James Naismith

NBA: the National Basketball Association. Lots of people heard of the NBA or heard of someone in the NBA like Michael Jordan, LeBron James, or Stephen Curry. NBA players are paid sportsmen. The NBA is an American association /sport that entertain people through the game of basketball. So let’s talk basketball. The NBA is a professional league, played by men in North America all over the country. The ever basketball game we know was on Jan 20th, 1892 in Massachusetts. The NBA was founded…

Introduction Dean Oliver’s book Basketball on Paper (2004) analyzes the skills and tactics that go into winning a basketball game. Oliver mentions four different stats that he believes are the driving factor to win a basketball game. In his book, Oliver gave each of those stats a weight, the weight was how important he thought that particular statistic was. Therefore, using this information to follow his footsteps with our own tweak on it, instead of using advanced stats we are using stats…

Basketball is one of the widely played and viewed games in the world. This game involves lots of running, jumping, analysis and judgment. As basketball is a fast action game, it helps in keeping us fit by building endurance, motor coordination, muscle strengthening, and improving balance. Other than these health benefits, basketball is a social sport and hence it helps us to be a good team player (http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au). As the number of basketball players are increasing, so the…

His tone and voice were remarkable it was a clear cut speech delivery to the world. Family, Friends, competitors, fans, coaches and teammates had so much respect for Michael Jeffrey Jordan and honor his accomplishment. His tone and voice had a purpose, a significant strength of his voice, and a mood to it which changes the stages to the game. Lilly Berberyan, “Understanding tone and voice”. The rhetoric Michael Jeffrey Jordan made the audience feel like they can do whatever they want if they try…

Playing pickup basketball is more than just a workout, it is also a way to interact with one another and a great way to relieve stress. There are many different aspects of pickup basketball, people that are very competitive on court although aggressive, can be very kind off court. On the other hand, there are people that just enjoy playing the game. There are many group dynamics in play in these pick up games. For example, there are many ways to choose teams in pickup basketball : shooting from…

The height of an NBA basketball hoop is 10 feet above the ground. The backboards are 72 inches wide and 42inches in height. Another thing is the inner rectangle on the inside of the backboard that you are told to aim for when shooting which is 24 inches wide and 18 inches tall. Also all basketball rims are 18 inches in diameter. The actual basketballs used are about 9.55 inches in diameter. This leaves around 8.5 inches for the ball the go into the net. I would have 8 different spots around…

The article titled Athletic Scholarships discusses the beginning of volleyball and how it was originally referred to as mintonette. Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts. William Morgan was a graduate of Springfield College of YMCA (n.d). In another article called History of Volleyball it mentions that Morgan was trying to invent something that was less strenuous than basketball for older people, so they could exercise without overdoing it (n.d). Morgan…

Basketball is a very popular sport that almost anyone can play.People of all ages play this game and some are really awesome at it. I love basketball and pretty much everything in it. I love the intensity the speed the pressure it's just really fun to me. There is a really awesome feeling you get when you make a shot and your team is cheering you on.Basketball is a awesome sport that I can either practice by myself or with friends.Being on a basketball team is awesome to me because I have made a…

The layup is the easiest shot to perform in basketball. This technique will usually be used to score the most points in a game. It is quick, simple and when done correct it can’t be denied by the opposition. The layup has three phases, the dribbling phase, the stepping phase and the jumping/landing phase. The muscles used are forearm, biceps, trapezius, deltoids, gastrocnemius, quads, wrist. The layup uses a lot of flexion and extension of muscles and joints. In the dribbling phase your quads…

Basketball is the speed up game which established in 19th century from there to till now the game is modify technically because whole game is based on technical skills. Shooting is the principal method used to score points in basketball and for this reason it is the most frequently used technical action (Hay, 1994). Basketball is a sport that scores determines its results, and shooting skill determines score percentage which means shooting skill determines the result of a basketball game to…