the rebound. The shooting guard knows he has to be confident and ready to knock down a shot when he is open, and the energy player has to be willing to take a charger or dive for the ball to bring life into his teammates. This carries over to the point guard position as well. The average fan and player does not see the thousands of shots in an empty gym a player takes in an effort to “be like Mike,”; therefore, the average fan or player does not understand
While playing point guard in basketball you have to stay calm and collected. Whether it’s badgering defenders hanging all over you or keeping your team relaxed when losing a nail biter late in the game, you need composure to be a successful point guard. Working as an elevator mechanic requires this same poise when things aren’t going your way on a job or when customers complain. Playing point guard in basketball and working as an elevator mechanic present similar challenges by working cooperatively
In 2012, the entire world was captivated by an unheralded NBA point guard named Jeremy Shu-How Lin. Lin is a 25-year-old Taiwanese-American basketball player who miraculously turned the dismal New York Knicks’ 2012 season upside down in just two weeks (“Newest” 10). Leading the team to eight consecutive, phenomenal wins in 10 games, including a worldwide televised victory over the Lakers, in which Lin scored a career-high of 38 points, Lin immediately rose as a superhero with “virility, strength
Lupica is an inspirational novel about present day sports lives in the eyes of preteens. As a “New York Times Number One Best Seller,” this story is a realistic fiction novel, using real sports athletes and NBA teams. This story is about a small point guard named Danny Walker. Although he is the only son of the professional “hometown hero,” Richie Walker, the four-eight twelve-year-old is cut from his school’s travel team due to his size. Attempting to be a factor in his child’s life, Richie Walker
throughout the whole game. Our press was working, we were making points, but they caught on and began to break the press. Without our press, which is an easy way to get points, scoring was getting difficult for us. Doing the unexpected can make you a winner, but not for everyone. I worked hard in the press break, I kept my hands up on defense and boxed people out, but that does not mean we won. Defense wins games, but without points on the scoreboard what do you have to show for? We tried so hard
Adil Ahmed 3rd Hour 10/4/14 Essay Writing Compare and Contrast Point Guards and Quarterbacks From soccer to football and baseball to basketball, each sport has its one valuable position. This one position is essential for the team’s victories. The player to fill this role must not only be a decisive leader but a skillful player as well. This spot requires hard work and dedication which in turn provides teammates with a satisfying example and contributes to the team’s victories. Not any player is
base everything off of one's scoring ability. Which brings me to the topic of the top 10 point guards in the league. All point guards should have certain characteristics in order to be considered the top in the league. The top NBA point guards, as of right now, all share similar qualities in their game that makes them the top point guards in the league. For example their ability to handle the ball. One point guard that has incredible ball handling skills is Kyrie Irving. This allows him to get past
Fast Break The most exciting play in basketball is the fast break. This poem outlines every detail of the fast break and does a great job using the words to create a fantastic visual for the reader. The title of the poem, “Fast Break,” is actually what the whole poem is describing. The visual that is created is one of the reasons this poem is so appealing. My love for the game of basketball, more specifically at the collegiate level is another reason why this poem catches my attention. The author
has helped me out in the long run. There are five positions in basketball: point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, and center, but, the most important position is the point guard. The point guard is the quarterback or floor general of the team. You have to be very vocal to run the team and call the shots. If you are not vocal, you will be sitting the bench or worse, in the stands. The shooting guard is the second most important player on the hardwood floor. He is the one running
psychotic rapists to Islamic terrorists. As the prisoners received, they very strangely started to whistle. The guards found this unusual, as most of the time, the prisoners are either yelling or attacking each other. Even the prison chefs couldn't bare to notice the unusual behavior of the prisoners. Some of the prisoners were snapping their fingers to the whistling tunes. The prison guards talk among themselves about the unusual situation. Meanwhile, outside of the prison, four black armored trucks
