Category: Basketball

A well-established girls basketball team at Dixie seems like a dream, an expensive dream at that. School funding and Booster Club money help Dixie’s sports teams. With their money, teams are able to buy the appropriate supplies that they need to play. It is helpful; however, they are wasted on one team in particular: girls…

What first comes to mind when we talk about Michael Jordan and Stephen Curry? Yes, basketball. Michael Jordan or MJ is an NBA professional basketball player for Chicago Bulls from 1984-2003. Because of his success and the various achievements that he gained during his basketball career, he was officially awarded the greatest basketball player of…

When I’m playing basketball, I need to have a good free throw shot for when I get fouled. A free throw could really help the team at any given point and by doing so require a good form that I can always count on. If you ever have watched a basketball game, you will notice…

Portrait of Basketball as Reality Playing basketball is an important part of my childhood as it helped me to build character and helped to teach me important life skills. Growing up as a kid my sport of choice was basketball, from the moment I watched my first NBA game as a kid, all I wanted…

Introduction Canadians have created a lot of sports that you should be grateful for such as 5 pin bowling, lacrosse, hockey and one of the most famous Basketball. How it all started In 1891 Dr.James Naismith a former Mcgill University phys ed teacher took a teaching job at the YMCA international Training School in Springfield,…

Basketball is one of the most popular sports in Canada. It was invented by James Naismith, a Canadian man who worked at an American college as a physical education instructor. He adapted the game to keep his students active for the winter months (Klein, 2016). There are such an immense cultural connection to basketball yet…

I believe that what we call soccer and the rest of the world calls football is the greatest sport in the world. In fact, I believe that soccer is a greater sport than basketball and this is my reasoning behind this thesis. Many different countries have conflicting opinions on who invented the game now known…

Kareem Abdul Jabbar is a legendary American retired professional basketball player. Before his retirement, he played 20 seasons for the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his time, Kareem was one of the greatest NBA stars and was named NBA Finals MVP on two occasions. He also won…

It started off when I first went to high school. It was gym class and we were about to play basketball. With me being shy I really didn’t want to participate but of course everyone had to. We were put on teams, split equally into two teams. We were told the rules and off we…

A decent player starts looking to improve his or her game, searching out basketball training tips. Many search the web looking for training tips that can be trusted. Some will have the cash to spend on prepackaged training programs. Others will scour YouTube to discover training from somebody they respect. YouTube can be an extraordinary…