Sentence examples for basketball taught from inspiring English sources

Basketball taught him how to time his jumps to meet the ball.

Still unsure of my place in the world, three-man basketball taught me how to navigate the social interactions of pre-adolescent life.

Last weekend, 10 of the teenagers in the program split into three groups and, in a blue-floored gymnasium that is usually reserved for basketball, taught a score of children ages 9 to 12 the basics of American Sign Language.

He also believes that basketball teaches lessons in practical politics.

"Basketball teaches leadership and communication, learning to keep the faith.

The 5-foot-8 former power forward and guard answers: "Basketball teaches you when you need to lead and when not to.

What can the history of basketball teach students?

"The camp was pure basketball: teaching, coaching, playing, no nonsense," said Brown, who went on to coach the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association and three N.B.A. teams, including the Knicks.

"If basketball has taught me anything, it's that no one achieves greatness alone.

In 1941 Grambling (then known as Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute) hired Robinson to coach football and basketball and teach physical education.

People think it's cool when a little girl plays basketball, but teach your son hopscotch, and he runs the risk of becoming the object of neighborhood ridicule.