Soccer vs Basketball

Soccer vs Basketball

     Today, i'm gonna show you the differences or the opposites of "Soccer" from "Basketball." They are both team sports and they are played with a ball, but in different style. Both have different styles of playing the game. Both have their opposites.

 

::Soccer::

::Basketball::

     Both are team sports so they consist lots of players, but in soccer, there are 11 players of each team inside the field while in basketball, there are 5 players of each team inside the court. 

     In terms of the field or court, the game soccer is played on a rectangular field of "grass" or green artificial turf. On the other hand, basketball is also played on a rectangular court, but this time, it's not covered with grass. It can be a cemented floor or an hardwood one (the ones that are used in NBA and other basketball leagues). And also both court came in different size, soccer's court is bigger and wider than the court of basketball.

Basketball court

Soccer field

     Yes, they are both played with a ball but in soccer, you use your feet to dribble the ball and in basketball you use your hands to take control of the ball. In terms of scoring/gaining points, you shoot the ball into the hoop for basketball, and for soccer you kick the ball right into the goal.

Soccer goal

Basketball hoop

     For their uniform and equipment, the soccer players wear t-shirts or long sleeves, can't see them wear jerseys like the basketball players wear, which has no sleeves at all. And also the soccer players wear different kind of shoes. They wear spiked-shoes which are good to wear when you are playing in a field of grass. And for the basketball, they wear, well, basketball shoes. It can be a high-cut or low-cut shoes. It depends on the player where he is more comfortable.

Soccer shoes (spike-shoes)

Basketball shoes

     And also, when it comes to fouls, referees warned the players of soccer by giving them colored cards and while in basketball, the players are given 5 chances to commit fouls, some leagues give 6 fouls to be committed. In soccer, you will be fouled out when you are given a red card and in basketball, you are fouled out (or graduate) when you reach the limit of the given fouls.

"Dead Men's Path"

"Dead Men's Path"

by Chinua Achebe

     The story "Dead Men's Path" is about a man named Obi who was appointed as the new headmaster of Ndume Central School. He now had the chance to show the people what he can do in running a school. Together with his wife, they ran the school pretty good and made some changes that beautify the whole school. After admiring his works, he then saw this faint signs of almost disused path which he thought that this "path" would be an, somehow, ugly spot or scenery to his school. So he decided to put up a fence and close the "path." What he doesn't know is that, that "path" he just closed is a part of the village's tradition. That "path" is very important to the villagers and somehow it connects the village shrine with their place of burial. So what happened in the end, a priest talked to Mr. Obi to open the path again so there will be no conflict BUT Mr. Obi insisted on opening the path again. What happened is that the villagers get mad and destroyed all his hard works on that school.

     So basically, the story is about the new versus the old, the modernization of things versus the traditions that's been practiced for many years. The story focuses on the importance of tradition. Because, as we all know, tradition is always being practiced and no one can just take that away. Tradition has been a part of the living of people.

     Chinua Achebe's place in Africa, their African culture has been colonized by the European but still they practiced their old tradition. They didn't give up on their possessions (culture) because it is important to them. Like in the Philippines, we all know that modernization is now the trend of the nation, wala ngang nagpapahuli sa uso ika nga. But even though modernization is being done, we still practiced our old tradition, like saying "po" and "opo" to the elderlies, eating together at the table with the whole family, and even those superstitious beliefs are also being practiced up until now (maybe some of them), and other stuffs. So you see, even the "new" came in still we can't take away the "old". We can't just forget them because the "old" is also the reason who/what we are now.

Wizard's Wall

John Wall

#2

Point Guard of the Washington Wizards

Date of Birth : September 6, 1990 (age 20)

Place of Birth : Raleigh, North Carolina America

Nationality : American

Listed Height : 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m)

Listed Weight : 195 lb (88 kg)

     Johnathan Hildred Wall, Jr. is an American basketball player with the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Wall was chosen the first overall in the 2010 NBA Draft by the Wizards.

::Childhood::

     Wall is the son of Frances Pulley and John Carroll Wall, Sr., who was in prison for most of Wall's childhood for robbery with a dangerous weapon. When Wall was 9 years old, his father was released from prison but died of liver cancer a month later, on August 24, 1999 at the age of 52. Throughout his childhood, Wall's mother worked multiple jobs to support Wall, his sister, Cierra, and his half-sister, Tonya.

::College career::

     Wall was originally recruited by Kentucky, Duke, Georgia Tech, and Kansas. Wall committed to attend the University of Kentulcky on May 19, 2009. Wall was properly introduced, like his teammates, to the Kentucky fanbase through the annual event Big Blue Madness. At this event, which had more attention to it than normally given due to the anticipated recruiting class, players were introduced with music one at a time at a raised platform high above the arena. This is when John Wall first performed what has come to be known as the "John Wall Dance" – turning his right arm in a biceps "flex", then rotating his hand out. This dance has taken on a life of its own through web viewings, photos of people doing the dance across the world, and more. He was suspended by the NCAA from Kentucky's first exhibition game and first regular season game, for travel benefits he received from his AAU coach, Brian Clifton, who was a certified agent at the time. In his first action as a Wildcat, in an exhibition game against Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Wall led his team with 27 points and 9 assists in 28 minutes of playing time.

John Wall during his season at Kentucky

::2010 - 2011 (Rookie Season)::

     Wall was named the Most Outstanding Player at the 2010 Las Vegas Summer League, averaging 23.5 points, 7.8 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals in 32.3 minutes per game. Wall made his NBA debut in a 112-83 loss to the Orlando Magic. He had 14 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. In his third game, his first home game, he tied a franchise record with nine steals, and became only the second player in NBA history to get nine assists or more in each of his first three games. On November 10, Wall recorded his first career triple-double with 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 13 assists to go along with 6 steals and only 1 turnover. In doing so, Wall became the second rookie, along with Magic Johnson, to record a triple-double with six steals in his first six games. Wall was the third youngest player to record a triple double in NBA history.

John Wall performances during his college season

::Sources::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wall_(basketball)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4CbQGBbUOw

The Story of an Hour

The Story of an Hour

by Kate Chopin

     Mrs. Mallard or Louise died out of joy after seeing her husband alive coz' she thought her husband died during the railroad accident but what she don't know, her husband was far away from the accident and didn't even know that there was an accident. By the time Mrs. Mallard heard about news, she was depressed at first that she can't handle the pain. This may be the cause of her heart disease to get worse. But then she realized that she will be free, she kept whispering to herself "free, free, free." But after seeing her husband alive, her heart rate probably went up due to the over joy that she felt that cause her death.