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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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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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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afternoon in July of 2004, hundreds of students gathered to speculate about the future of their beloved basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski (pronounced Sha-shefski and widely known simply as Coach K). Normally a place of tremendous energy and optimism, Krzyzewskiville had fallen into an ominous quiet. No one could believe the rumors. How could Coach K, the 57-year-old heart and soul of college basketball, even consider leaving for the glitz and glamour of the professional game? But the rumors were true
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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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because of my family history of diabetes and sugar It really motivates me to do right and most of all I married a personal training on the side (my wife). So, my current exercise habits are running and more running for some odd reason I love to run, however I did not always love running and I believe that is the greatest testimony for me. But, anyway I love to play more basketball because I have to children that are really good playing basketball so I am trying to keep up with these kids in my playing
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sports. I was always the biggest girl on my team, and I didn’t really fit in with all of the other girls. They were all smaller than me and I felt out of place. I played soccer and basketball, and continued until seventh grade when I suffered a knee injury and had to put a pause on the sport I loved at the time. My rehab went well, and I tried out for the AAU travel basketball team as soon as I was cleared Heartbreak quickly followed when the coach called my parents and told them that I didn’t make
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Bess 1 Bess 1 Interview Material The vocation I would one-day love to have is to be a “big time” women’s college basketball coach. Even if I do not become “big time,” and I am just a regular coach that is also fine with me, because Proverbs 22:1 says, “A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.” Ron Greene was the first guest speaker that we had the opportunity to hear speak in class. He
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