Basketball Essay

Introduction For this assignment, I have selected the skill of a basketball lay-up. I perform an task analysis of the skill along with highlight key topics such as motivation, practice format, and identifying errors. To successfully perform a lay-up, one must build up force by using their arms, hips, knees, ankles and applying the appropriate amount of that force in the direction of the hoop at the correct angle resulting in the ball going through the basket. The learner for this skill will be…

university varsity basketball player rosters from 1961 to 1967. Rooney’s player production value was determined on the county and state level of where the…

pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place”-James Naismith. James Naismith loved books. He had a poster in his dorm room saying “I will work harder than any man today.” Then James was introduced to sports. He loved physical activity and was in the gymnasium everyday. When he was a kid he loved competition and winning. Naismith’s love of sports, degree in physical education, and a job at the YMCA led him to discover the need for an indoor sport which is known today as basketball.…

Basketball was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith. Dr. Naismith was born in Canada. He was 31 years old and a graduate student from Presbyterian College in Montreal, Canada, when he decided that he wanted to follow his passion of athletics. He moved to Springfield, Massachusetts to study physical education and work as a physical education instructor at Springfield College. The college was also known as the School of Christian Workers, at that time. (Where 1) In his second year of college,…

The fundamentals of basketball of basketball are the foundation for every individual play. Most positions or how big a player is depends on how they play. Usually it would be the point guard who takes it up the court to set up plays. (basketballtipsandtricles.com,2016) Also there are centers, they are the biggest (tallest) guys on the team. They get the heavy rebounds and offensive and defensive rebounds. (They also cannot shoot). It's rare for a center to be shooting threes. But if they can…

sports at a young age. When she gets older she would like to attend the University of Connecticut a then become a professional basketball player. When it comes to sports, she is talented at playing basketball, soccer, baseball, and when she was first notice by a coach she was being gifted at throwing a football. Mo’ne thought that she would become known by playing basketball but instead she became known for playing baseball. All that talent she portrayed growing up molded her to be able to be…

event of the 1998-1999 basketball season of the Richmond High School, California. The high school is part of the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) that is located a crime-ridden area and socioeconomically disadvantaged community. The school’s academic performance was extremely poor and held such a high dropout rate record. Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) was a successful sporting goods local store owner who accepts a low-paying job to coach the Oilers basketball team at Richmond…

“Now this is a story all about how My life got flipped-turned upside down And I'd like to take a minute Just sit right there I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air”. I am sure that shortly through reading the lyrics you were able to depict the pop culture reference I will be including in my memoir. In 1990, an American sitcom was aired that instantly became a favorite for the black community (in particular) and others. Story lining a proud Californian family taking in…

10 20 October 2016 Best Free Throw Shooter Many athletes struggle to hit 80% of free throw shots. As the fact is shown, I have had this struggle in my life. Since I’m on the basketball team then I am looking forward to increase this percentage. I hope to increase my percentage to help out myself and my team as a basketball player. My project has been about making 85% of my free throws. With this goal I have achieved at least 80-90%. During this there was only one struggle I had to face,…

The task in this lab was to go to the website (invisiblegorilla) and look at a video. This video was an example of inattentional blindness (and selective attention). In the video, we were asked to count how many times the basketball was thrown between a group of people wearing white T-shirts. While that was going on a gorilla walks into the frame, right in the middle of the screen. Many would think that the majority of people would notice the gorilla, and many would probably think that they…