"Sports itself requires athletes to assert themselves against an opponent, such as to obtain possession of a soccer ball or basketball, " Cohn said.
"If it was golf it would be a problem, but a basketball is a pretty big ball, " Carlesimo said.
In basketball, the timing of putting the ball in the right place and at the right time is the process that makes the difference to success.
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Like a basketball player getting ready for a jump ball, or a sprinter in the starting blocks, every able-bodied passenger needs to be ready to move, and to act definitively, not tentatively.
Try this analogy (thanks to Veritasium.com): if the Earth were the size of a basketball, the moon would be a tennis ball about 24 feet away, and the Sun would be like a house nearly two miles away.
Positive visualization is also used in sports where athletes envision successful outcomes: the racer crossing the finish line, the basketball going through the hoop, or the tennis ball landing in the perfect spot across the net.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave Mr Obama a ball signed by the 2011 Toronto Raptors professional basketball team, as well as a "golden-framed 19th Century antique map of North America, surrounded by drawings of North American Indians, beavers".
Is anything in basketball harder and more taken for granted than bringing up the ball against full court pressure?
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It has a 9, 700-square foot Tuscan-style house, equestrian facilities, a basketball court, a skeet-shooting range, a bocce ball court and an olive farm.
What the boys on the basketball court cared about was not whether white kids came and played ball with them.
An early pursuit at Intentional Software is so-called aspect-oriented programming, which focuses on improving those group interactions--somewhat like how basketball coaches develop individual skills and team-passing for good overall ball movement.
Days after the Penn State case came to light, Syracuse University in New York placed longtime assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine on administrative leave following allegations that he molested former ball boys more than 25 years ago.
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The ball is in the court of Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust to deal with the basketball program and the cheating scandal.
Basketball sages point out that the press can be beaten by a well-coached team with adept ball handlers and astute passers and that is true.
In basketball, John Stockton who is the all-time leader in assists in NBA history knew the strengths and capabilities of his teammates enough to know where to pass the ball to, and how individual teammates could be set up for success probably better than anyone in basketball history.
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"He's become a better basketball player and he's honestly putting the effort in to be a better teammate as far as passing the ball and getting everyone involved, " Keatts said.
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