Basketball Essay

Major 3 Basketball has been played by many people in the world. You’ll at least play basketball once in your lifetime. Basketball legends started off the same as everyone and that’s playing basketball for the first time. It must of came natural to them so they made it a passion and living out of basketball. Basketball is kinda a difficult sport to play if you don’t know what you 're doing. Basketball includes passing, shooting, stealing, blocking, and rebounding the ball. It all isn 't easy and…

Basketball has always been an important part of my life. I started playing in second grade and never stopped till my sophomore year of high school. Since I was on a club team, The Lady Future Rams, since fifth grade, I couldn’t wait to start playing ball in high school. Finally freshman year had started. I could barely contain my excitement for basketball to begin. Basketball season had arrived, and if we only knew the torture that was coming toward us. Practice was all about conditioning, we…

Basketball shooting has become a lost art in all levels of basketball. Just turn on a college or professional game to see the number of free throws or open shots that are missed badly. Surely if the best players in the world are missing shots then the lower levels are getting worse. How can this be you might ask? With all the technological advances, scouting, video analysis, and all the basketball shooting drills shouldn’t players be improving instead of regressing? Why Less is More In…

Tuesday night, the Pratt girls basketball team put up a tough fight against the Kingman Eagles, ending in a 43-54 loss. Very similar to the first time they played Kingman this season, losing 34-46. The girls played at home and started off behind in the first quarter, 10-4. They stayed with Kingman through the second quarter with both teams scoring 11 points to end the half 15-21. The Pratt girls fought to get the lead, scoring 15 points in the third quarter, but Kingman was not letting up.…

In general, the purpose of analytics in basketball is for a positive result. The highest positive result is the NBA title championship. This is the only measurement of a good business in the NBA. Using analytics in basketball can help lead a team to that championship game. Using a value chain, adding activities to pass through a chain and gaining value at each stage along with analytics can further the likelihood of not only going to the championship game, but winning it. Just using analytics on…

Sportsman I have always had an interest in Basketball so from the stimulus sports I decided to choose Basketball for my internal assessment. I have always watched my father playing and coaching Basketball which has enabled me to see that there is a connection between sports and maths. But what is the connection exactly, which can help us in improving our plays in Basketball? I chose to take a gander at basketball from a mathematical point of view where the basketball frames a bend when thrown.…

A nail bitter, teeth clincher, bone shaker. This game was everything you want when you take the family out for an evening of high school basketball. The Falcons and The Stallions battled tick for tac down to the very last second, but there could only be one winner. The first quarter was a bit sloppy, a lot of missed baskets, a lot of fouls, and plenty of turnovers, no one had gone on a stretch, after the first quarter the score was Green Run 10 Cox 9. The 2nd Qtr we had a little more action.…

Try to visualize a kid taking the last shot of a basketball game that means everything to him, which will really show what he is really about, will he complete the game with a bang or disappoint the roaring fans with despair. You'd better believe that I was that kid 2 years ago as an 8th grade basketball superstar. Nevertheless, my team and I came a long way to obtain the opportunity we had at hands reach, however will we conquer our quest to victory? We had a rough start like any great team and…

Throughout the history of the NBA, there have been many schemes and strategies used to create the most potent offense possible, an offense that is limited only by the ability of the players and has the potential to have role players make a big impact on the team and catapult star players into superstar talents. One of the attempts to create one of these lethal offenses is Tex Winter’s Triangle Offense. Adapted from Coach Sam Barry, to which Winter credits the invention, Tex’s redressing and…

When it comes to college basketball I am a Carolina loving type of guy, my room is decorated all over with UNC merchandise. I’ve been to one basketball game at UNC and it was a blast. On the day of the game, I was very anxious to leave and get to the school because Carolina is my dream college and i will hopefully receive a scholarship to attend there when I graduate. I remember this day as though it was yesterday, I wore Carolina attire from head to toe, even my baby brother was dressed out for…