Name: Lester Khiets Roa Date:

Course and Section: BSCE 2-A Score:

Answer the following question:

1. Enumerate the different benefits derived from knowing the history of basketball. (5pts.)
a. The history of basketball gives you an account of what has been achieved and what
can be achieved in the near future.
b. With a better understanding of the sport through reading its history, we can boost our
performance and indeed be mentally matured to play the game.
c. It gives idea how things in basketball evolve and differ in modern generation.
d. We can appreciate all that we are able to benefit from past efforts today.
e. The history tells us the nature and explication of the sport basketball.
f. It gives us the confidence to talk more about this sport to other people because
through reading its history, it makes us more knowledgeable about the sport
basketball.
g. The good values that this sport through the years have can be absorbed and applied to
our daily lives.
h. Knowing the origin of the game and the things like rules of this sport can help us
avoid of having misunderstanding and giving wrong information to others about
basketball.

2. Discuss the following beliefs or views in connection for successful basketball learnings.
(15pts.)
a. How to be a leader

Leadership is not a “sometime thing” it is an “all the time thing.” Every now and
then, it's important to take stock of your leadership abilities. There must be some sort of
reinforcement, whether it's positive or negative.

In basketball, this sport requires working in a team and having an effective leader is
one of the key components in achieving success. Being or becoming a leader of this sport
you must have a positive attitude and good character. What does it mean? Having
positive attitude and good character means having optimism, dedication, vision,
communication, and empowerment. Being in a basketball team, you must imagine a
better future and inspire and encourage your team mates to work toward that common
goal. Urge them to face reality, plan ahead, act, and strive for a better and more
prosperous outcome. You must constantly be devoted to your work and show the
perseverance, dedication, and commitment necessary to accomplish success. You must
recognize that there will be challenges and failures along the path, but rather than giving
up, you must figure out how to overcome them and inspire your teammates to do the
same. It is important to empower your team mates from time to time. In empowering
them results to having trust and respect with one another. They understand their role and
function well in playing basketball. Lastly, a leader is a good communicator. To establish
trust, coordinate efforts in the pursuit of goals, and inspire good change, effective
communication is critical. Important information might be misunderstood when
communication is absent, leading relationships to deteriorate and, ultimately, erecting
hurdles to development so you need to be vocal in a proper manner and be honest all the
time.

b. Success requires Sacrifice

Anyone who wants to offer himself and their team the best chance of success
must be willing to get up early on a cold morning to go to the gym and work on their
shots. Reaching the goal and the success you always want demands sacrifice in different
aspects of your life especially your time. Being a basketball player you must understand
that the things you want like being the best player takes time. You must put intentional
time into the gym, into your game, into your goals, into your development, and most
importantly into what you care about. You may have to get tough choices in life, little
amount of quality time with family and friends, and time to have fun outside the
basketball life but in the end of all the sacrifices you have done lies the sweetest success.
These sacrifices will help you be better as a player and as a person and will lead you to
greater things you will never expect. Be patient and never get tired of having sacrifices to
achieve success. Always remember this that if you desire something you've never had,
you'll have to be willing to try something new." "Success is impossible without giving up
something." Success is no accident. You need to put in a lot of effort and patience. You
need to keep learning and researching and above all learn to sacrifice and enjoy the things
you do.

c. Together Everyone Achieves More

Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much!

To win games in basketball, players must cooperate together because their success is
dependent on the performance of their colleagues. When it comes to sports teams who
work together win together. Nobody can win alone in team sports. Teamwork is a must
when it comes to this sport. It is a collaborative effort of all the team members to achieve
more. The meaning of the phrase “achieve more” does not only mean winning a lot of
games and tournaments and having a lot of medals and trophies but also in the aspect of
developing skills and understanding one another. By having teamwork you achieve more
like resolving conflicts faster, motivates one another, improve performance, generate new
ideas and strategies towards playing basketball, increases communication and help
creating a strong bond of friendship. Players' ability to work together makes a big
difference in a team's performance. For example, if players refuse to cooperate for the
purpose of the game, they may lose games because so much time is spent resolving
disagreements between them. Teams may do incredible things if each member practices
good communication and collaboration like uplifting a team mate who is down and out
and feel free to share the ideas or strategies he or she thinks can help the team achieve
more.

