The Old Ball Game
.... the world to develop a foundation for a new country.
Included in this foundation was a need for new ideas and dreams. Of course
Japan did not completely erase thousands of years of tradition and culture, but
Japan did take many international ideas and transformed them into her own. In
the Movie Mr. Baseball, a Japanese woman describes Japan's borrowing techniques.
"Japan takes the best from all over the world and makes it Hers" (Welles).
Included in the world powers of the time was America; therefore, Japan borrowed
several ideas from the United States. One such idea just happened to be
America's National pastime, baseball.
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Basketball Needs To Be Fixed
.... most talented
players to the NBA as many as three years early. This has resulted in not only
an overall lessening of the game, but in certain circumstances caused the
downfall of once great basketball programs. This is how it happens, colleges
recruit players based on what their needs are or what they will need shortly in
the future. So let us say that one school has a great core of sophomore and
junior players for an upcoming season. The coaches do not have the need or the
room for many new top notch players. So all of the top recruits find other
schools to go to. Then, let us say that the great core of players leaves for
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Basketball
.... Ward, Chris Childs, Charles Oakly, and Allen Houston. Then I like the
Charlotte Hornets with Anthony Mason, Tyrone Bouges, Glenn Rice, Gladie Divac,
and Curry. My third favorite team is the Seattle Super Sonics with Shawn Kemp,
Gary Payton, Schremph, and Perdue. My fourth and final favorite team is the
Orlando Magic with my favorite player Anfernee Hardaway, Horris Grant, and Nick
Anderson. My three favorite players in the NBA are:
1)Anfernee Hardaway/ nickname: "Penny"
2)Larry Johnson/nickname: "Grandma"
3)Shawn Kemp/nickname: "Rainman"
These players have a lot of talent and I enjoy watching .....
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Basketball's Greatest Players
.... later at the University Of
North Carolina Michael as a freshman hit the game winning shot to secure the
legendary coach Dean Smith his first ever collegiate championship. As a pro
playing for the four time defending champions he has averaged 32.2 points per
game, 5.9 assists per game, 6.4 rebounds , 2.7 steals, and 1 block. Michael
Jordan is the best role model for America's youth since Dr. J (Julius Erving)
and he's also a perennial all-star.
The game of basketball is the most up and rising game in the 90's.
People who make up the sport come from anyware from Cabrini Green Projects in
Chicago to New South Wales Australia. To e .....
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Billiards
.... are similar to billiards, such as shuffleboard, and
the same equipment - stick and balls. One of the most important tools to
playing any game of this type is the table. In the fourteenth century, the
length of the tables was much longer than today becuase they were used instead
of playing outside. Today the sized of the tables varies all over the worl.
The dimensions range anywhere from nine by four and a half feet to ten by five
feet (“Billiards,” Colliers).
Another tool used to play the game is the cue stick. The cue srick
weighs in a range of twelve to twenty-two ounces, and the straighter the cue,
the better. At the end o .....
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Boxing: Down For The Count
.... seeking, through the use of such skills an footwork, timing, accuracy,
punching, and feinting, to determine who is the better man in the ring" (Farley
26). Unfortunately, dead boxers tell a different story. A study on dangerous
contact sports conducted by Patrick Malone of the Knight Ridder News Service in
1980 revealed that from 1970 to 1978 in America, there was an average of 21
deaths per year among 5,500 boxers, or 3.8 deaths per 1,000 participants,
compared to college football's 0.3 deaths per 1,000 and high school football's
0.1 deaths per 1,000 (Sammons 247). Another more recent study conducted by the
National Health and Med .....
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Bull Fighting
.... passes with the yellow and magenta cape, in order
to determine the bull's qualities and mood, before taking over himself. During
this period the matador is testing the bull's speed, power and tendencies to
hook one way or the other. Information learned now is crucial for a successful
fight
The third trumpet signals the entrance of the picadores, mounted on
horse back, who carry long pikes with a steel tip which is prevented from going
more than four inches into the bull's flesh by a metal guard. The bull carries
its head and horns high, so the aim of the picador is to weaken the massive
tossing muscle (the morrillo) between the .....
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Bullfighting
.... on foot and plant
the barbs in the animal's neck, weakening and angering the beast even more.
Finally the matador comes in for the kill. Brightly dressed, he uses a
sword draped with a cloth, called muleta. After a number of intricate passes
with the muleta, during which the matador must work extremely close to the bull,
the matador sights the bull along his sword, runs forward, and plunges it in,
aiming for the half-dollar-size spot between the shoulders. If the sword enters
correctly between the shoulder blades, it severs the aorta, or great artery, and
the animal dies almost instantly.
A crowd-pleasing matador may be .....
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Why Are The Chicago Bulls So Good?
.... athlete in the world. He is not only the top player of his era but
is quite possible the best player ever to wear the uniform of an NBA team. What
amazes me about Michael is he was not good in college. He worked harder then any
other player to become great, and his career stats prove that fact. Michael
walks on the court and leads by example. Ninety percent of the time, Jordan will
prevail. Without a leader, the team would not endure the playoffs. The rebounder
is Dennis Rodman, a player who takes his job seriously. He is a very popular
player around the league. Dennis is known for his multiple tattoos and colorful
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Coaching Decisions
.... and they definitely want him fired now. In school systems today,
many incidents similar to this happen often. Are athletic coaches today given
too much power and think they can do whatever they think can improve the team?
The coaches should be setting examples to the players, not putting them down.
Athletics are not about winning and losing, it is about getting the most out of
your players. Sometimes the players lose their concentration during the game
and need to be reassured during the halftime discussion. Verbal abuse does not
help the players at all. Coaches also need to remember that they are teaching
teenagers, not adul .....
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Wrestling
.... worth one point, because using the legs is not favorable in Free style.
Throws are exactly what is sounds like, one wrestler throws the other one. Two
to four points can be awarded depending on the height of the throw. The higher
the more points. After a throw both wrestlers start back at the standing
position. A pin in Free style is when one wrestlers shoulder blades roll on the
mat. You do not have to hold a wrestler down for a count of three to get a pin
in Free style. Free style is basically practice for the Collegiant wrestling
season.
Professional wrestling is done in a boxing ring, the rules are vague,
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Floor Exercise
.... with the easy
ones and gradually mastering the more difficult ones. If you wanted to learn a
forward somersault, you would not just start out trying to do the somersault.
Instead, you would learn a whole series of skills one by one, moving along to
the next one only after you mastered the first. It is important to be patient
when learning floor exercises through progressions. Do not move on to the next
skill in the progression until you and your coach have determined that you are
ready. This method will allow you to learn a large number of skills while having
fun and developing confidence. If you find a skill to be particularl .....
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