Practice makes perfect my father would say. Growing up in the country with limited access to entertainment my father put up a basketball globe and volleyball net in the backyard, I was an outstanding basketball and volleyball player from middle school to high school. I would also watch videos to learn how to dance. My family traveled a lot during the summer I visited many lakes and beaches I was always team captain on the teams I guess that is what lead me to my career in law enforcement and
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Lorraine A. Garcia ETH/316 May 20, 2013 Glenn H. DeAtley, J.D. The Responsibility Project “The Home Team” is a great short film reflecting the team comradery of the Murray State Racers basketball team. This film reflects the coaches and players perspective, as well as, the community’s love of the game, players, and traditions. This is not only just an extra curriculum event for these people this is an event that brings out families across all areas in the city. They have had a very successful
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Girls’ Basketball Camp Thirty seconds left on the shot clock and there are five confident and athletic girls who have no time to take a breather. The game of basketball is not easy. To run a basketball camp, there are many qualities needed such as enthusiasm, knowledge, teaching ability, and the willingness to interact. Locating a site to hold a camp, determining the right dates, finding the participants, and finding volunteers are the many steps involved to running a successful camp. That
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morning at 10:30 to my beautiful mother and father Lina and Abdul. I love my parents so much . Especially my mom, there is just something different about the love of a mom for every person. It's unexplainable. It's a special connection unlike any other connection in a relationship. My parents have always been there for me. All they care about is the best for me and my brothers and sister. I can never repay my parents for all they have done for me and I will forever be in debt to them. My mom is very smart
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My better half Dear Dylan, Do you remember that day we first met? I could not stand you. You just kept going on and on about how my favorite football team lacked so much talent. The amount of time we spent arguing that first day we met makes the amount of time we have been together so ironic yet so worth it. All the times we spent together walking whether it was from school or from your house allowed our relationship to develop so strongly. The long hours of phone conversations we shared
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In 1891 the game of basketball was born in a local YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts by Dr. James Naismith. In Springfield, Naismith came across an issue of finding a sport that was suitable to play indoors during the winters of Massachusetts for the students at the School for Christian Workers. Dr. Naismith wanted to create a game of skill for the students instead of one that relied solely on strength. He needed a game that could be played indoors in a relatively small space. He
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success comes before work is in the dictionary.” I love basketball and I wanted to learn how to do some tricks. Specifically the cross between the legs. I wanted it so bad that I thought that I already could do it. The first time I tried I felt the need to scream and yell because I didn’t do it. I didn’t do the trick that I thought I could do. I tried and tried again I still couldn’t do it. I kept telling myself “ I can do it, I can do it” Then my coach told me to line up for stretches. I didn’t
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little different than most. He chose to write it in poem form rather than a chapter book. Josh Bell, also known as “Filthy McNasty”, the protagonist, and his twin brother Jordan Bell, love the game of basketball. Their dad played professional basketball, but had to retire, so the boys grew up around basketball their entire lives. One of the struggles the twins have is to deal with their dad having medical problems. It is hard for them to see their dad sick, because they look up to him. In another
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millions of other fans watching this nationally televised game, witnessed this great phenomenon live. Now you might wonder why millions of other fans and I tuned in to see the game. The answer is because millions of fans and I love and appreciate the game of hockey. In my opinion, it truly is the most exciting game both to play and to watch. While playing hockey and watching hockey are obviously two very different activities, they have at least one thing in common; they are both very fun. Let
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Koopman ENG101 October 28, 2014 Love & Basketball Growing up people always told me I wasn’t going to be nothing in life. I’ll be like every black girl trying to make it out the hood. Only 4% made it out thanks to these rich men’s they know but some went on to become lawyers and doctors. I was sitting at the basketball court spinning the ball on the tip of my finger watching a few plays. I always wanted to be a basketball player, I told my mother before I went to school
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