Basketball Essay

Richardson Storm a high school basketball team in the town of Ajax, had a very disappointing game early Friday afternoon. As all schools arrived to compete for the Junior Girls Basketball Hardwood Classic's, there was excitement yet fear for the Richardson girls, after all it was a home game. There were seconds before the referee blew his whistle and the ball was in the air. Huntsville Hoyas in yellow/blue while Richardson in white. Four minutes passed and the score was Richardson 0…

Almost every evening during the fall and winter, there is basketball being practiced or played in the Cherokee County High School gymnasium. I see the sweaty players running up and down the court and hear the squeaking of shoes on the wood floor. When basketball is going on, the gym changes. If a basketball game is being played in the gym, the atmosphere is not the same as it is in any other circumstance. I oftentimes walk in to players with their hands on their hips, breathing really hard. The…

With a mere 39.0 seconds left in the 1998 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Game, the Lady Volunteers, coached by Pat Summitt are in the lead by twenty-two points. As Chamique Holdsclaw, player of the game, comes off of the court, she carries with her twenty-five points, ten rebounds, and six assists. While starters celebrate the victory with their coach, the underclassmen players finish out the game, holding the other team from a victory. The Lady Volunteers won that game against Louisiana…

I had always played in middle school, but when I started high school, I quit basketball to row crew year-round. I loved crew, making new friends at a new school. Unfortunately, in my sophomore year, the team began to crumble as coaches were being replaced. Thus, I decided to join the basketball team for the winter season, taking a break from crew. I was anxious joining the basketball team. I had not played since eighth grade, and even then I was no star player. My fear was furthered when I saw…

version of success may not be the same. I have failed countless times in my life, but I learn from my mistakes and get back on track to be successful. In the fall of the seventh grade I made a goal to make the modified basketball team. It was my second year playing organized basketball, because the year before I played in a league at the Boys and Girls Club. The talent at the modified level was incomparable to the talent at the Boys and Girls Club. During tryouts I faced eighth graders who…

started I began to make friends and to be known around the school. So as most people say now I look like a basketball player, back in my younger days I used to play all sports like basketball, football, and baseball. So I had decided to try out for the basketball team. I start to go to the conditioning and workouts and stuff to make the team and I did. But I remember 1 day after basketball practice, me and a couple of our teammates where heading to our locker room to change clothes. We had seen…

things into words. I look back to where I was a year ago, and it 's amazing how far I 've come. A year ago I had no idea where I was going to college, I began to question what I wanted to do with my life, and I forgot to enjoy life. My high school basketball career had just come to an end, I had the opportunity to watch our girls compete for a State Championship, I was a month and a half from graduating high school, and I was on my way to Washington, D.C. and New York City for the first time…

There’s over twenty thousands high schools in the United States that offer basketball as a sport. There’s an average of six seniors per team. There are three hundred and forty division one teams that offer basketball. Each team is given thirteen scholarships for basketball. Studies have shown, using these statistics that there is only a 1.19 percent chance for a high school senior to get a scholarship to play basketball at a division one college. So some of the players that play at this level…

Bird and Magic Johnson in there many face-offs for basketball glory. “When you think you have done enough, do a little more, because someone out there is working harder than you.” Jackie Macmullan really does a fantastic job telling the story on what it was like when the game was theirs. Magic Johnson and Larry Birds rivalry was unmatched, even to this day there hasn’t been a rivalry between 2 players of this magnitude. The rivalry between basketball legends Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird…

Hoosiers takes place in a small town called Hickey in Indiana. Norman Dale, the main character lands a job as the head coach of Hickey’s basketball team. We soon find out that the town’s expectations and norms are far different than Coach Dale’s, which leads to an interesting narrative. Coach Dale’s principles seem to irk many people in the community, which creates a perfect depiction of what challenges may rise as people resist change. In the beginning stages of this movie we see a clash of…