Personal Essay: My Experience As A Point Guard

Matt gave some advice to me that would be good for any college student looking to get this job or a similar one. Get involved in the basketball career field as soon as possible doing as much as possible. Experience is everything in this business. If he had done anything different he would have

While the most important parts of being a baller can be debated for years and years. I believe all would agree that you have to be able to put the ball in the hoop. That is why I have spent most of my life learning how to shoot a basketball properly. The

“I started out with Center, my first year, and I also played a little bit of defensive line, but it wasn’t much. Sophomore year, I was able to specialize a little bit more on offensive line, and I actually moved up to guard,” Soehnlin said.

Opponent Three at 3-point line as displayed in Figure 14. While this transition occurs, Player Five must also quickly drop down to guard Opponent Four at the low post and Player One must also come down to the high post in order to deny the pass to Opponent Five. Also, Player Three should move down closer to the 3-point line in order to help defend, but also to be in the passing lane back to Opponent One. Lastly, Player Four should come into the paint and must be ready to defend the lob pass to Opponent Four and to defend the high post if Opponent Five receives the ball; Player Four must also be ready to run out to the wing and guard the 3-point shot of Opponent Two if the ball is skipped across the court.

Parker's game has been built on being a scoring point guard but he'll know work to setup LaMarcus Aldridge and Kawhi Leonard.

In the poem, “Ex – Basketball Player” by john Updike, (which is a narrative poem) illustrates the nature of life on how life is potentially is seen has a mirror to other people’s life, especially people who play sports. Life is the physical and mental experience of an individual. An in the poem the main character Flick, supply the poem with a good example of how life is potentially a mirror for other people. This poem is formally organized, even though it locks some qualities, it still haves the qualifications of a good poem. The “Ex Basket Player” is an interested poem because it has a good theme, tone and lots of figurative languages.

Ever since Kevin Garnett, a teenager who by-passed college, was drafted as the fifth overall pick in the 1995 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft, more and more high school teenagers have been making the jump straight to the pros. Since the league draft of 1995, 17 first round picks have been high school players. This means that about 7 percent of first round draft picks in the NBA have been high school teens skipping out on their college education to make the jump to the NBA (Chylinski).

I played Cornerback on the football team and Point Guard for the basketball team; I was a starter on both. I love basketball more than football but I still gave it my hardest in football. Eventually, that cost me. We were 4-0, heading to our 5th game and that week of practice turned out to change my whole senior year

A major theme in Jack London’s Call Of The Wild, is kill or be killed.

Some points are asked to be scorers and other are asked to hold their team down on the defensive end. In the article, On Point: Eight Characteristics of Great Point Guards , states “When you have a scoring point guard it just really puts pressure on the defense. It helps to open your entire offense. Normally you have other positions that are scoring positions, but when you have (a scoring point guard) it just naturally opens up your other shooters and your inside game.” ( Andy Streit). The more of a scorer the point guard is the more successful the other teammate will be. Point guard cannot always look to pass, they have to know how to penetrate into the defense, draw two defenders, and then a better pass will be open to another teammate.

I used to practice every day when practice began, and I also put in effort outside campus on my own time when I could. Dribbling was the first technique that I wanted to better improve. I was a point guard, meaning that I was the backcourt player who directed my teams offense. I also practiced my shooting skills. I acquired knowledge this way, because I knew that dedication would get me to where I am now. Defense was a challenge for me, because I was much more smaller than my competition. I practiced for the games physically and mentally in order to

A good offense is nice to have, but good defense lowers the other teams chance to score. Good defense also takes the pressure off the team when on offense. The team won't feel as if they have to score on every possession. Defense is hard to train, and a partner is required. The main thing to do on defense is to stay between the person being guarded and the goal. A good defensive player needs to be quick and agile, but also have good endurance. Once the player has learned how to defend, they can become a bit more aggressive. The player should soon reach out to interrupt dribbles and steal the ball, or try block shots and passes to create turnovers.

Point guard is usually the fastest and shortest player on the team, this player organizes the team’s offense by controlling the ball and his usually the person to call plays.

Within Hollywood’s movies depiction of drug addiction, many have failed to represent all true aspects that come along with such lifestyles. The movie, The Basketball Diaries, is based off a novel Jim Carroll wrote from his own diary entries. As a teenager growing up in the sixties, Carroll reveals his progression of drug abuse which eventually leads him addicted to heroin.Heroin is a white powder derived from morphine found in opium. It is commonly prescribed as a painkiller, but is also a popular street drug.The director casted Leonardo DiCaprio as Jimmy, and concentrates on creating the character as a stereotypical drug abuser. DiCaprio’s most captivating scene is when he is going through heroin

One rainy night in November, I arrived to the church gym for my first basketball practice of the season. As I walked in the doors creaked and you could smell the gym floor. As I already heard the basketballs hitting the ground, bouncing up and down. My friends Brittany and Destiny walked in right behind me through the door. That was when we realized we were the only girls surrounded by all guys. As practice came to a start we began to run, it felt like we were never going to stop. Up and down the court as we ran suicides, you could hear the squeaking of shoes as we went from the next line back and then on to the next. Before we started scrimmaging, the two captains were boys. Brittany, Destiny, and I stood in amazement as we were the last three standing there. You could see by their expressions they didn’t want any of us on either team.