Essays Tagged: "Game"

My ongoing quest to be the best. Essay desribing how a boy learned how to play basketball

Despite what anyone will tell you, it takes more than just a desire to play the game, and more than just a want to be the best. You need athletic ability, skill, and a hate in yo ... he best. You need athletic ability, skill, and a hate in your heart for losing to succeed in this game. The game I'm talking about is BASKETBALL . Since I was eleven I had that desire to play t ... . From that point on I have ever since, somehow, known that it was my destiny to succeed in the game of basketball (and I didn't then ,and don't, care what anybody has to say to the contrary). I ...

(4 pages) 78 0 2.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Baseball.

. There is more history in baseball than in any other sport. The great players that have graced the game make it what it is today. Things have changed quite a bit from then to now. Players did not mak ... still a few small guys that can still play with the best of them. Two of the biggest players in the game get two of the biggest paychecks in the game. Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds are the two bigges ...

(3 pages) 52 1 4.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Golf: The Changes of the Game Question: to analyize a common problem in today's History

er is to examine how players of different races, gender, age, and social statuses have impacted the game of golf in the United States at the PGA and LPGA level, making it what it is today. I chose thi ... Pak, Annika Sorenstam, and Tiger Woods are making their way in history as phenomenal players in the game of golf. They are changing the game of golf by breaking records and setting new standards every ...

(6 pages) 50 0 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Final fantesy 8

My favorite play station two gameI think my favorite play station two game would be Final Fantasy VII (8). That game is the bomb! ... y favorite play station two game would be Final Fantasy VII (8). That game is the bomb! I love that game. This is what the back of the game says. It is like a review of the game. "A member of a ... t is all about. The is four discs long. That means that there is four different discs for the whole game. The game is pretty difficult. But is really a cool game. Now let me explain what happen ...

(2 pages) 98 4 3.9 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

"Lite Brite" and Cognitive Development from Piaget and Vygotsky

From my childhood I recall going over to an older friend's house and playing with a game called "Lite Brite." This was a popular game made by Hasbro which originally was developed in 1 ... ro which originally was developed in 1968. 20 years later I was five years old and playing the same game with my six year old friend and her two year old younger brother. The game involved arranging s ... es attached).I recall going over to my older friend's house and having her teach me how to play the game. We were sitting in a room together, and initially I was watching while my older friend, Leah, ...

(7 pages) 62 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

A Story About Soccer

Twenty-two of the world's best soccer players in a game that would be remembered for generations to come. It was a battle of the titans! It was East ve ... the Champions League; this was even bigger than the World Cup. This was the Scorpion Tournament!The game had all the normal rules and regulations. Each half was forty-five minutes long. If no goals we ... ulations. Each half was forty-five minutes long. If no goals were conceded or there was a draw, the game will go into golden goal. Which means the first team to score the first goal would win. If no g ...

(2 pages) 34 1 4.5 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

The Ultimate Catch; An Analysis of "Catch 22"

resources for the officer who are ranked higher than them. The soldiers find them selves as no more game figurines in the United States' game of war, dictated by it's every move. Yossarian tries every ... my's fate and existence, ever more supporting their role as the figurine in the United State&'s game of world domination.Works CitedCatch 22, the book, by Joseph Heller

(3 pages) 23 0 3.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Cautious Mind

ng that seemed too risky. Succeeding the amazing barbeque my cousins, brothers and I had an amazing game of soccer which completely exhausted me physically so I took a break on the swings. As I swung ...

(2 pages) 19 1 2.3 Sep/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Escapes from reality in "A Separate Peace"

, Finny and Gene's ways stood out the most.One way of escaping reality was through Finny's invented game of Blitzball. The boys escaped school from the moment Finny invented the game and every time th ... . There were always new rules to learn because Finny seemed to always make something else about the game up. The game seemed to be hypnotizing to all who played.The next way Finny and Gene escaped was ...

(2 pages) 13 0 3.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Mathematics of Blackjack

Blackjack is a game that is won with strategy and a mathematical knowledge of probability. This game, often played ... ces in which probability is changed. Mathematics is a very crucial element to the structure of this game. Due to different circumstances and scenarios, strategy and knowledge of probability must be ap ... different circumstances and scenarios, strategy and knowledge of probability must be applied.In the game of blackjack, there are the players and the dealer. The players are playing against each other, ...

(4 pages) 66 3 3.8 Nov/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

"The Chosen".

the story they were opposites. They had never met and were living totally different. But during the game they already built up some sort of relation. They became parallel as they both started to hate ...

(5 pages) 19 0 3.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Making the Catch

ed. The preparations and thoughts that go through your head will determine if it's another out or a game costing error.As you stand with your hands on your knees, watching the swing of the batter befo ...

(1 pages) 1282 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

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You are always doing different things whether it be in the office working on a project or out at a game interviewing coaches and players. Sometimes you have a month to work on an article and sometime ... to day. You usually hope to get a local team because sometimes you have to travel far to cover some games or story.Chris wasn't comfortable with telling me what he made as his salary or what other emp ...

(4 pages) 963 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

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njuries. He won't be on the court until December.These factors have already shown up in the Cavs' 2 games so far. They lost Tuesday to Boston 108-89 due to lack of scoring and poor defense. On Wednesd ... Boston 108-89 due to lack of scoring and poor defense. On Wednesday, they led for about 3/4 of the game but lost in the closing minutes to Charlotte. The next scheduled game is for Friday.Michael Jor ...

(5 pages) 944 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

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s 05. Walkthrough I. September 28th, daylight...II. October 1st, night...06. Secrets 07. Mecenaries Game 08. Rank/ Grade 09. Miscellaneous 10. About 11. Special Thanks 01. Intro --------- This is the ... kthrough I ever wrote, so please forgive me for not good in writting this faq. I must say that this game is harder than the previous series of Bio Hazard as the Boss (the one chasing you) in this epis ...

(30 pages) 1061 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

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s 05. Walkthrough I. September 28th, daylight...II. October 1st, night...06. Secrets 07. Mecenaries Game 08. Rank/ Grade 09. Miscellaneous 10. About 11. Special Thanks 01. Intro --------- This is the ... kthrough I ever wrote, so please forgive me for not good in writting this faq. I must say that this game is harder than the previous series of Bio Hazard as the Boss (the one chasing you) in this epis ...

(30 pages) 8 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

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s 05. Walkthrough I. September 28th, daylight...II. October 1st, night...06. Secrets 07. Mecenaries Game 08. Rank/ Grade 09. Miscellaneous 10. About 11. Special Thanks 01. Intro --------- This is the ... kthrough I ever wrote, so please forgive me for not good in writting this faq. I must say that this game is harder than the previous series of Bio Hazard as the Boss (the one chasing you) in this epis ...

(30 pages) 1019 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

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ring tasks for the season may have been the sophomore quarterback, Eric Howe. Howe only started one game during the 1998 season; so, beginning the 1999 season, he was fairly inexperienced as a starter ...

(2 pages) 3 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

golf

he would have set so many records and would be thought as one of the greatest men to ever play the game of golf when he first started to learn the game. Then I would ask him what differences he sees ... ke place. After that there would really be no more questioning because he is older and wiser in the game of golf. All I would really want to do with one of my most respected idols is to spend the day ...

(2 pages) 1114 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Baseball in the civil war

as enrolled at West Point in 1838. Kirsch feels that now one person developed baseball but that the game evolved from other ball and bat games that were played throughout history. The two types of bas ... Baseball was encouraged in the camps to help keep moral up and keep the men healthy. Many of the games were played among the regiments and every once in a while different regiments would play each ...

(1 pages) 1714 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports