They wrapped around the basketball court like a stubborn wall keeping the warriors in place. The whole camp attended this evening “activity” creating a crowd worthy of a show, meanwhile, six men approach the bench nervous, excited, and determined. My friend A.J. and I recruited Ethan as our third member for the 26th annual three-on-three basketball tournament. We lacked a post up player or for lack of a better term, a “big man.” We needed rebounds, both offensively and defensively if we were to even have a shot at beating the well known, “Triple Threat.” They were made up of Michael Butler, Cody Brown, and Ian Cohen.
I get the inbound and head straight for our basket feeling the time about to expire; I desperately heaved the last shot from between the three point line to the mid-court. Hitting nothing but the bottom of the net we win. My crowd erupts even louder than the other team had. Hitting the game winner is something I will never
In Basketball the teams are made of five men or six women players. The way players move the ball is by dribbling and passing the ball with their hands. Soccer comes from a long history to become one of the most popular sports that is played. The objective of the game is to kick the ball to the goal your team is assigned to. Other ways to score a goal is to try fancy ligament moves to steal the ball from the opponents.
I lost everything in my house including my ticket to a basketball game. Lakers lost because I did not make it to the game to cheer them up as a big lakers fan due to loss ticket. Fans provide team with inspiration, confidence, courage and financial support. In conclusion NBA provides high powered entertainment and people around the world are extremely excited about NBA competition. Since basketball has attracted such a huge
As a group everybody is putting their skill to the challenge to come up with an explanation about the topic that we are discussing to come up with one answers. When I am on the court I wouldn’t want to be the Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, I would rather be Dwyane Wade of the Heat. The Miami Heat NBA team is surrounded with a lot of skillful players that have a very high I.Q. in the game of basketball. The couch put them together as a team to perform an outstanding show for the viewers.
In the 1984 Olympics Jordan won the gold medal. He won rookie of the year and averaged 28.2 points per game, 6.5 rebounds per game and 5.9 assists per game, which is really good for a rookie player. In his second year in the NBA the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan versed the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Playoffs. Where Jordan scored 63 points against the Boston Celtics. Which is a remarkable achievement for any player in the NBA.
Timo Cruz one of the primary actors in this film has shown himself to be a lost street thug who has no aspirations in life but to play basketball and sell drugs. In the scene where Carter is introducing himself to his new basketball team he approaches the athletes in a very respectful manner which was disrespected and taunted by one of the players Timo. Timo ridicules Carter by saying: “are you some country church nigga….” (Coach Carter). Timo unaware of his disrespect he was kicked out of the gym. This particular scene shows the bias and disrespect that minority society has grown to acquire in their daily lives and racist has been inferential in society: “[M]ore widespread, common, and indeed insidious….” (Omi
He stays several long hours in his office mapping out strategy and expectations for his team. In addition, he is very passionate about his players succeeding not only in basketball, but also in school and life. The film Coach Carter has many management styles, the styles he uses most are Autocratic, Persuasive and Laissez faire in the film. Autocratic was used in the start of the film and at the end of the film. Persuasive was used in the middle of the film when the boys were winning.
Michael Barbuto College Writing October 2, 2013 Professor Eaton Descriptive Essay Last year playing high school football was probably one of the most entertaining and exciting things I have ever done in my entire life. The reasoning behind this is that we had an outstanding team which sent eighteen kids off to play college football. Therefore, eighteen out of twenty one people were sent off to play college football, which is pretty good in my eyes. When experiencing high school football, it is all about brotherhood and family throughout the whole entire team. This year playing football for Springfield is not the same as last year in high school because I’m not as close with the people on my college team.
During the 1920s, basketball, like everything, boomed and formed a following as minor leagues everywhere were hosted in arenas, and gyms. But when the Great Depression hit the US and the US involvement with World War II began shortly after the Berlin Olympics, the leagues fell apart as the players and the audience were swept into the war. From this difficult environment a group of arena owners, looking to fill their venues, saw the popularity of college basketball and established the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946. The concept was to take the college athletes that had a history of basketball in America and bring them to face each other. The new league had mixed results, selling out arenas spottily mainly from fans who wanted to see George Mikan and others who wanted to see the Harlem Globetrotters, the opening act for some games.