The traumatic meniscal injuries in basketball players are caused as a result of compressive forces together with knee flexion rotation (Zedde, Mela, Prete, Masia & Manunta, 2014). Hence, the prevention of injuries in athletes has become more and more essential in recent years. Many fitness professionals advice time efficient static stretching before the competition. A pre competition static stretching is believed to reduce the risk of injury during the game. The fast paced game of basketball…
Everyone has their own unique way of choosing what they want to become. Dreaming big is having reasons of what you want to be when you grow up, including having extraordinary ideas. When people dream big, it makes them happy with all these amazing ideas they have in their minds. For example, a NBA player named Spud Webb had his own spectacular dream. Therefore, he always desired to dunk on his basketball games, but there were others who criticize him in his dreams. Spud never listened to…
NHL Draft Primer: Top ten more than just McDavid, Eichel The cream of the crop won’t have to wait long to hear their names called at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Unlike most years, this truly is a deep draft, where numerous talents will be counted on as possible franchise players, and could possibly include every name on this list. Every year, NHL Central Scouting ranks the top players from around the globe, and the top ten from North America spotlight in what will be the final NHL Draft Primer…
The Quietest $94 Million Ever Made Kawhi Leonard, pronounced like the Hawaiian island, plays for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs. Per the March 2016 Sports Illustrated, "he was named Finals MVP in 2014, captured Defensive Player of the Year in '15 and this season seized the unofficial title of best two-way player in the NBA." In the age of Stephen Curry, many people forget about players like Leonard, even if they do command $94 million contracts. If you don't follow the Spurs, you may not be…
Reganne Flannery grew up in a family being the oldest child with two younger, very annoying, brothers. On September 26, 2001, Reganne was born, and ever since then, she has tried to be a role model for her younger brothers. By age six she was taught the game of basketball by her father and has loved it ever since. She started out playing on wreck teams, which turned into travel teams, then AAU teams, now playing high school. Since Reganne loved basketball she tried to teach it to her brothers.…
A picture is worth 1,000 words It’s just the second meeting between these two elite teams in the NBA. The offensive juggernauts that are the Cleveland Cavaliers, and a team with one of the best records in the west, the Houston Rockets. One team destine for playoff greatness, and the other hungry for a NBA title. The crowd roars as the starting line ups are announced. Some hear boos as the name “LeBron James” is announced. The crowd stands up and cheers as the name “James Harden” is announced.…
Going to Cincinnati, Ohio was a great experience, because we got to see how people act and socialize. The three main reasons that we went to cincinnati was to go to Kings Island, my basketball tournament, and the Cincinnati Reds baseball game. Kings Island was probably my favorite part about the trip, because you had tons of things to do including, ride roller coasters, eat, and play mini games. The amusement park had about six main roller coasters including the vortex, the diamondback, and Etc…
During the summer between his freshmen and sophomore year at Summerville High School, Rosendo AmayaWood made the decision that he wanted to play basketball at a four-year university. That dream come true when he signed his National Letter of Intent Thursday to attend Menlo College, after playing for two seasons at Columbia College. AmayaWood was a member of one of the most successful Summerville teams in school history. His senior year, he was a key player of the 2013 Sac-Joaquin Division IV…
Which basketball team has been with the NBA since it’s birth and has broken many records? People have changed our lives in many ways and one of those ways was James Naismith and his invention-basketball. Basketball has added so much to the world including its professional leagues. The NBA was founded on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association (BAA). It became the National Basketball Association (NBA), on August 3, 1949 after merging with the National Basketball League (NBL). Now, the question…
In 1978 a fifteen year old sophomore was cut from the basketball team; in 1991 that same kid, known as Michael Jordan, won his first championship in the NBA. My entire life has been based around baseball. I started playing tee ball and did not stop until my sophomore year in high school. My sophomore year I was cut from the baseball team because the coaches did not think I was good enough. I was lost, those coaches took away my love. Everything grim that occurs in life can be overcame by…