around the world, now millions of people play it. It started by passing and shooting a soccer ball. Now we dribble, shoot, and pass a basketball, and we shoot into a basket with an open end. It went from nine player to five players, and passing to dribbling the…
Sports Do you think basketball is fun? Basketball makes people get active. More kids can get exercise instead of playing on the Xboxone or PlayStation4. You need to have good skills to play. Like dribbling, shooting, passing, confidence and you need to be aggressive. You have to focus on hard skills development. Hard skills are acquired through intentional focus and repetition such as shooting. On the basketball court you must only have 5 players on the court. If a person makes 5…
When I was little, the phrase “Goodnight, everybody!” from Conan O’Brien was my lullaby. I admired Conan’s humor, educated jokes, his speeches, and his confidence. When my parents fell asleep, I secretly found a remote in the dark, turned on the bright TV, and watched Late Night with Conan O’Brien until I fell asleep. The next day, I would write my own monologue, converse with my Green Lantern figure as a guest, and stand in front of a camera to overcome my timid character. The practice…
Sweat streaks down my face, my skin turns brown under the red of the sun. The sound of cleats pounding the earth is thunderous, as the sea of bodies charge towards me. I dart and dash to my desired destination, dribbling down the dirty field, entertaining expressions on the sideline, I knew the moment was mine. I take a solid shot, and the ball is flying, floating through the air at an immense speed. The goalie’s error causes screams of victory to roar across the…
When I was a young boy, my dad bought me a soccer jersey, from there I began asking him about that particular team. These questions included: “Are they good?” “Where do they play?” “Who’s the best player?”. Since that day, I would watch them compete on TV and it inspired me to attempt to play the myself. By the age of 13, I joined my first soccer team, although I had difficulties with some of the drills, my teammates would motivate me to continue. Eventually, I improved with them and I even…
The well-known opening scene with the three men standing, waiting for the train serves as an overture to the motion picture. The moderate developments, joined by the hints of dribbling water, a squeaking windmill and a humming fly, generally mirrors the fairly slow pace of the story. The sudden upheavals of violence are declared by the coming of the train where the harmonica man appeared at the station, they traded eye looks and head signals demonstrating they really know of each other and what…
Joshua Hernandez What schooling does it take or not take? To become a basketball player you don’t need any schooling you can get drafted from high school only if your that good it can be both some players don’t get picked till they are in college and they have to be passing they’re classes. Schooling to become a basketball player is not very important. How much do basketball players make? Basketball players can…
The Cleveland Cavaliers dominated game 1 with a 115-84 victory over the Toronto Raptors. The Cavs started the game looking stale and fell behind 7-0, but they shook off the rust after only several minutes. Cleveland finished the first quarter with a 33-28 lead. If they plan to game 2 and remain undefeated, they must focus on these three areas. ATTACK THE PAINT AND CRASH THE BOARDS Cleveland entered the game shooting 46.2% from three point range throughout eight games. They were sinking three…
Knowing the outline of basketball will help you. Some basketball rules are, 2 steps or more is a travel, 5 fouls. More rules are 2 technicals, 5 seconds holding the ball, and 5 second dribbling the ball. No kicking basketball or ref with whistle. Foul well shooting, shoot free throws. Fouls on the ground, out of bounce. Free throws are worth 1 point. Anything inside 3 point line is 2 point. Anything outside of 3 point line is 3 points…
Basketball has always been my best sport. I started playing in the ninth grade, and everything was going great with practices and playing, except for one game Then everything changed. It all started on game day, in the big gymnasium. Freshman games usually do not have a lot of people compared to varsity, but they were still very nerve wrecking. “Hustle in boys!” our coach shouted. “Deandre, I want you guarding 11,” he demanded. Quickly, the team ran back to the court, and went into position. The…