Women's basketball

feeling of self hatred starts creeping into his mind. He debating trying out for the basketball team because he was Indian. “I knew that practices started in a week. I’d planned on playing. But I didn’t know if the Coach liked Indians or not”(125). He also doubted the fact that he actually might be good at basketball. “‘No way,’ I said. ‘I’m junior varsity all the way’”(126). Although when he joins the Varsity Basketball team, as a freshman, pride and courage take over. His self esteem rises…

retired. Getting your number retired is telling you that all your hard work paid off, now a new future starts. But before any of that can happen my education was be completed. If you're grades are low in high-school you're off the team. Starting basketball in fifth grade gave me a rough start, while my friends started younger. So Making the NBA would prove them that it’s not about talent or shooting, it’s about hard work. One big motivation is my family. They sacrificed so much for me, now…

Teamwork is important because it is a valuable skill that helps others that need help who are by themselves. In the novel Freak the Mighty there's a kid named Kevin also called as Freak has Morquio Syndrome in his body that makes him really small and can barely walk. Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, this novel is about two kids name Max and Kevin and they become friends in middle and the first time that they met was when Max needed some help with reading, Kevin comes in to help him read and…

It’s that time of year, the leaves are starting to turn and the weather is still scorching hot outside. Fall has finally arrived and I’m back at school for another semester. Fall baseball has just begun and it’s time for the first scrimmage. I walk out of the locker room and put my hands over my laces, and step out on the concrete and hear that first crack of the spike hitting the ground. I head to the best spot on the field the third base dugout. The field looks great the grass is cut with a…

changed my life so far but this one I think is permanent. My very first basketball, I think I was about 3 years old when me and my dad just threw a big ball around. When I was about 6 I really played basketball for the first time, and I loved it. One reason I think this artifact is so important to my life is, This gave me my passion, my love for the game. Without having a ball I wouldn't even think of playing any basketball. My family was more of the football type. Another reason that I think…

sports at a young age. When she gets older she would like to attend the University of Connecticut a then become a professional basketball player. When it comes to sports, she is talented at playing basketball, soccer, baseball, and when she was first notice by a coach she was being gifted at throwing a football. Mo’ne thought that she would become known by playing basketball but instead she became known for playing baseball. All that talent she portrayed growing up molded her to be able to be…

Down 2 goals with 10 minutes left in the championship game of the biggest tournament of my life. Time is running out like miniscule grains of sand dropping from an hourglass. My team stops a shot and kicks the ball up the field. I jump and head the ball as hard as I can up the field, mustering all my strength to get up the field and win it. My arms are pumping as I retrieve the ball and cut towards the goal. All that separates me from scoring is one defender and the goalie. I fake a cut right,…

There are two star Running Backs in this draft. LSU' Leonard Fournette and FSU' Dalvin Cook. Some draft experts have said Fournette is the most talented back to come out since Adrian Peterson. Todd McShay has said he is even better than Ezekiel Elliot. Presently there is a concern about Fournettes ankle injury he dealt with last season, that constrained him to miss five games. He additionally sat out the Citrus Bowl. His ankle injury may have capitulated from being overused in 2015 when he was…

Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world, about 458,000,000 people play it worldwide! Basketball is a very fun, physical and fast sport. But like everything else, basketball has its disadvantages. Mainly revolving around injuries. The main problems with what is happening is, the players who get hurt in College and in the NBA are getting hurt while making money for these leagues, players who get injured are likely to have early ending careers and they could face poverty because…

It is everyone's dream to get a spot in the starting line up for a varsity sport, especially as a freshman. That was me. Preparing myself as an 8th grader for my first high school softball open gym. That's all I could think about all day during school that day. Finally getting a chance to just be in an open gym with the girls I've been watching play for three years, even though I still had a year before I was in high school. That was me. I stepped into the gym palms sweating, heart racing. Two…