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Also with the town being so small and everyone well acquainted with each other may be the main reason the crime rate was so low and that most of all was very comforting. Other than safety in the town and the hype of basketball season I really wish the town wasn’t so small, mainly when it comes to just wanting some privacy. It seems no matter who you are friends with or dating everyone either knows them, dated them, or “heard something” about them, this gets to be so annoying

Basketball has gotten many young African Americans off the streets and out of gangs and drugs. Before Allen Iverson hit double digits he was on the streets past 12 am or trying to fit in with the older guys. Then basketball would take up most of his time so he could not have time to be on the streets. In my first paragraph I will explain what is basketball. In my second paragraph I will explain the rules of basketball. In my final paragraph I am going to explain how to become a professional or

The world wide sport basketball was founded in December 1891. When a Canadian physical education instructor called James Naismith needed to find a way to keep young athletes warm during the cold winter months. Dr. James Naismith worked at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. James Naismith invented basketball on December 1891 at a training school in Springfield, Massachusetts. From 1891- 1906 the game consisted of two peach baskets and a soccer ball. There would be 19 people on the court (8

Hi my name nevaeh ,My topic is to learn how to shoot from the three point line in basketball. It will get me a career in being a professional basketball player. I am kinda already good in basketball is just i don't know how to shoot from the three point line. I also found resources to help me with this project. With my challenge i could get either get two jobs.One job i can is being a pro a lady's basketball. The second one is that i can be a coach and help out the little kids.With these jobs

The National Basketball Association (NBA) started up on June 6, 1946, and ever since then several rivalries in the game had began. A rivalry in the NBA consists of two teams that face off against each other that have a chip on their shoulders, and have the desire to do whatever it takes to bet the other team to show superiority. Some of the NBA's most famous rivalries include the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers

The Golden Basketball Necklace Running into the gym with my team, knowing it was my last middle school basketball game, but the first championship game I felt elated and truly blessed. My knees quivered with anticipation after seeing all the bleachers filled with people. After realizing even the press and other media was in attendance I grasped the moment like a newly elected president at his inauguration. I am warming up doing basketball drills, when I began to look at the flags on the gym wall

Entering its 125th year, basketball is a sport that has taken the world by storm. A fast-paced and physical game, fans and players devote countless time, energy, and money to the beloved sport. From pee-wee to the NBA, basketball has become one of the world’s most popular sports. Ironically enough, the game of shot clocks and three point lines started with one man, a soccer ball, and two peach baskets. In 1891, in the town of Springfield, Massachusetts, a Canadian physical education instructor at

a dream. One day I will be the most known college basketball coach to ever coach the game. Coaching takes patience, time, effort, basketball I.Q. and most of all commitment. Coaching basketball has always been something I’ve considered because I’m just so darn good at playing basketball! According to www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771582.html, “ James Naismith, a teacher at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, is credited with inventing basketball in 1891. The first “hoops” were actually just peach

My first time playing basketball. The first time I played basketball was in 2006 when I embark dribbling the ball. How I learnt how to play was every time my older brothers were outside playing I would go out and watch them play basketball. The temperature outside when I embark playing was about in between 20- 30 degrees. The reason it was so hot was because it was summer time. My brother Michael and Matthew would help me learn how to dribble even better. The next thing they would teach me how

L.A. Lakers I have been a sports fan my whole entire life but my favorite sport was basketball when I was young. I was influenced by my brother and my dad with the sport and I found out that my local team was also my favorite team. The L.A. Lakers. The L.A. Lakers have been my favorite basketball team ever since I knew about basketball. Kobe Bryant the man that was drafted when he was 18 years old from high school played on the L.A. Lakers too. When I watched him when I was about 6, he was in his