In an article by Rachel Nall, she says “When playing offensive positions, being taller helps you reach to the goal. If you are playing against taller defensive players, being taller can help you shoot the ball without the risk of a player swatting the ball away from you.”. This is saying that taller people are probably better because they are...
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When I was eight years old, I fell in love with the sport basketball. I loved the satisfaction you got from making a basket, and I loved the way it felt to win a game. It was the first time I had really felt competitive. As the season progressed, I learned new skills and enjoyed it even more. One week,...
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Invented by James Naismith on December 1, 1891, at the International Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Training School, Basketball is a team sport played by ten players, 5 per team. The goal of the game is to shoot the ball through the hoop. That hoop is elevated 10 feet above the court. Once a basket is made, the team can...
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We’ve all heard how swimming is a definitive exercise sport, but not anybody can swim. Not every person enjoys being in the water either, and there isn’t beyond any reasonable amount to swim with. Basketball, however, is one of the world’s real sports. It is a staple in any sporting occasion, a standout amongst the most pitched and business that...
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The NBA: A Global Service To me, there is no service a corporation provides that delivers such a high level of entertainment more than that of a professional sports league. The best is the NBA of course. Adam Silver, a Duke University Fuqua School of Business graduate, has transformed the NBA from a regional service for local fans to a...
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For my heritage fair project, I’ll be talking about the inventor of basketball and how his invention became one of the known sports in Canadian history. You’re going to learn about the early life of the inventor, the early development of the game, and much more about basketball in Canada. The inventor of basketball is Dr. James Naismith, he was...
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Throughout America, there are plenty of controversial topics that people argue about on the daily. Teen Vaping, Police Brutality, and School Shootings are all examples of this kind of topic. I think an underlying topic that isn't getting as much traction as these popular topics is whether sports among youth are worth the risk or not. You always hear about...
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Since an early age, I have enjoyed the outdoors, especially hunting like many other outdoor enthusiasts. It is a hobby that I have gotten to enjoy with many of the men in my family. According to the author,” in 2017 more than 15 million people participated in hunting in the USA and there were 15 million paid hunting license holders...
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Jaja Santiago, a Filipina volleyball, was invited by a Japanese club to play for them as their import. As of Dec. 11, 2018, the volleyball superstar was in the top 3 categories: 2nd overall in spiking success rate (51.9%), #3 in most tallied number of aces (11), and #6 in service efficiency (13%). Alongside Jaja, her sister, Dindin Santiago-Manabat, is...
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Traditionally, men have been dominating sport, in terms of both participation and governance. Looking back to the first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens in 1896, women were excluded from participation. Women were only allowed to participate after four years. Although women’s presence and involvement in sports activities have gradually evolved and improved, girls and women across the world still...
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Importance of Soccer and its Benefits Soccer is arguably the most popular sport in the world. The FIFA World Cup usually takes over all media forms. Those who are not soccer fans sometimes tend to wonder why the sport attracts so much attention compared to many other types of sports. Some soccer fans may also have a hard time trying...
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Volleyball is a sport in which two teams of six players hit a ball back and forth over a high net, seeking to get the ball to touch the court within the opponents' playing area before returning it. To circumvent this, a player on the opposing team bats the ball up and toward a teammate before it touches the court...
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Personality can be defined as a combination of characteristics that form an individual’s own character. In other words, our personality can be seen through how we act, behave, or react in certain situations. In sport, one of the earliest ways of understanding the role of personality was through examining an athlete's personality traits. Some of the first theorists like Eysenck...
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