Personal Essay- Basketball

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Basketball has played a big role in my life thus far. The game of basketball to me means everything that I want to have for my city and for myself. I have a dream of holding up a state championship trophy for my team and for myself. I have put countless numbers of hours into what it would be like for this dream to become a reality. Next year will be my final year of high school basketball. Texas district realignment moved this super small 4A team to an extremely large 3A school. The chance of winning the state championship in 3A is much better than we could have if we had stayed in 4A. I continue to dream about that day that will hopefully happen in the next year of my life.

Although today’s game is much different than the original game, it has many of the same concepts. Basketball has always been a competitive sport. This game was designed to test both the accuracy, athleticism and stamina of the competitions. It was not until 1950 to 1970 that the business of televising games made basketball become a more offensive minded game. “The early pro rules allowed two-handed discontinued dribbles, which enabled players to simply bull there way to the basket. Head-butting a defender was deemed a savvy move“ (Resen 12). This was a transitional time when the game became more loosely officiated, slam dunks were allowed, a shot clock was added, and in the 80’s, the three point shot was added. In the early years, the game was mainly

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made up of set shots, lay-ups and very good defense. It was very uncommon for teams to score more than 20-30 points each. This would have been considered a high scoring game.

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