Basketball Essays

Shooting a basketball is both an art and a science. Basketball shooting is an art form because it involves finely tuned hand-eye coordination rather than gross motor skills. For example, unlike such skills as the defensive stance and pivoting, which are relatively invariable, shooting form is highly individualistic. There is …

Negotiating is the art of convincing the other side that you should get what you want. Knowing what you want from a negotiation is only a small part of what it takes to be prepared. The key to success is knowing how you are going to get what you want …

Basketball is not a sport for everyone it takes a lot of dedication, strength, and teamwork. I have played basketball since I was seven years old. The love that I have for the game is indescribable, if by chance I could never play again, my soul would be a hollow …

The scoreboard shows 95-96; the Cleveland Cavaliers are trailing the Los Angeles Lakers by one point. It is the final game of the NBA season and Lebron James is leading Cleveland through their victorious season. One year earlier, the team coach drafted James into Cleveland’s team hoping that this amateur …

The NBA and WNBA have both evolved into successful basketball organizations. Both create large crowds and they also have fulfilled interest in their markets. Most rules and regulations in both organizations apply to each other. For instance, foul, penalties, elbowing and fighting all apply to each other. Free throw positions …

Every sport has its own unique signature that separates it from the rest of the sports world. Baseball has the homerun, basketball has the slam-dunk, golf has the hole in one, and football has the touchdown. But, perhaps the sport with the most distinguished and unique signature is hockey and …

Basketball: A high intensity sport in which one team tries to out-score another by shooting a ball through a hoop. Basketball is a sport that requires many skills such as hand eye coordination, speed and agility. The sport has been around for many years. It caught my eye when I …

Basketball isn’t just a sport, it’s a lifestyle. It requires you to push yourself again and again and not give up until the final buzzer sounds. Basketball requires a lot of teamwork and that team is like your family. Working together like a family helps push every player to do …

The movie Glory Road is based upon the 1966 Texas Western Basketball team. A team that is best known for helping to break the color barrier in college basketball. Led by Head Coach Don Haskins, the Miners were able to overcome tremendous discrimination shown to their players as well as …

Monica: I’ll play with you. Quincy: For what? Monica: Your heart. This quote is from the very end of the film “Love and Basketball,” one of the most romantic interactions between two well-developed characters in a film that was just perfectly written to capture the emotions involved in following your …