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Issues That Tennis Players Deal With According to Nick Bollettieri (as cited in Mental Training For Peak Perfomance, 2005) ‘’it isn’t the skill these athletes possess that makes them standouts. It’s their passion – their mental focus on the game. Being a greatest athlete in the world doesn’t matter if you don’t have the love, the positive attitude, and the passion to play and care for the game.’’ (pg. 188) In addition, Nick Bollettieri is a legend in tennis world and one of the best coaches in…

My greatest passion is collecting and selling shoes. As a younger boy my brother came home from school one day talking very highly of a pair of Air Jordan basketball shoes. I decided to do some research of my own because which little brother doesn’t want to be just like their big bro? In the course of looking up and researching these shoes, I fell in love. My brother ignited a fire in my heart that could not be contained, thus I’d say that I have a burning passion for collecting and selling…

Chicago is home to two major things: big pizza and big traffic. When Capone was active in it though, it was known for a third thing, big amounts of gang crime! Capone is one of the recognized figures of gangland history. Throughout the early 1900s, he managed to run an entire crime syndicate and never got caught doing it. This was because Capone knew how to operate without getting his hands dirty, which can be found in how he operated himself, how he operated using the legal system, how he…

Nowadays, when somebody talks about their favorite NBA Basketball player , Kobe Bryant and Lebron James are always the top two that come up in such conversations. These conversations are brought up because of their remarkable performances since the start of their basketball careers from a young kid to the professionals. Kobe Bryant plays as a 6 feet 6 inch shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers and Lebron James plays as a 6 feet 8 inch small forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers and is…

Chicago school of criminology is an institution that stems from the end of the first world war. It began as a section of the post-progressive era social science movement. The school marked the stable institution of sociology in the United States of America. It developed as a result of urbanization and expansion of Chicago and the increase in crime rates. The theorists in the institution focused on the changes occurring in the neighborhood. The main school of thought is on urban sociology, social…

I’m meeting Kyrie Irving! He’s meeting me at Oracle Arena at the end of the NBA finals, game seven. Plus, he said i get to sit with the team. He is the best basketball player in the NBA right now. It is the fourth quarter, and it's tied with one minute left to go. They inbound it and give the ball to kyrie. Kyrie splashed a three in stephen Curry’s face. I went crazy. Then curry took it up and missed a three point shot. Then lebron took it up and just held it until the buzzer. They are NBA…

Eastern Conference Central Division fourth ranking team Detroit Pistons defeated the conference leader Cleveland Cavaliers with a 96-88 victory at the Quicken Loans Arena Monday night. Pistons guards Reggie Jackson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led the Auburn Hills-based three-time NBA champion club to withstood the late comeback run of the Cavs to end a five-game losing skid. Jackson dropped 23 points, with 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals while Caldwell-Pope added 19 points. 4 rebounds and 2…

Without a doubt, the best time for young athletes to learn the fundamentals of playing any sport is when they are young. If a young player can develop good fundamentals and playing habits before the bad ones become second nature, they have a realistic chance of becoming the best player they can possibly be. In basketball, the most overlooked aspect of the game is defense. Kids love to watch their basketball heroes put the ball in the basket, essentially ignoring any efforts to keep them from…

Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest players of all time and this is how he started his career. Kobe was born in Philadelphia, PA where he started as a kid loving basketball this passion drove Kobe he went to Europe for his dad playing from the start, their he started being around so much basketball when he was in high school he was so good he didn't go play in college because this is where the Kobe name started.He got drafted with the 13th pick to the LA Lakers their he had one of the best…

Should the Lambeau Leap be banned? The Lambeau Leap began on December 26, 1993 (Chris Chase). LeRoy Butler (former Green Bay Packer) forces a fumble, picks up the ball and runs a touchdown for twenty-five yards (Chris Chase). With excitement, LeRoy Butler leaps into the arms of happy Green Bay Packer fans at Lambeau Stadium. From this moment, the tradition of The Lambeau Leap starts (Chris Chase). This tradition allows Packer fans to interact with the player who fight each and every Sunday…