Basketball position

Free throws wins games is most likely a phrase that most athletes hear from their basketball coaches. Even though they are only worth a point, they tend to occur at the most crucial parts of the game. For example, one second remains on the clock and your team is tied with the opposing one. The ball is in your hands, you control the outcome of the game. If you miss it, the other team has a chance to score and win. If you make it, your team wins. Thus, free throws win games. If only it was as…

Pat Riley, an American professional basketball executive, once stated that “If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” What he meant when saying this, was that people will surpass any challenge they are faced with and preserve to face any other obstacle. Similar to another athlete, Ralph Marston views the obstacles one faces is valid when the people involved…

3021 project, I was interested in determining how NBA draft position impacted a player’s performance. More specifically, I aimed to determine “Do players drafted 1st overall tend to have a higher average win share per 48 minutes (WS/48 — see https://www.basketball-reference.com/about/ws.html for information on the calculation of this stat) than players drafted 2nd overall in their rookie seasons?” I hold a longstanding passion for basketball, and I especially am interested in front office…

had never heard off. I had to re-tryout for my new school's volleyball and basketball team.…

game would dramatically change the course of my four years of high school. Less than one year later, I decided that I wanted to experience that rush of adrenaline that volleyball seemed to promise. When I told my family I was not going to play basketball, and instead play volleyball, my sister asked, “Isn’t volleyball a girls sport? Are you going to have to wear those short shorts?” I sat down to think…

Of the five competitive forces the strongest is “firms in other industries offering substitute products is the strongest”, because Under Armour through their innovation developed a shirt that would regulate body temperature and now both Nike and Adidas have their own shirts that do the same thing. Under Armour compared to the competitors is relatively new. Established in 1995 the founder sold his invention to colleges and NFL football teams. Their competitors have already done this so this…

forcibly move their defenders bodies to put them in an incriminating position. The third tactic employed by the phony is playing dirty. In water polo anything done beneath someone's neck is fair game, because the referees cannot see underwater and the phonies can and will do anything to beat you, including punching, kicking or even scratching. Phonies in every type of sport, ranging from the soccer player that got “kicked” to the basketball player who “did not mean to punch that man.” But…

I tumbled out of bed with a sense of excitement mixed with traces of anxiety. Today was the day where my team would travel to Austin, to compete for a spot in the state basketball championship. Since October, my teammates and I had worked especially hard during the season to get to where we were, and we weren’t about to stop. That morning I woke feeling the day would be invigorating yet stressful, but I would never have expected what was to really happen that fateful day. I grabbed my…

Jump Ball It was late in the afternoon. My brothers were cheering me on before tip off. The centers got into jumping position. The referee through the ball into the air and our center tipped the ball to me. I dribbled the ball up the court and I dished it off to Jaylen, my best friend. He shot the ball at the three and splashed it. After several drives the half was over and it was halftime. Our coach pulled us to the bench to talk about the half. We were up 32-29. I had four points, 6…

initiative to identify and fight biases, whether they be based in gender, sexual and romantic orientation or race. The documentary follows the lives of a number of transgender people such as Kye, a Brooklyn man who was the first transgender Division I basketball player ever. College freshman Ari, an 18-year-old man taking his first steps into campus life. Zoey, a 12-year-old trying to figure out life at her new school in California after school administrators refused to acknowledge her as a…