d. How to Manage Your Time Efficiently

Indeed “Time is Gold.” Every second, minute, hour, day, month, and year counts and
we must not put that into waste. Every inch of our time is valuable. We must always
manage our time efficiently and wisely especially if you are into sports like basketball.
We all know that sports like basketball requires more time in trainings and self-
development but we cannot deny the fact that these players also have their life outside
basketball. In order for you to manage and use your time efficiently and balance the
things you do in basketball and in your personal space the very first thing to do is to
organize the things you do and prioritize the important ones. Don’t include the things or
events that are not necessary in your life because it will just cause trouble and problem to
you. You must focus on the things that gives you the most return. Don’t waste time
worrying to the things you can’t control. Do the assigned tasks today if possible. It is
better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret. Lastly, the most important
thing you must have is having discipline to yourself because without this character all of
the things you planned to manage your time efficiently will put into waste and everything
will scatter and you will have a hard time to fix them.

e. How to Deal with Pressure and Stress

There are several things and events that passed through our life that greatly gave us
pressure and stress. As we wake up and continue living in this world we cannot escape
these two things because it is part of our daily living. If you have no experience of
dealing with pressure and stress it means you haven’t done something in your life.

Pressure and Stress are the things we will encounter not only in our work,
responsibilities in our home, our children, and in our colleagues, but also in the field of
sport especially basketball. There is always pressure and stress when it comes to
basketball like pressure of being good all the time, stress of handling schedules,
comparing your team to other teams, and pressure of winning. But those are not the real
issues here because those things were there from the very first place. As a basketball
player, you need to deal with these things in order for you to achieve greater heights and
 reach the peak of success. Don’t overthink, enjoy and always find that something within
yourself why you are doing this. In that way you can find happiness and eradicate
pressure and stress. You need to rush things all the time. Remember that everything takes
time. If you are pressured in becoming a good player of your team, work hard. Do the
necessary procedures you need to do for your development and think positively that you
will reach that point of expertise as long as you stay focus and let negativity walk out
through that door. Pressure and stress are just some of the obstacles that you need to
surpass because if you don’t handle it properly you cannot proceed to the next step. Just
enjoy, live the moment, and focus to your goal regardless of the things that tests your
abilities.

3. How can you apply the life lesson learned from basketball to your actual life situation?
(5pts.)

Learning is a continuous process. Every day we learn new values and lessons from the
things we do and we learn them we can apply them in certain point of our life maybe it can
be in your work, in your home, or even in public places.

As I read and understand the history and nature of basketball, I’ve learned a lot of things
that can help me not only in my studies but also in developing myself. In order to be able to
play basketball, you must first understand the fundamentals, such as how to play the game
and how to pass and dribble. To play at a reasonable level, you must first acquire the
requisite expertise. To be successful in my life, I must master the fundamentals. I have to
figure out what life is, what it means to me, and what I expect from it. After that, I'll need to
put in the time and effort to learn the skills and techniques necessary to succeed. Aside from
that learning, there are three values that got stuck in my mind that basketball had taught me
and these are discipline, hard work, and dedication. Being in a team and as a player of
basketball you need to have discipline because you will have a lot of schedules, trainings,
and work in achieving success. Currently, I am a student taking Bachelor of Science in Civil
Engineering. My course demand a lot of time and effort and in order for me to cope with
these things I need to have discipline and through learning basketball I have now my plans on
how to have the discipline like waking up early, finish tasks on time or beforehand, and limit
the things that are not necessary in the process of my development. Hard work is a character
you need in basketball. Basketball players work hard in order for them to be good in playing
the sport by constantly going to the gym, attend trainings, and practice every day and this
value is applicable to myself. I know that I am not that good when it comes to math but
having hard work will help me to understand math faster and cope up with my lessons. By
working hard like practicing math problems from time to time and read a lot about the topic
or do advance reading will help me get through the obstacles. Lastly, players of basketball
have dedication to their gameplay. They put their heart and mind into the game in order for
them reach their common goal and that is winning. I can apply this to myself in a way that I
must have dedication to my course and my dream of becoming a licensed civil engineer.
Once I put my heart, mind, and effort to it, just like playing basketball I can surely shoot the
ball and lead me to my success.