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    Many people enjoy basketball. There is a certain satisfaction that cause people to enjoy that swish swish sound of the net. But when people are not careful, they can really injure yourself. Three common injuries are eye injuries, concussions, and mouth injuries. Eye injuries are very common. They usually occur when someone is hit in the eye with fingers, elbows, and possibly the ball itself. (Moms Team, N/A) But luckily, many injuries are minor and almost none required surgery. Also, less than…

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    would find is my basketball. This artifact could be found in my house since it is meant for indoor use. It may still be intact concidering the fact that it is a very good-quality ball. It is very important to me because I had to spend $40 dollars of my own money on it. It is also important because it is an NBA game ball replica, meaning that that is the same type of ball that they use in the NBA. Plus, when I’m bored I can ride my bike up the the Bobenhammer Center and play basketball until I…

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    How to: play Basketball, First let start on a basic dribbling and handling the ball this is important in basketball because if you are playing real game basketball you can move and bounce the basketball to the other side of the court and the handling part is to make a crossover and get away from the defender and make an easy basket or pass it to your teammate. First dribble the ball using one hand around the court then switch to the other hand, then when you done that we are going to practice…

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    New York Knicks Case

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    As the dilemma filled season continues to wind down more complaints within and outside the New York Knicks franchise continue to make headlines. It's amazing to realize the New York Knicks have reached the dubious 50 losses mark for the third consecutive year under team president Phil Jackson. The latest defeat came in the team's final regular season road game against the Memphis Grizzles 101-88. The final points of the game quickly made more headlines with complaints rather than the Knicks…

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    meniscal injuries in basketball players are caused as a result of compressive forces together with knee flexion rotation (Zedde, Mela, Prete, Masia & Manunta, 2014). Hence, the prevention of injuries in athletes has become more and more essential in recent years. Many fitness professionals advice time efficient static stretching before the competition. A pre competition static stretching is believed to reduce the risk of injury during the game. The fast paced game of basketball comprises of high…

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    Reasons Of Dreaming Big

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    having extraordinary ideas. When people dream big, it makes them happy with all these amazing ideas they have in their minds. For example, a NBA player named Spud Webb had his own spectacular dream. Therefore, he always desired to dunk on his basketball games, but there were others who criticize him in his dreams. Spud never listened to those people who always told him he could never achieve his dreams. In addition, he marvelously started working hard by himself, and practice solitary to…

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    NHL Draft Primer

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    is a deep draft, where numerous talents will be counted on as possible franchise players, and could possibly include every name on this list. Every year, NHL Central Scouting ranks the top players from around the globe, and the top ten from North America spotlight in what will be the final NHL Draft Primer for the summer. 10. Timo Meier, Right Wing, Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) 6’1”, 209 pounds, St. Gallen, SUI There’s not much that Timo Meier can’t do, and as one of the most versatile players…

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    The Quietest $94 Million Ever Made Kawhi Leonard, pronounced like the Hawaiian island, plays for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs. Per the March 2016 Sports Illustrated, "he was named Finals MVP in 2014, captured Defensive Player of the Year in '15 and this season seized the unofficial title of best two-way player in the NBA." In the age of Stephen Curry, many people forget about players like Leonard, even if they do command $94 million contracts. If you don't follow the Spurs, you may not be…

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    then, she has tried to be a role model for her younger brothers. By age six she was taught the game of basketball by her father and has loved it ever since. She started out playing on wreck teams, which turned into travel teams, then AAU teams, now playing high school. Since Reganne loved basketball she tried to teach it to her brothers. She loves to be active, playing football in the yard, basketball, or baseball with her brothers any chance she gets. While in elementary, and grade school at…

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    Cleveland Cavaliers Essay

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    starts to games Cleveland would like to clean up. “I didn’t think that we got the same performance out of our bench that we normally do tonight,” Blatt said. “We didn’t finish any quarter well this evening. I thought that we were careless with the basketball at the end of every…

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