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Annotated Bibliography
Carmichael, E. (2014, March 24). The swing shift. Sports Illustrated, 120(12), 56-61. Carmichael
tells the incredible story of a woman named Breanna Stewart who has become a legend in
women’s basketball. One main point of the article is that many people involved in this
sport see tall people as playing one position and short players playing another, but
Breanna Stewart, being 6’ 4’’, is able to play all positions on the court. Her goal was to
get better and better every day, and it is evident that all of that hard work has paid off.
Another point in the article explains how successful this particular team is thanks to
Stewart and that Stewart is looking forward to winning many more championships. This
article emphasizes the fact that basketball is its own discourse community. In this sport,
all the players are working towards two common goals: to get better at certain skills and
make it to a championship. This particular article was found in the database
SPORTDiscuss, originally from the magazine Sports Illustrated.
Cousy, B., & Power, Jr., F. (1970). Basketball Concepts and Techniques. (pp. 17-20). Boston,
MA: Allyn and Bacon, Inc. Cousy and Power, Jr. discuss in this book all of the important
aspects of basketball, such as the offense, the defense, coaching skills, etc.. However, in
the pages I selected in this book, they discuss how coaches should choose their players
every season. One of the main points is that picking a team should be determined by the
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previous season: he/she must pick a workable size of players and also predict how older
members may have improved over time. Another point is that coaches should focus on
how they select their players. When there are players returning to the varsity team, it is
important to group those varsity players together in order to help out new players or see if
there are people eligible to be on that team, which allows a bond between everyone. This
book proves that this sport is considered a discourse community because there is a good
mix of new and older players. These particular pages were found in the book Basketball
Concepts and Techniques, which was found in the on-campus library.
Giannini, J. (2009). Court Sense: Winning Basketball's Mental Game. (pp. 146-149 and 158159). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. Gianni describes in this book the ways to
becoming successful in this sport, but in these particular pages, he discusses the
importance of intercommunication among players and the coach. One of the main points
discusses coach-to-player communication, which involves the coach knowing his players
and what messages can break through to them the best. He also must display his
knowledge and have credibility: all of these characteristics will keep players motivated.
Player-to-player communication is also involved in this sport, where players have to talk
on the court during plays and constantly support players verbally. This source displays
how much intercommunication is involved in basketball, an important aspect in a
discourse community. These pages were found in Court Sense: Winning Basketball's
Mental Game, a book found in the on-campus library.
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LaGrand, L. (1967). Coach's complete guide to winning basketball. (p. 29). West Nyack, New
York: Parker Publishing Company, Inc. LaGrand created a novel about how basketball
coaches can become successful and help bring the team to the top. His main point in
bringing the best out in your players is the communication between the coach and the
players. He lists what materials should be on the bulletin board in the coach’s office for
the players to see, such as scouting reports or statistics of the team, individual players,
and other teams. He also says putting the pre-practice warm-up plan, inspirational
messages, and a brief outline about the next opponent the team will go against are all
ways that players can be kept up to date. What LaGrand is describing is a characteristic
of a discourse community. The players and coach have a way to provide information and
feedback to one another- through posting on a bulletin board. This information was found
in the book Coach’s Complete Guide to Winning Basketball, which was found in the
TAMUCC library.
Mand, A. (2001, July 23). WNBA shoots for online ballots. Advertising Age, 72(30), 25. Mand
discusses in this article how the WNBA is advertising its events online compared to other
sports websites. One main point made in this article is that the WNBA ranked number 4
in advertising, with more male-dominant sports websites taking the top 3 spots. Another
point is that during the All-Star games, the league used banners to advertise their online
ballots and also posted audio casts throughout their season. This particular periodical was
able to prove that women's basketball has ways to communicate with individuals outside
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of the community through internet and physical banners in cities, also called genres. It
allows people to give feedback on the season and also keep up with the players and the
games. This periodical was located within the TAMUCC database where there are a large
amount of credible periodicals and articles such as this one.
