Basketball terminology

If Steve Harvey had asked me to tell him my story, I would tell him about my determination and leadership. I came from a small private school and throughout my years of sports, I fell in love with volleyball. If I had walked into tryouts without putting in any of the work I had put in, I wouldn't have made it. I worked five days a week for at least three hours whether it be private lessons at nine at night or open gyms early in the morning. While doing this I managed volunteering at a summer…

Because he had a different body appearance and he thought he couldn't do stuff but he actually work hard and his dreams came true. He finally wanted to be like everybody else. On the video of the kid with autism that plays basketball. He finally got to play for his basketball team and he made shots without missing them to make his team win. The kid worked and practiced hard on what he wanted to do and it came true. Just because there's something wrong with your body doesn't mean you can't do…

Fall ball is a great opportunity for lacrosse coaching staffs to assess their team's strengths and weaknesses and see which underclassmen are ready to take on a bigger role. It is also a great opportunity for teams to build the camaraderie and communication skills that will be necessary for teams to have a successful season and a deep run in the playoffs come Memorial Day. While Fall Ball wins and losses shouldn't be taken too seriously, the scrimmages can be fans' and commentators' first…

Talton Price Eng lll. Ms. Q One can not simply discuss the 1920s without mentioning the boxing phenom, Jack Dempsey. He alone became the prototype for all the future superstar athletes that followed. Even other big-time sport enthusiasts’ could not compare to his popularity. Jack Dempsey was significantly important to the 1920s on the grounds that he made sporting events fashionable and knocking out contenders breathtaking. Sporting events expanded and thrived throughout the 1920s due to the…

“You can do it, Jack!” Sam said loudly. But Jack fell into the sand pit again. He couldn’t do it and honestly didn’t think he would ever be able to do it. Crossing the sand pit on the monkey bars was just too hard for him. Jack had been trying to make it across the sand pit on the monkey bars since first grade. Back then he couldn’t even reach the bars. By second grade he could reach them but couldn’t hold on. In third and fourth grade he mostly just hung on the first bar without going…

To most people, football is just a game. To me, it so much more. I started playing tackle football at the age of five and I honestly cannot remember life without it. Throughout my football career, I have earned many honors such as team captain and most valuable player. I was also recognized as being only one of five students in my school's history to win three consecutive district championships. There have been innumerable victories, touchdowns, tackles, and celebrations. However, none of these…

Big, bland, and plan, the MSGA gym had to have at least 50 people in it. Yet I was still Janine's Target. My friend and I were playing basketball together. We let her in the game just to be nice. “I’ve made a team before but i got kicked off because I was too violent.”, my friends and I looked back and forth at each other “Yeah I ushed people a lot.”, Janine Says. My eyes got as wide as saucers when she said that. The game start and hurricane Janine starts brewing. Her first strike was at tip…

The Reality of Participation Awards Suppose you are seven years old and involved in a sport. You, along with your teammates, worked extremely hard all season and won the championship. At the end of the season, your team, as well as the other teams, are given participation awards for simply being involved with the activity. How would the participation award make you feel? Participation trophies cause a lot of controversy with people. Do participation trophies have a positive impact, or are…

don’t care what scoreboard says at the end of game, in my book we’re gonna be winners.” The job of a coach cannot be an easy one, they have to fully give themselves to the team. Coaches are on the road two or three nights of the week, especially basketball coaches. There is a strong belief throughout the locker room that the Huskies are going to come out with a win, but the extra push from Coach Dale might send them into the “big headed” mindset. This is why Dale announces “there's a…

The amount of control we have in what happens in our lives is often heavily debated. Do we have full power over what happens, or are there some things that just have to occur? This question can be answered using the nonfiction books The Sports Gene by David Epstein, and Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. Both stories revolve around expertise in a certain hobby, and whether or not our choices determine our expertise in that hobby. In Outliers, Gladwell supports that we do have…