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    played in his previous ten years in the league. Fortunately for this Warriors team Iguodala is embracing the sixth man role while supplying his team with terrific defense and experience. Iguodala has always been regarded as one of the top perimeter defenders in the NBA. While in Philadelphia, he was usually tasked with guarding the opposing team's best player, so guarding LeBron James this series is nothing new to him. Iguodala's defense in Game 1 was better than what…

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    The Alamo, which was originally named Mision San Antonio de Valero, served as a home to religious missionaries and their Indian converts for many years. Construction of the Alamo had begun on 1724. In 1793, Mexican officials separated San Antonio's five missions and distributed the rest to the Indian residents. These people continued farming the fields that were once the mission's and participated in the growing community of San Antonio In the early 1800s, the Spanish military stationed a…

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    represented by a private attorney. I agree with the research provided by the International Journal of Humanities and Social Science that minorities represented by public defenders do not receive the same quality of defense as that provided by a private attorney. My experience with the legal system and it’s representation by a public defender also supports my choice. References American Psychological Association. (2017). Retrieved February 24, 2017, from www.apa.org:…

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    Therefore defenders like Smith and Richardson conducted a study which indicated that the not only the use of deception had no harm for participants, but participants in deception experiments enjoyed the study more than the ones in non-deception studies. In regards with Milgram’s experiments, many defenders mentioned that based on subjects’ self-report, only 4 percent of subjects felt discomfort in the study…

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    leadership on and off the field. I became captain of the team this past year and I play as the last defender back. This means that I am responsible for overseeing the entire team's positioning by being aware of each player as well as vocally directing each player. Therefore, I must always be able to see the entire field in order to properly lead my team. My job as a captain and a central defender poses constant challenges that need to be handled carefully and quickly. For example, each game is…

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    One defender, two defenders, three defenders! “Crack, Crunch, Thump!” they all hit me, but my legs kept churning. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, the yards kept building up, four, three, two, one. “Crack!” We stopped for a water break our practice was getting intense. The water was refreshing, cold as a mountain stream. Tyler walked over. I was sweating like crazy. “Good Tackle.” I told him. “Thanks.” he replied. We walked back over to the coach who happened to be my dad. “We’re…

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    your speed for e.g; When you’re attacking and you are dribbling past a defender, you can use bursts of speed to blow past him. This means I get closer to the goal and have a better chance of scoring for me and my team. Also, when the opposition team is on the counter attack, speed is key in order to sprint back into your position and defend. This means my team would have less of a chance of conceding, as there are more defenders back to protect the goal. As I am a left sided…

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    advantage of the player making hard catches that a normal wide receiver doesn’t make. No matter if the ball is thrown low, high, out of reach, or behind the player having strong hands will give the receiver to make the catch. By having strong hands, if a defender has to cover the player (wide receiver) and the ball is thrown up to the player having strong hands will give the wide receiver more of an advantage to catch the ball. This is the reason why becoming a great wide receiver has to have…

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    around, leaned over and touched both hands against the carriage, not wanting anyone to see the indecision on his face. There was no doubt in my mind he would ask me what to do, so I mentally sketched out our options, what we had to do to assist the defenders now the battle was really developing. My assumptions about the Raiders intentions still seemed valid; this was more than a simple raid. I didn’t let the gathering silence grow long. “I recommend we maintain a defensive posture, hidden in the…

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    running away and avoiding the fight all together. However, some will not know what to do in that type of situation in light of that they have never been taught. The defender would have to rely on his unaccustomed instincts and what he has seen throughout his life, which would be mainly be action movies that have fight scenes in them. The defender would ultimately be helpless as the attacker has more confidence and believes that he could win. One way to prevent these types of scenarios is to have…

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