Podmenik, N., Leskosek, B., & Erculj, F. (2012). The effect of introducing a smaller and lighter
basketball on female basketball players' shot accuracy. Journal of Human Kinetics, 31,
131-138. These several authors create an interesting study on the effects of bigger vs.
smaller basketballs on a player’s performance. One of the main points involved in this
study is that shooting is a major part of playing the game, so in order to shoot effectively,
the ball needs to be a certain size. Another point involved in it is the materials and
methods required to fulfill this study. They took all female players in national teams,
dividing them into three groups based on positions: guards, forwards, and centers and
saw how they shoot based on those positions. All of this is important in order to be
successful playing this sport because knowing how the ball affects performance and what
position a player can shoot the best will take a player far. This article includes a lot of
words and phrases affiliated with basketball, such as free throw or field goal, which
emphasizes that basketball is its own discourse community because of a common
language amongst individuals in it. This article was found in the EBSCO database, a
website that includes many other articles on a variety of topics.
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Ramsay, J. (1963). Pressure basketball. (p. 187). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. This
book written by Ramsey talks about different areas of basketball, such as defense and
offense. However, this book also pinpoints the season, and one of the most important
aspects of the season is picking the players to play in it. One of Ramsey’s major points is
that you must have enough players in order to substitute; he recommends ten at the most.
Another point is that having a variety of players with different skills is vital for winning
games. It isn’t smart to have all of your players good at shooting; it’s important to have
some good at defending, others good at blocking, etc… This particular section in the
book proves that basketball teams have different players with different levels of
expertise, and also states that they must have a certain number of players in order to exist.
These characteristics of a discourse community were found in Pressure Basketball, a
book found in the main section of the on-campus library.
Swales, J. (2014). The concept of discourse communities. In E. Wardle & D. Downs (Eds.),
Writing about Writing (2 ed., pp. 215-228). Boston: BEDFORD/ST.MARTINS. Swales
defines and outlines the components that makes up a discourse community. He says that
discourse communities have shared goals, purposes, and uses of language. Another main
point involves understanding the lexis and shared goals, which allows someone to move
forward or enter into a community. His primary focus on examining his issue is literacy.
How we understand it is evolving, and our language use also changes when we interact
with certain groups. This source was found in Writing about Writing, a text that is a
composition of several essays
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Ward, R. (2013, April 21). Two Opals same goal. The (Melbourn) Sunday Age, p. 16. Ward
talks about two Australian girls named Rachel and Jenna who are both going to different
teams, but are fighting for the same goal- the championship. One point made in this
article is that both girls are working hard to achieve this goal by going to training camps
and working on their skills. Another point that is made is that although they are both
working hard, the future is still uncertain for them. Entering a new country on a new team
would be frightening for any player, but they are both focused on just winning. This
article defends my point of this discourse community sharing common goals. Every
player, no matter from what country is fighting for a spot in the championship, but in
order to achieve this long-term goal, short-term goals (such as working on strength or
weak skills) must be completed as well. This article was found in an online newspaper on
the on-campus database, a website that includes an infinite amount of resources on
different subjects.
Wolff, A. (2011, November 21). How i spent my lockout. Sports Illustrated, 115(20), 68-73. In
this article, Wolff talks about a famous national basketball player named Jose Juan Barea,
who plays for the Dallas Mavericks but may play for Puerto Rico in the Olympics. One
main point made in this article that proves basketball is a discourse community is the
large amount of advertising done for this sport. Billboards, Sprite, Converse, T-Mobile,
and even a clothing line are all advertising endorsements that get his name and the
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basketball association’s name out there. According to Swales, discourse communities
must use genres to communicate to others around them. This article proves that there are
hundreds of genres the National Basketball Association uses to provide information to the
world and persuade them to go check out some of the top basketball players. This article
was found in the school database EBSCO, but more specifically through
SPORTDiscus, where you find hundreds of articles about a variety of sports.