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distances between the player and the hoop where the most efficient shots where taken. The content includes the distances of all the shots taken by the team, and different data per team member such as type of shots, shots missed, shot made, and a basketball court zone where the player has performed better than anyone in the league, worst, or the same. The structure of he data is easy to read as they use colors, patterns and size to distinguish different information. The main element is the visualization

NBA Dr. James Naismith said “The invention of basketball was not accident. It was develop to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play ‘drop the Handkerchief.” Dr. James A. Naismith an coach at the University of Kansas an inventor, he designed the first football helmet created basketball in 1891, Dr. James Naismith created basketball from an old childhood game called "Dock and rock", same goals applied a person had to score in a hoop but instead with a ball you use a rock and you throw in a

Basketball has been around for about one hundred and twenty five years and over twenty six million Americans play basketball. It began on December 1, 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith. They started to play the game at an International Training School of the Young Men’s Christian Association known as the YMCA. He invented the game trying to keep young athletes in shape during the cold. It consisted of 9 players on each team. Also they used

I am reading Swagger by Carl Deuker and I finished the book. This book is about Jonas Dolan, a 17-year old basketball player that has moved to Seattle to start a new life. Not only does he have a spot on his new team, but he also needs to grind in the offseason to impress a coach that wants to give him a scholarship. When a new coach takes over coaching his high school team, Jonas starts playing well with the guys on his team. The new coach’s style of play is a lot like Jonas’, and the team started

HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS IN THE NBA INTRODUCTION International players are athletes who aren’t born in the United States, but come to the country to play in the National Basketball Association. There’s a large number of international players in today’s NBA. International players have been playing professional basketball in America since 1946 (NBA.com, 2014). Many international players have had success in the NBA. The National Basketball Association is the best professional basketball organization

Basketball was started by James Naismith in December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He invented Basketball because he teached his class. He divided 18 students to two teams and taught his students the basics of his game. He got the idea from Aztec Indians. The rules are to dribble the ball, shoot the ball, pass the ball, and play as a team. To dribble the ball, you cannot travel. If you walk with the ball during the game, the reff’s will call it and you will get a turn over. To shoot the ball

Massachusetts (Pruter, Robert, editor. “Basketball.” Basketball, The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago, 1 Jan. 2005). This is how the game of basketball was invented in 1891. The goal in this new game was to put the soccer ball in the opposing teams peach basket ten feet in the air. Every time a team scored they had to stop the game and climb a latter and retrieve the ball from the peach basket. Basketball has changed so much since 1891. The game of basketball started with thirteen rules and nine

Since I was a child, I loved watching basketball games. I remember when I was around six years old, there was a game on the t.v taking place at OAKA in Greece, and my favorite team AEK was playing against PANATHINAIKOS. The game was going to start at ten o'clock and my dad didn't want me to stay awake to watch it. I started crying as always- when I wanted something I was doing that -and my dad couldn't see me crying so he agreed and said that we were going to watch the game together. I was so

Alyana belltran It was known as wheelchair netball. At around the same times, starting from 1946, wheelchair basketball games were played primarily between American World War II disabled veterans. World War II veterans gave birth to wheelchair basketball in 1946. They played in Veterans Administration hospitals in Birmingham and Framingham , as well as at the Corona Naval Station where World War II veterans were being treated for various degrees of paralysis. The Birmingham Report published

As we wind down this C-USA basketball season this article is taking a look at who has the hottest coaching seats in C-USA. This article and discussions similar to it are vital to the future of basketball in this conference. Don’t think so? Then you’ve not been paying attention to a historically bad season for C-USA basketball. Right now UAB at the top of the conference is projected only as a 14 or 15 seed in the NCAA Tournament, and NO TEAMS are currently projected to make the NIT. Before you try