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  2. Is it worth it? 10 questions athletes should consider if they ...

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    Choose a team whose coach knows or has direct pathways to college coaches and will tell them to watch you, too. You are paying for these connections on a club team. If you’re not getting them ...

  3. Mental toughness - Wikipedia

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    Mental toughness is a measure of individual resilience and confidence that may predict success in sport, education, and the workplace. [1] The concept emerged in the context of sports training, as one of a set of attributes that allow a person to become a better athlete and able to cope with difficult training and difficult competitive situations and emerge without losing confidence.

  4. Basketball - Wikipedia

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    Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...

  5. History of basketball - Wikipedia

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    Basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith as a less injury-prone sport than football. Naismith was a 31-year-old graduate student when he created the indoor sport to keep athletes indoors during the winters. [1]

  6. 10 questions with Pleasant Hill Billies boys basketball ... - AOL

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    Gavin Inglish is a junior guard for the Pleasant Hill boys basketball team. He is averaging 22.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.

  7. Our 10 biggest questions entering the Springfield area high ...

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    Here are the 10 biggest questions we have about the area's basketbal l season heading into the season. Which of the new coaches will have the most success in their first year?

  8. Earl Lloyd - Wikipedia

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    Earl Lloyd. Earl Francis Lloyd (April 3, 1928 – February 26, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was the first African American player to play a game in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [2][3][4][5][6] An All–American player at West Virginia State University, Lloyd helped lead West Virginia State to ...

  9. Five major questions for this Kentucky basketball offseason ...

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    Up until Thursday night, if you told a smart college basketball person — a veteran coach or national pundit, for example — that a decent number of Kentucky basketball fans wanted to run ...