Basketball terminology

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…

I was feeling very nervous and worried when I was sitting on the long brown rectangular table. Four competitions were sitting by me waiting to know if they were going to be the next LeBron 19. Whoever was chosen had the honor of LeBron to wear them in the NBA Finals.The Nike designers opened the door and I felt a wave of cold air come room. I was sweating and my heart was thumping as fast as the speed of light. Mike came in and sat on the blue chair. Mike said that they have made the final…

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…

some people wanted to do is pull him down and Not let him have a future, let him figure things out the hard way. As Jamal's brother said “They only let you so far” To prove him right, we can talk about the scared Crawford, who thought a black Basketball kid from the Bronx could not be doing this writing. He is so quick to jump…

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.…

I had been trying my hardest to win the end of the years basketball game. Before the game we were warming up, getting ready for the game. By watching the JV team play the other team I realized what I should and shouldn't do. So when the JV team was at halftime I went out to the bathroom, and on my way back I was thinking of the mistakes they had done. I was correcting their mistakes so I wouldn’t doing the mistakes they had done. While the JV game was still going. I have been correcting every…

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…