Atlanta Select conducts Life Skills sessions at each meeting. On Sunday, September 23, "Basketball Geometry" was incorporated in the training. Justin Thornton, 6th grade student athlete from Tucker Middle School uses a basketball rim to show the location of the diameter. He then explains to the group how to calculate the diameter of a circle by using the formula C = pi x diameter. He correctly determined that the diameter of the basketball goal was 18 inches.
The Skills Development group learned that the objective for the basketball game is to get a nine inch ball through an 18 inch hoop.
Brosnan Wilder, 7th grader from Sutton Middle school, noted that if the ball went through the bulls eye of the goal, there would be 4.5 inch margin for error all around.
The assignment for the next training session, Sunday, September 30, is to discover the length and width of the basketball floor and calculate the playing area.
Atlanta Select considers "Life Skills" as an equal partner to Education and Sports in the development of the complete Student Athlete.
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