas City Jayhawks basketball team, he seven years later decided to be the coach of the team. While coaching he had the honor of coaching phog

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    be the end? He shoots from halfcourt… he makes it! Unbelievable!” The crowd goes wild, bursting out from the seats, some with faces of amazement, others wildly yelling with happiness. If you’ve ever watched an NBA game like this, you know how thrilling it is. The energy of the winning team’s victory fills the entire house. The smiles on the victorious team’s faces make you smile, too, even if you were supporting the team that lost. The last few nail-biting seconds of a basketball game is one of the

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    Physics of Basketball

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    functions like when we walk, how our vehicles function properly, and even how we play sports. We go on each day with no recognition of physics until it is pointed out to us. The concept of physics is the study of fundamental structures and interactions in the physical universe. We learn physics to get a better understanding of the universe and the objects in it (Ostdiek). Now, that I have given you a brief description of what physics is and why we learn it, I am going to tell you how physics applies to shooting

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    In 2014–2015 season in the NBA (National Basketball Association), Golden State Worriers won the NBA championship. Last time they won the championship was back in the 1975, so some people are still suspicious of their talents and skills. However, especially for the 2014–2015 season, their championship had already been decided before the playoff starts because of one tactic that most NBA champions have. These teams are the NBA champions from the past five years: San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat (a consecutive

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    started to watch basketball and was fascinated by the sport. I loved the way the people would do a move and leave their opponent on the ground. I was very impressed how people could shoot from very far away and make the shot. I have started playing basketball a lot more and I am loving the sport. Now I am trying to become a pro basketball player and go all the way. I believe I can go all the way because, I have been enjoying basketball since I was little, I now play in high school basketball, and I also

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