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Wharton School Life Penn
615 wordsJohn F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. " I see academics as a similar two-way interaction: in the classroom, I will do much more than take up valuable space. Because of the broad range of experiences I have had, my knowledge of many subjects is thorough. These experiences will help me perform well in any class, as I have learned how to use my time efficiently. Time management is very important to me, because one needs free time with...
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Lacrosse Tournament Play Game
326 wordsDuring spring break I went to the beautiful state of Arizona where me and my father were going to play golf all week long. We stayed with my dads old college friends. Well me and my dad finished playing golf one day so we went back to the house and we heard one of the kids had a Lacrosse Tournament. I never went to a lacrosse function so I thought It was a very hot day, as it is everyday in Arizona The game starts of with the ref putting the ball in the middle and a guy from each team tries to f...
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Washington D C Nineteenth Century
1,188 wordsLacrosse was one of many varieties of indigenous stick ball games being played by American Indians at the time of European contact. Almost exclusively a male team sport, it is distinguished from the others, such as field hockey or shinny, by the use of a netted racquet with which to pick the ball off the ground, throw, catch and convey it into or past a goal to score a point. The cardinal rule in all varieties of lacrosse was that the ball, with few exceptions, must not be touched with the hands...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Ice Hockey
1,259 words... the building of dams. One species of beaver occurs in North America, the other in Eurasia. The two species differ chiefly in the shape of the nasal bones and are so much alike that some authorities consider them to be varieties of the same species. They are large rodents; the average adult beaver weighs about 16 kg (about 35 lb), but specimens as heavy as 40 kg (90 lb) have been found, and some extinct beavers were almost bearlike in size. (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1975). Beavers have long ...
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Grade Point Average Community College
796 wordsTwo things didn't mix well in my life. One was being a full time student and the other an athlete. It was great not having parents around telling you to do your homework or to go to class, of which I never did. I had a choice, which was more important, playing lacrosse or studying. Like any first year college student I picked lacrosse. At that point I didn't realize what I was getting myself into. Who at that age would know either? My worst nightmare came true in the summer of 1989. I was academ...
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Middlebury Panthers Bishops Crosier Lacrosse
490 wordsAmong the thousands of Native American tribes, there were a lot of games being played similar to what we now call Lacrosse before the civilization of North America. According to many, the first Europeans to see this game being played were French explorers. These French explorers thought the stick resembled a bishops crosier. A Bishops crosier translates to Lacrosse in French and this is where the name of the game originated. In 1856, the first step towards turning Lacrosse into a modern organize...
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Wearing Uniforms Boy
483 wordsGirl? s Sports vs. Boy? s Sports I am a 16 -year-old female athlete at Branford High School. I am a goalkeeper for the soccer team at school and have played number one doubles my freshman year for the Varsity Tennis Team. In past years I have played Field Hockey, Basketball, Softball, and swimming. Going from one practice to another. Coming home tired like many other athletes. Most of my friends are boys. I? ve always related better to them. I go to watch my friends play football and hockey, soc...
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Game Was Played Ice Hockey
2,731 wordsFor more than a century, hockey historians have found that precisely tracing the sports origin is not only a difficult task but, a virtual impossibility. Therefore I can only try to deduce for myself, from the records, claims, and accounts, which are available to me, when, where, and by whom the first ice hockey was played. I? ll also discuss the early problems and obstacles that the NHL encountered. Plus I will also tell a little bit about early equipment, along with early game play and ice con...
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Games Were Held American Indians
2,484 wordsHistory of Lacrosse What is the history of lacrosse? It is a topic that holds interesting for me in two respects. First, I enjoy all types of history, so learning the whos and whats of the sport is interesting to me. Second, I play lacrosse and knowing who and how the sport was developed would help and interest me. How the game of lacrosse was played. What they used to play with, the types of sticks and balls. Rules used to play, team size, and the basic aspects of the game. The differences betw...
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Game Lacrosse Position
244 wordsWhat is Lacrosse? Summary: Lacrosse is the oldest sport in North America, and dates back to the 1400 s. Lacrosse did not become well know until the 1600 s. The first person to acknowledge the game of lacrosse was Jean de Brebeuf. He saw Indians playing with a stick and a net looking feature. This net was strung in cross patterns, so the name La Crosse stuck, and eventually became Lacrosse. The game has been called the fastest game on two feet. The sport is similar to basketball, hockey, and socc...
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Game Was Played Ice Hockey
2,739 wordsFor more than a century, hockey historians have found that precisely tracing the sports origin is not only a difficult task but, a virtual impossibility. Therefore I can only try to deduce for myself, from the records, claims, and accounts, which are available to me, when, where, and by whom the first ice hockey was played. I? ll also discuss the early problems and obstacles that the NHL encountered. Plus I will also tell a little bit about early equipment, along with early game play and ice con...
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Continues To Grow Fast Paced
2,135 wordsThe Weapons of BaggatawaResearch Paper Robert Vance Gitomer Table of Contents Introduction 2 Overview of the Game 3 History 5 Research 8 Conclusion 11 SOURCES 12 Born of the North Americans, Christened by the French, adopted and raised by the Canadians, Lacrosse has been wooed by athletes and enthusiasts of the United States and British commonwealth for over 100 years. Practically all the English-speaking nations have succumbed to the charm and challenge of Lacrosse at one time or another (Lacro...
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