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Strive for greatness: What makes Lebron James a great athlete What exactly makes a athlete great? A excellent example of a great athlete is Lebron James. Over the years Lebron has been well established as one of the greatest to play the sport of basketball. Out of 10,000 high school players, only two or three will get the chance to play professional basketball (Shaughnessy, 2011). Every once in a generation there is a Lebron James. But what divided him from those 10,000 high players? A great…

One Tuesday on a perfect night for basketball, Kristaps Porzingis was preparing for his game against the Brooklyn Nets. The Knicks and Nets have had a pretty heated rivalry throughout the years so this game was going to be great. Porzingis went crazy that night, scoring twenty eight points, five rebounds, and two assists. But that’s not the only thing that made this night special for him. On this day he met the perfect girl for him, Kristen. She had everything that you would want in a girl,…

there every year. Tempted for a telephone,to call his or her parents, so they can get a reason to leave and/or sleep. Somehow, the ruff one is scared in there. Waiting for a call from the lousy lenient lunatics who told you to do this. A strictly education television ad with kids your age playing comes on every week. Playing with their friends. Hanging out,and just having,what some would say is “Old,very,old,unadulterated,teenage…

“What is love? Love is playing every game like its your last.” I started my basketball career around the age of five playing in a league at the YMCA, going through camps and practices to learn the foundations of basketball, at this time of my life it was just something fun to do, little did I know it would end up meaning so much to me. I then continued and played in a league called Big Sioux. I spent most of my younger career playing in this league. Our team was made up of different girls from…

Kobe Bryant. It’s more than just a name, it’s a player’s motivation to go out there and give everything he gots. Its’s the crowd is chanting down as the shot clock runs down. It’s a name I look up too, each and every day. Kobe Bryant is seen as basketball’s greatest player to ever play. He is a remarkable player, leader and hero to millions of people around the world. Not only is he the most influential person in my life today, but he is someone I one day hope to be like. I wish to have his…

Know i'm pretty sure the majority of you guys in this room like basketball and some of you guys love when they dunk and do all those crazy tricks in through the net and some of you might dream of being tall to dunk like a basketball pro or imagine you never have to ask som buddie to reach something because of how tall you are .know that may seem pretty cool but i'm not here to talk to you about the good part about him being tall and i'm sorry for those of you who dreamed to be super tall but i'm…

Most people know Jackie Robinson as the first African American to play in Major League Baseball; what people don't know is Jackie Robinson got his start in athletics playing for a negro basketball team called the Los Angeles Red Devils (Thomas 2). In the 1920s much of society was segregated. Basketball became an outlet for many people. “The game millions watch today had its definite beginnings in the small town of Springfield, Massachusetts, in the mind of Dr. James Naismith” (History of…

Defeating Doubt by Dunking There is a sense of nostalgia when I hear the squeak of the court, or witness some of my favorite NBA legends dunk on a defender. When someone has that special talent to dunk, it gives them more power, more intimidation. It dispels fear into the hearts of other teams, causing them to shutter as someone walks out of the locker room, knowing the abilities that they have. I wanted to set fear into the hearts of my opponents, to have the ability to dunk, to end the game…

Chapter 5: Shooting Part 1: Overview Shooting is the main goal in the sport of basketball as to win you need to have more points compared to your opponent. There are many different types of shots in basketball but the fundamental type of shots that is applied in all other forms is the jump shot. The jump shot is a method of shooting a basketball, it involves transferring of energy from the lower part of the body (core & legs) into the projectile motion of the basketball. So firstly the main…

swimming at the age of seven when his older sisters joined a swim team. He learned to swim quickly, and by age 11, he joined the North Baltimore Aquatic Club after being inspired by the performance of swimmers at the 1996 Olympic Games. He made the U.S. National B Team in 1999 when he was 14 and made it to the Olympics a year later making him the youngest person to qualify for the Olympics in 68 years. Although he placed 5th, he still had many years ahead of him. In spring of 2001 he set a world…