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I may only be 13, but I have lived long enough to understand that there are laws that control my life. These laws help me control my behavior. They also affect how I act around other people. If I follow these laws it will help me stay out of trouble. My life goes easier when I follow these laws. One of my laws is to ignore people who bad mouth me or my teammates. Unfortunately, I don’t always follow this law. The day was Memorial Day, and Dylan had broken his collarbone during the semifinals. A…

Pay for Play in NCAA Sports In the last few years there has been a growing controversy over whether or not college athletes should be paid to play college sports. The sports world is divided on the issue, with the NCAA saying that players should not be paid and players saying that they deserve payment for their work. Below is the argument in favor of paying athletes. Pay players Universities and the NCAA make millions of dollars in cash, donations, exposure for universities. Universities…

just using small acts of kindness. Whether it be, a smile in the hallway or even help with homework, you truly never know how much it means to someone. I participate in a number of teams and clubs at my school. My favorites being basketball and Ovation. Basketball has taught me so many lessons in my eight years of playing; From learning how to coach my teammates to be the best they can be, to learning how to be coached. Being apart of a team requires severe patience, trust, and hard-work;…

Did you know Camden, New Jersey was once a wealthy city. Yes, that is right. The city that is now known as one of the most dangerous cities on the planet was once wealthy. Who would have thought, Camden of all places, to be at one point wealthy. You probably want to know a lot of things, like how did Camden become broke and how it became so dangerous. Before we get into the things you really want to know, we have to first know certain moments that occurred in early Camden days. In…

deciding game . It was nice and warm outside with the sun shining very bright. We arrived and started to exit toward the nice locker rooms. Coach drew the gameplan and LeBron put me on his feet. I felt so happy that I was about to burst. We entered the court where the crowd was as loud as a booming thunder. Everyone was wearing red and clapping out of cheers. The game started and LeBron was missing every shot. After the 3rd quarter LeBron had only 5 points and we were losing. Crowd was booing…

stay active or to focus and to not get distracted by the bad things. One of these characteristics that made me who i am today is basketball. Basketball has been a great part of my life because when i play i just focus on that and not in the negative things that has happened in life. So basketball is a distraction in a good way because if im feeling down basketball distracts me and brings me back up because im doing something i really like. Something that motivated me to join the team was…

After reading the book, Love Does, there are various circumstances throughout the reading that result in a life lesson. This book not only bring life lessons to the reader’s attention, but also, the author’s interpretation of growth, freedom, and success. For instance, “The kids got to pick something in the world that captured their imagination, fanned their whimsy, or sparked their curiosity, and then we’d just go do it together (Goff, 128). He also mentioned that he never planned the trip.…

gained a keen sense of patience and the ability to react quickly. Working with kids can be quite a challenge, especially being the young teen I was when I first started working with Little Hoopsters. The kids in the program think that we, high school basketball players, are some type of mythological gods. The kids are eager to learn and that is what motivates me to help them to my fullest potential. It always makes for a laugh when the kids pipe up with some odd comment. They always know how to…

Standing outside the Pittsburgh Penguins locker room after Game 5 of the Stanley Finals against the Nashville Predators I had never been more excited of the career path I chose. The adrenaline and anticipation as we wait for the locker room to open up for interviews only makes me more excited as I know I will be the only woman with a camera pushing and shoving for that perfect shot. Getting to see my favorite team get to the Stanley Cup Finals and being able to film every step along the way is a…

the game. For example, Rafael Nadal and Lleyton Hewitt are pro tennis players who are especially good at using footwork in a game. They use appropriate stances when they return the ball, so they seem to run very fast and can cover wide range of the court. In the article, he introduced four kinds of stances and when should we use. The first one was closed stance. This stance is mainly for backhand shots. It used to be common for forehand; however, it is not proper for forehand anymore because…