chilling. The experiment took ordinary college students and had some agree to be prisoners and the rest would be guards for the prisoners. Both groups received no training on what to do or act like. They had to get all of their knowledge of what to do from outside sources, such as television and movies. The guards were given uniforms and night sticks and told to act like an ordinary guard would. The prisoners were treated like normal criminals. They were finger printed and booked, after that they were
I tried out for color guard in March of 2016. My experience with joining color guard has been one of the best decisions that I have made so far in my life. Not only has it changed me as a person, it has changed the way I look at situations. It sounds weird that an activity could change so much in my life, but it truly has. And it has made me a better person because of it. In March of 2016 I read about color guard auditions. I asked a few of my friends about what it was because it had mentioned dancing
he did not even shiver. The raindrops smashed against his scarred face, which was covered only revealing those dark, mysterious eyes. He knew that he would have to stay still, motionless for hours before he might be able to move. His strong point was not being able to move swiftly and elegantly and not even to kill, but to sit like a predator waiting to attack. “Rickimaryu, you are doing well,” said his teacher “ you will become something great one day!” There stood a young adolescent
animal and is there to serve and guard a person. Each of the witches possesses a familiar except for the third witch. Her familiar is never laid on the table for us to see. In my paper I will show how the owl is the familiar of the third witch. First you must understand what a familiar is. In Websters dictionary the word familiar is defined as a closely acquainted; an intimate associate or companion, a spirit embodied in an animal and held to attend and serve or guard a person. The cliché of a familiar
which we haven't seen much of so far, or in some cases totally new emotions for a character. At the start of this scene the atomsphere is very tense as Lady Macbeth waits for here husband to return. "Hark, peace!" This shows that at this point that Lady Macbeth is nervous beacuase of her eratic reaction to the owl. She is worried that Macbeth might not commit the murder, this is making her nervous; and is shown by her reaction to the slightest noise. This is a quick shift in attitude
James laid in his bed with his pillow over his head in a deep peaceful sleep oblivious to the storm that raged on outside and to the events which transpired in it. His sleep was cut short when his cell phone rang and woke up him. He raised the pillow ever so slightly to scowl at the damn thing before finally mustering the strength to reach out it and see who was calling him. His scowl and anger only intensified once he saw it was his long time partner Tony calling. James (half-asleep & annoyed):
Hebrew who was raised with Egyptian upbringing and education. As he grew he either knew that he was an Israelite or simply sympathized with Israelites in bondage. We know this by the action he took when he saw an Egyptian guard beating on a Hebrew slave. Moses interfered, killed the guard, and buried him. So Moses fled Egypt to Mount Sinai out of fear. This is the location in which God revealed his personal name to Moses and called upon him to lead his people out of the land of Egypt. Miracles are fore-facts
Chapters 1-2 Summary William Armstrong’s novel, Sounder, takes place in the home of a Southern American sharecropper in the nineteenth century. In the beginning of the book, it describes an image of the father petting his dog, Sounder, in the pouch. The boy asks his father where he first got Sounder. The father explains how Sounder came to him along the road when he was a pup. The boy loves Sounder and thinks no other animal in the world can replace him. He thinks the most impressive thing about
struggle is more than just one of revenge, it also encompasses life over death and love over hate before returning to revenge. The first line of Hamlet, Barnardo's peremptory "Who's there?" when he approaches Francisco's guard post, rather than the more usual challenge of the guard, tells us that the soldiers are nervous in their duties. When Horatio and Marcellus arrive they also give us signs of upset with their talk of the war with Fortinbras of Norway. Marcellus enquires :- Why this same strict
Beowulf The classic hero is a well-known character of high social position whose qualities represent those valuable to his society. The hero is pitted against monsters and is, therefore, strong and courageous often to the point of seeming superman. Beowulf often displays cunning and craftiness in dealing with others. At the same time, since he represents all humans, he struggles to overcome human weaknesses. He is challenged and he triumphs. In Beowulf: A new telling by Robert Nye, Beowulf