Athletic And A Child Named Timothy Jamal Hood

In the novel, Travel Team, by Mike Lupica, the main character, Danny Walker, is one of the best basketball players in his home town. Basketball talent runs in the family, as his dad, Richie, was drafted in the first round by the Golden State Warriors. Sadly, Richie Walker suffered horrendous injuries due to a car crash, which ended his playing career. As tryouts come along for the local Travel basketball team, Danny is very confident that he will make the team because he has been one of the most successful players in his town. However, tryouts do not go as plan and Danny ends up not making the team because of his size. He is very small for his age and much smaller than the rest of the guys in his grade. However, his talent did not affect the result of him not making the team. The team decided to go “bigger” this year, therefore, height becoming a disadvantage for Danny. Danny’s best friend, Ty Ross, made the Travel team and his father is the coach, who has been Danny’s coach for the past few years. Everyone around town is shocked Danny did not make the cut and this is a huge discussion around his school as well. Many of Danny’s friends were surprised of the end result, especially Ty, who strongly believes Danny should have easily made it. Hearing that he was too small to play on the Travel team, Danny lost all of his confidence to play again, as he told his mom he is planning on the taking the year off of basketball. Danny finally comes to his consensus and decides to not

For this case study, I observed my 11-year-old cousin. Her name is Alice Katherine Villafuerte. She is pale in skin tone and has small dark brown eyes. Her hair is very thick and straight, and has braces, and wears glasses. She lives in a two-story home and shares a room with her 8-year-old sister, Megan. The home has a big backyard where Alice and her sister often play during the day. She attends a public school. They have many toys and video games. Alice plays soccer some days after school. The mother says, “They are always playing around but they don’t clean up their mess in their room.” I chose to do this case study on Alice because she is the only one in this age range I can observe and get in contact with, including her family. She is

Mike Lupica’s book “Summer Ball” portrays the idea that you should never give up and must overcome any challenge that gets into your way to reach your dreams. This book revolves around Danny a highschool boy that has a love and passion for basketball but always believes he is too small or not talented enough to be the best. Danny’s friends often refer to him as being one of the greatest ball players in the entire school. Danny has never noticed the natural talent everyone thinks he has, everyone can see it but himself. In this story, Danny’s friends make a big impact on him by encouraging him and pushing him to work to become the best he possibly can at basketball. Will, Ty, and Tess are all important people in his life that push him to do

Mayusmar (“Miles”), a 16-year old Indonesian-American male, lives with his biological parents and older brother in a middle-class suburban neighborhood outside a large mid-western city. Miles is currently in 11th grade and attends a local private high school. His father works as a school administrator and his mother currently serves the family as a housewife. Miles’ brother is six years his senior and works as a mechanical engineer.

Hines’ father earned a Bachelor’s degree in engineering that he uses at his place of employment, Mylan, where he is a production supervisor. Aaron’s mother also received a Bachelor’s degree, though her specialization is in education. She currently works as a payroll supervisor at RESA 7. Aaron has a close-knit relationship with both his mother and father. Unlike many, Hines’ parents did not give him a real push to go to school after graduating from Fairmont High, “It was more expected that I go…” Hines said “…there wasn’t much of a concern or doubt.” Aaron’s younger brother, Brandon, is 16 years old and works at a local Subway. He summed up the relationship he has with his brother in one sentence “We don’t really do much together…” Aaron said “… we really don’t even get

The issues in this case study involve Melinda Smith, a veteran special education teacher, Derrick Yate, a student with behavioral disorder, Greg, the school principal, Barba Cole, the school social worker, Mrs. Yates, Derrick’s mom and Mr. Douglas, a general education teacher. Besides being a student with behavioral disorder, Derrick was low achieving and had developed a notorious reputation around school. According to Karen, one of the fifth-grade teachers, “Derrick has terrorized everyone”. Despites all the putdowns on Derrick, Mrs. Smith decides to take on the challenge to straighten his behavior.

Physically Dayluis has always been an active child that likes to play outside and enjoys various sports. Though from early childhood to now he has narrowed down his interests as well as progressively developed more skill. When he was younger he used to play baseball and soccer but as he approached 12 years of age he realized he was much better at baseball and enjoyed it more than soccer. His coach recommended more formal baseball training as he grew up and acquired a talent for playing baseball and even played All-Star in his league. Thus, I encouraged him to follow his interests and fostered his newfound talent by signing him up on a travel team so he could explore if he wants to play baseball in high school.

