Essays Tagged: "playing basketball"

Basketball.

ng to pass the ball to another player. You can not touch another player or it will be called a foul.Playing offence is the most prominent part of playing basketball. Basic offensive skills include pas ...

(2 pages) 26 0 3.7 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Students having to choose between things they like, and sports

n high school i was brought up with a problem. I had to either choose between racing my dirtbike or playing basketball. I almost got kicked off the team for just telling him about it. I told my coach ...

(1 pages) 18 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

A study of the ecological systems map for the character of Will in "Good Will Hunting"

e is begun in Will, we see a scene with Will and his best friends driving past a group of young men playing basketball. Will recognises one of them as 'the kid that used to beat me up in kindergarten' ...

(8 pages) 52 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Saving Lives, Easing Pain- why we should support stem cell research

ones people live with and cause pain that kill from the inside out.At age 17, my mother was injured playing basketball in high school. She had broken the lower vertebrae in her back, which severed the ...

(4 pages) 139 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Idealistic essay on philosophy

When I was in 7th grade everyone was playing basketball in gym class. It was fun and all but then I saw people playing dodge ball and I t ...

(3 pages) 20 0 1.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Bad side of sports

f the things that you do like practice, exercising athletics need to also protect themselves. While playing sports some of the things that you do not think of are injuries, diseases, and medicine. ... doctor, and you will not be able to play any more sports for a while. Also think about if you were playing basketball and you were in the middle of the game and you tripped over your own two feet and ...

(2 pages) 18 0 1.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

"My Hangout" Fallon Tipton......about skatepark and fall off the board...descriptive

You may even see someone break a bone or two. Out side of the fence you see guys taking a break and playing basketball.It starts to get cloudy. Then the rains comes. The guys grab their boards and ...

(1 pages) 16 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Perfect Career

my passion for sports. I started getting into sports in the 9th grade, about four years ago. After playing basketball for a year, I begin getting involved in other aspects of the sports. I began main ... youth, Next Level, and coached for four years. I enjoyed this side of sports a great dealmore than playing, I couldn't really play that well anyway. However, the relationship I had with the kids made ...

(2 pages) 53 3 2.7 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Sickle Cell Anemia is most dominant in African Americans than any other race.

dget Dawkins was complaining of hip pain. Weeks later she would have a fever, and chest pain. While playing basketball with her neighbors she collapsed. The doctors at the local hospital told Bridget' ...

(5 pages) 31 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Characteristics that Design an Athlete

anyone can play. It doesn't matter what size, shape, weight, color you are, if you have a dream of playing you can succeed. Everyone has heard others say things such as "She is not big enough" or "He ... topics have occurred within my life as an athlete. I have been an athlete since I was a young child playing numerous sports at all levels of competition. I am now playing basketball at the university ...

(4 pages) 17 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Basketball

is that when you play you meet other people. it's a fun way to socialize. The people I've met while playing basketball have become my friends.Basketball also helps you be healthy, because as fun as it ...

(1 pages) 17 0 3.7 Apr/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Basketball

ething that I very much enjoy participating in and probably always will. More importantly, however, playing basketball has made me into the person that I am today. I've learned persistence, responsibi ... rsity team, and to be confident with my skill level, and all that I have worked so hard to achieve. Playing basketball, especially the past five years, has taught me to be persistent and hard working. ...

(3 pages) 1070 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Untitled

its not just get money but you have to be real wise. I know this because it say that Carter started playing basketball his senior year of high school before that he used to be a band geek. It also tal ...

(2 pages) 1004 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Trust

field of interest. They play basketball together, it's their favorite sports. Whenever they're not playing basketball they're talking about lot of things. By sharing ideas with each other they learne ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Michael jordan: king of the court

name Michael Jordan. There's just no avoiding him. If you are watching television you might see him playing basketball or golf. If you were reading a magazine there will probably be an advertisement w ... great at basketball either so they cut him from the varsity team when he was a sophomore.To Michael playing basketball in the NBA "seemed something of a distant dream" (Halberstam 20), but even after ...

(4 pages) 10 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Cultural Relativity And Ethnocentrism

nocentrism is the misguided belief that one ethnic group is superior to others.When I first started playing basketball in the United States, I remembered that many Americans did not pass the ball to m ...

(1 pages) 54 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Cultural Relativity And Ethnocentrism

nocentrism is the misguided belief that one ethnic group is superior to others.When I first started playing basketball in the United States, I remembered that many Americans did not pass the ball to m ...

(1 pages) 26 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Finding Forrester Report                  In the movie Finding Forrester it

when he transferred schools and enjoyed school because he got to do what he loved best, writing and playing basketball. At the new school he got a scholarship because his test scores were above averag ...

(2 pages) 2092 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Hoosiers

ough possibly not in a completely negative way, as they were supposedly known to all be the best at playing basketball. This is also shown as Muncie Central's basketball team is making jump shots, whi ...

(3 pages) 8 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Earvin"Magic"Johnson Biography

d to play sports. He played football, volleyball and tennis. He was a good athlete. When he started playing basketball in Everett High School everyone was amazed by his skills. A journalist named him ...

(5 pages) 6639 0 0.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies