Month: January 2006

Self esteem – Not an easy task to build

Building self esteem is not always the easiest thing in the world to do, but it is very often a great deal easier than most people think.  Ideally, our esteem is built while we’re young by having parents and other adults who instill in us a belief in ourselves and our worth.

When this doesn’t happen, a person’s self esteem is likely to be low.  That makes the person suffers the pain of low self esteem and feels badly about themselves.  The worst part of all is that low self esteem is totally false–every person is worth something and has a unique gift and set of talents that no one else on earth has.

But trying to get people who have low self esteem to believe this is hard.  But it’s what’s necessary for good, healthy self esteem.  What we think about ourselves and our accomplishments determine how we act and react.  If we expect people to think of us in a negative way, it’s almost certain that they will.  If we think people will value us, they most likely will.  Why?  Because we will act in ways that encourage others to hold us in high esteem.

The History of Basketball

Basketball owes its origin to Dr. James Naismith, who devised the sport in 1892. But it was not long before the sport caught on in American colleges. The first official game involving a college team was played between the New Brighton YMCA and the Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania on April 8, 1893, while the first intercollegiate game was played on February 9, 1895. This game saw Minnesota State School of Agriculture defeat Hamline College 9-3. 

The next major landmark was the introduction of the five-player format. This happened on January 18, 1896 during an intercollegiate game in Iowa City. By the early 1900s, the game had spread to 90 colleges, most of them located in the East and Midwest. This number continued to swell and by 1914 as many as 360 colleges had introduced the game.

In 1915 the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, the NCAA, and the YMCA joined hands to streamline the game, and set up a committee to frame rules. This period also saw the formation of a number of regional conferences.