Individual improvement is the manner to find success because enhancing as a person can ultimately mean that they are putting they’re dreams out there, obtaining new talents, and making themselves a higher person as a whole. Inside “The Game of My Life”, Jason McElwain clarifies that on February 15, 2006 in Rochester, NY, Jason McElwain a boy who suffered from intense autism was able to play in a game of basketball when he was on the court, in uniform with other school buddies was astounding considering his extreme introvertedness. Jason McElwain’s intention is to demonstrate or expose that as he was getting older he progressed was able to play a game of basketball like he had

The main idea of this paper is to introduce you to what really happens as a high school athlete and the things you learn along the way. High school sports is way more than just playing the sport, it shows you what you are really made of and how to handle problems life is going to throw at you. The adversity you face as an athlete carries over to real world problems and you have been there and done that, so handling adversity is second nature. This information comes from all my coaches, myself and Friday Night Lights. I feel I have already grown as a person by competing in athletics and calling other people my brothers. Not only does high school athletics help you in the long run, but it helps you with problems you have now.

If a fear cannot be articulated, it can't be conquered”- Stephen King. In the short stories, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, by Edgar Allan Poe, and “House Taken Over”, by Julio Cortazar, haunted houses caused the characters from both stories to get tugged into fearful situations that they don't even know themselves why that is. As both stories progress, the fear of the unknown tends to grow stronger the more the characters try to ignore it. All the running and hiding leads to the character's own downfalls. Although, both stories fall into different genres they do share the same idea; the fear of the unknown. Cortazar exemplifies this with magical realism by having the sense of intruders, causing the characters to leave their house completely. Poe addresses this by using gothic literature, with the“death” of his sister and the way that he keeps the fact if Lady Madeline is alive or the walking dead.

Consequently, Terrell’s search for love through basketball and with Valerie affected his college choice. With basketball, Terrell devoted hours of time to basketball practice and improving individually. It was obvious that Terrell put in the work on his fundamentals in basketball: “From his junior to senior year, Terrell’s scoring average rocketed from 21.3 to 28.7 points per game, his assists per game dramatically increased from 2.3 to 6.5, and his rebounds per game escalated from 8.4 to 13.3 per game” (Feinstein 342). Furthermore, Terrell expanded his offensive and defensive basketball knowledge to become more adroit when playing. Due to his passion of the game, boring practices were more competitive and exuberant than they were

If kids don’t try other sports, how do they know whether or not they might like those sports more or be better at them? For many athletes their bodies are not completely developed. By playing at the speed of the higher conditioned and developed players in the professional league, young underdeveloped athletes run the risk of suffering an early career ending injury. These opportunities, though, come at a cost. While young athletes are participating in intensive sporting education, their academic education may be neglected. Age effects take a greater approach to the physical side of the sports people body, as the older the sports person is, the more mature and developed their body is and the younger the person is the less developed they are. Training and traveling all

Samantha came from a hardworking, family oriented, working class of community involved family members on her father’s side. Her paternal grandmother, Joanne Smith, pushed her four sons to be respectful, always work for what you want to receive, and always remember where you came from, therefore, Samantha’s father Brian decided to get his associates degree in architecture with a full-time job at Glenmark Construction to attain a career and pursue to be a part owner of the business. Samantha also came from an east coast, working class, intelligent, Norwegian based family on her mother’s side. Her maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Bensen, worked at a bank while her grandfather, Kenneth Bensen, worked in a laboratory that manufactured mechanical circulatory support for the heart and lungs called cardiopulmonary bypass. Kenneth and Elizabeth pushed their two children to achieve a higher education, never give up, and never disbelieve in the talent that is given to you, thus, Samantha’s mother Christine went to Indiana University for undergraduate and graduate school, receiving her Doctorate in Law to pursue a career in criminal justice as a chief prosecutor in the state of

Practicing a sport can be highly beneficial to children, until it’s taken too far. Often called training now, children as young as six years old are participating in sports that require too much time. At that age, sports should be something fun to do and a favorable source of physical activity. However, whenever an athlete shows a hint of a talent, child exploitation occurs (Bean 10234). Between the ages of 7-12, adolescents should be learning identity, motives, beliefs, and values, but nearly all athletes are practicing 5 days a week with games every Saturday. This leaves no time or energy for hanging out with friends, homework, family time, and relaxation. Dr. Shane Murphy reports that if a coach or trainer sees talent in a young child, immediately they are convincing the

Child A was observed through the naturalistic approach with time both split into two thirty minute timed observations. She is a two year old, caucasian child who’s family is of a middle class socioeconomic status. Although, her family is very laid back, religion plays a large role in the everyday family life. Family life for Child A is perceived as the “cookie cutter” family. She has two happily married parents, and one older sister that is sixteen years apart from her. Physically, Child A has big brown eyes, curly brown hair, fair skin, and a bright loving smile. She was wearing black cat patterned legging and a white shirt with the word, “meow” on the front of it. She is of good health and does not have any history of any serious illnesses. The social system that the child takes part in clarifies that it is not the “typical” American family at this point in time. She is lucky enough to have two dedicated parents, married, and living in the same household. Her role in the family is commonly known as the “baby” who is typically fussed over, given attention, and brings excitement to every occasion. Although, she does play the role of the, “baby” is defined throughout the observation, she is also disciplined with fairness to balance everything out.