nba.com/lakers nba.com/lakers The LA Lakers are beloved by many devoted fans, but even those fans might not be aware of some of these facts! To find out everything that there is to know about this legendary team, all you have to do is read along with our nine things that you didn’t know! Number Nine: The Original Lakers The Lakers basketball team emerged in 1946, although they went by a different name back then.…
Back against the wall I was ready to block a push. It was PE we were playing kickball and I was fifth in line to kick, and I was probably going to kick if it wasn't for this guy and his four friends. We just came back from the outfield and the kicking started good…
Youths shouldn’t be banned from playing sports such as dodgeball, cheerleading, and football. To begin Dodgeball teaches physical and mental skills. Rick Hanetho founder of national ameture dodgeball assoc. said “ It teaches hand eye coordination concentration and the ability to think and draw quick conclusions”(171). This proves that it is helping them with coordination and quick thinking which will help later in life. Cheerleaders have coaches who are trained and certified.…
La’Mar Ridgeway Kobe Bryant Kobe Bryant was born on August 23,1978. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kobe’s parents are Joe Bryant and Pam Bryant and his siblings are Sharia Bryant and Shaya Bryant. Kobe’s dad moved him and his family to Italy in 1984 after Kobe’s dad ended his NBA career.…
I am Jonah Patterson and I like basketball, going outside, playing sports, trying new things and hanging with friends and just having a good time but in this paper i'm gonna talk about things I like and dislike and explain just about about me. So my first sport was soccer because my brothers were really good one got asked to play in germany for week and others just did good in state but I played soccer in amana till I was 12 years old but I started when I was three. Than I started playing baseball in 2nd grade.…
Kobe Bryant has done more for the game of basketball in his 20 year NBA career than any of his predecessors. Kobe changed the game and became an icon across the country as everyone was in awe of his work ethic, knowledge, and pure talent. He gave the youth of America a model of what it means to be a great person. Even after 5 NBA Championships, 18x All-Star, 2x All-Star MVP, 2x Finals MVP, NBA MVP, and even an Oscar, he never let himself slip away from who he truly is. A husband, a father, a teammate, and most important, a basketball player making sure he never loses the love he has for the game.…
I am going to be taking about baseball. I will talk about why I like it better than any other sport. I think baseball requires more mental abilities than physical because you have to be able to read pitches and you have to be able to read the batter and you have to read the ball when it comes off the bat. Baseball does require physical health to because you have to be able to hit hard, throw accurate and fast, and you have to be able to run and catch a ball if it comes to you. I like baseball better than any other sport because I think it challenges you more.…
Heartbreak and hours of crying–that was the aftermath of finding out I didn’t make the travel basketball team in the fifth grade. I started playing recreational basketball for Montville in the third grade; since then, I had dominated the competition as I hit my growth spurt earlier than most of my friends. Not only was I taller than most of the kids I played with, but I was also faster and stronger. Coming into the tryout, I was confident in my abilities and believed that I would make the team. Upon finding out the results of the tryouts, I was devastated and felt cheated because I thought I was better than some of the kids that made the team.…
The day I made it to varsity soccer Tryouts started at 6:30pm and ended around 8. My friend Miguel gave me a ride that last tryout. I remember being nervous because It was my last year I would be playing in high school and the only team I was able to play for was varsity. There was about 115 kids trying out, and 3 coaches looking for kids to play for them.…
As I approached my last year of Jr. High, I questioned whether high school sports were something I wanted to participate in. In Jr. High, I excelled in sports playing basketball in the fall, volleyball in the winter, and track and field during the spring. I knew that playing sports in high school would take up a lot of time, and push me to my limits. After thinking for awhile, I decided that I was up for the challenge. The decision to play sports was definitely the right choice to make.…
What are the Benefits of Youth Sports Jackson Garnes Period 7 Dr. Kooiker Composition December 1, 2017 Thesis Statement: What are the benfits of youth sports? Background Benefits of youth sports Problems without youth sports Fixing existing problems III. Benefits of youth sports Physical Benefits Phycological Benefits Social Benefits Edjucational Benefits IV. Problems without youth sports Today children obestety is a growing problem Children not involved are more likley to have drug and alchohal problems Children dont learn life skills V. Fixing Existing problems…
A basketball team in Texas was down by two points with seconds left. After two steals and a half-court buzzer beater, they win the game. However there is more to high school sports than the intense playoff games. High school sports do more for students’ than give them a varsity letter. High school sports are beneficial to a students’ education in that they teach time management, develop social skills, and improve a students’ grades.…
For many years, playing sports in college was merely part of the curriculum, done for the love of the game. But things have changed dramatically and this paper argues that today, college and university athletes should be paid. Discussion There was a time when playing college football or other sports was something young people did because it was fun and because it took some skill to make the teams.…
In three months, we will receive our eighteen installment of NBA video game series, NBA 2k17. A lot of expectation is riding on the game since its previous installments critical acclaimed well in the recent years and NBA Live is not releasing until 2017. As there some reviews from IGN, GameInformer and Gamespot that praised the game as the "sports video game of the year", there are some reviewers (including gamers) that criticized the game for broken to the point that last year's edition looks better. Why is that? Here I will give my five reason why NBA 2k16 was horrible.…
Michael Jordan is the greatest NBA superstar. He was very competitive with his teammates and opponents during games and practice. Jordan is referred to MJ, Air Jordan, Black Cat. Jordan was extraordinary during his early life, teenage life, adulthood. Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York.…