Essays on Basket Ball

I have been brought up in family of fitness freaks. I remember my parents playing different sports with me; giving me chance to select the sport of my interest. I am passionate about basket ball and swimming. I was taught that participating and playing with team spirit was more important than wining. The farsightedness of my family helped me in becoming a balanced person. I offered many voluntary services in our community association. It would include activities like preparing lemonade and snacks for orphanages and old age homes. I would get a chance to visit old age homes and spend time ...

Introduction

Education is the development of the individual’s mind, body and soul. The aim of education is thus increasing the mental ability through knowledge, understanding and analysis, improving the physical standards through a regimen of exercise and above all the spiritual uplift of the soul through the inculcation of good values. The importance of physical activities and sports is recognized well at the school level. Sports are believed to prepare an alert mind and also enhance the power of the brain. It is a general belief that in higher education physical training and sports is not all that important. At this ...

Watching such excellent players as Kobe Bryant play always evoked mixed feelings in me – excitement, entertainment and discouragement. While one may wonder why Bryant could be a discouragement, others may understand that it is not the easiest of tasks to play like Kobe Bryant. I, however, made a promise to myself, to learn how to play basketball, and make the best out of my capability. This marked the beginning of what could later turn out to be a very interesting experience. Today, I may neither be the best basketball player, nor match Bryant’s skill, but I can explain to a wiling learner, ...

Los Angeles Lakers franchise is a basket ball team which was founded in 1946 after the purchase of a weakening Detroit. The team home ground is based in Los Angeles California staples. The famous basket ball participate in the pacific division of the of the NBA league. The team is famous for its code of colours which consist of the white, gold and purple colours, when playing in their home ground they prefer playing in their golden coloured uniform and when playing away it prefers playing in their purple coloured uniform. The franchise uniform has its name written on purple ...

Injuries in Sports

Background In basket ball, the ankle and the knee stand out as some of the most commonly injured body parts perhaps due to the fact that the sport involves a lot of running and jumping which renders the sport one of the most dangerous. While running or jumping, the knee and the ankle are served with the responsibility of supporting a characteristic enormous amount of load. In this light, it is valid to say that the success of any athlete involved in basketball as a sport is overly dependent on his ability to avoid overloading the knee and the ankle, Common ...

Gender equality

Gender equality refers to the equal treatment and representation of both men and women in any aspect humanity. Gender equality ideologies arose from the beliefs that there were many forms of gender inequalities and injustices, mostly the females being the victims. The equality between men and women has become one of the most talked about in sport, politics, and society and education sectors all over the world. The efforts to foster equality between men and women have helped to improve the lives of millions of citizens worldwide. Even though there are still some kinds of inequalities, especially in third ...

Childhood Memory

My childhood was full of fun times and joy. I grew up in a family of two siblings. My father was a sports event organizer and was part of the organizing team of almost every sports event in the United States back in the 1990s. This meant he travelled around the country very often. Our family therefore, spent a lot of time travelling, especially when my elder brother, Jake, was on holiday. The frequent travels around the country and once in a while around the world made me develop an interest in travelling and sports. At the age of only four, I had ...