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    On Saturday, November 12th, I went to a Northern Iowa basketball game with my friend. This was my first athletic event that I attended on campus. I was very excited to see how the atmosphere was like at the McLeod Center. The Panthers were playing Coe College from Cedar Rapids. There was not a lot of students there, so my friend and I were able to get good seats for the game. The game was really fun to watch and both teams were playing hard. UNI started out playing really well, and they eventually

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    History of Basketball According to fact monster basketball is played around the word by more than 250 million. The game of basketball is the only American sport that has travel around the world than any other American sport. Basketball was invented 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts by Canadian instructor James Naismith as less injury prone than football. He was trying to find sport that can be played inside during the cold winter The game of basketball quickly became very popular as 20th century

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    Everyone defines success differently, but it is an achievement everyone strives for. John Wooden was notorious for his achievement as a basketball coach, and his philosophies on success. The movie “Hoosiers” is a great story of an underdog team that won a championship with all the odds against them. Like most people, I have also found success in my life in numerous events. John Wooden, a renowned basketball coach is quoted for his motto, “Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction

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    LIFE AND LEGEND is a sports drama. The plot is driven by solid themes about redemption and second chances. The plot is clear and the stakes feel personal. The tone is consistently dramatic. The story offers likable characters and the protagonist, Daryl, is very easy to root for. However, with that said, the plot is a very familiar plot of a hopeful ball player getting a second chance. While it’s a tried and true formula, it would benefit the script to try and find a way to make the story feel more

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    "A See Ya!" Anyone that plays volleyball will understand what that means. Invented in 1895 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, volleyball could be described as similar to baseball and the famous don't let the balloon touch the floor game. It is a sport that once someone learns all the rules and regulations, something either gets added, taken out, or completely changed. Anything invented one hundred and twenty one year's ago has been modified in some sort of way. Mr. William Morgan, the inventor of the game

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    What you Should Know About Me What should you know about me? This is a very hard question for me to answer, but I am going to give it a try, and we will see what we end up with. School isn't necessarily my strongest suit, but I am a very athletic person. At the beginning of the school year I play golf. This year I am the number one varsity golfer. Just a few days after golf ends, I start basketball. Basketball is by far my weakest sport, but I enjoy it because it keeps me in shape for the

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    The sport that I chose to do is 4-man bobsleigh. The goal of bobsleigh is to get the fastest time out of 4 runs over two days. The courses are 1,200 to 1,500 meters long and the minimum curve radius of 20 meters. The slope is an average of 12 to 15% steep. The winner is decided by adding up the 4 times from the four heats, and then the fastest time overall is the winner. The times are recorded on a stopwatch in hundredths of a second. 2018 bobsled track The first category I’m going to cover is the

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    The first part last what is coming of age. in this novel by angelia johnson this novel is about a young teen named bobby who has has to be a dad now. he has to be a dad now he has has to grow up he is coming of age with that he has many problems to face." I lay my basket ball down and it rolled out the door into the hall toward mary's room. and i'd almost all the way to the corner. First the balloon symbolizes nias childhood in this novel. when nia hands the balloon to bobby she was

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    The game of basketball has an interesting origin. Dr.Naismith , an instructor in a college in America was thinking of a game that could be played indoors during winter months. He hit upon the novel idea of playing a game with the ball and two baskets nailed to the opposite walls of a gymnasium. In order to score a goal, a team had to throw the ball into the basket of the rival team. Initially, whenever a goal was scored, the ball had to be retieved by climbing on the baskets. In the beginning, the

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    Shoot The Ball

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    Have you ever seen someone shoot the ball from half court before. I am going to be talking about playing a game of basketball and shooting from the three, half court , and dunking the ball. Also i am going to be telling you how to play the game of basketball. I have been playing basketball since i was 9 years old. I know how to shoot the ball from the three point line and make it every time. It just depends on how tall you are and how high the hoop is that you are playing on. My dad taught

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