Basketball involves a lot of starting and stopping. While not renowned as an aerobic sport, it is still a
great workout that can help you:
great workout that can help you:
- Burn calories (an hour of basketball can burn 630–750 calories).
- Build endurance.
- Improve coordination.
- Develop concentration and self-discipline.
- Build up muscle.
4.2 Career benefits
- For aspiring professionals, basketball offers enormous earning potential. According to the Annual Review of Global Sports Strategies, six of the 10 highest payrolls in sports belonged to National Basketball Association franchises, as of 2011.
- But it's not easy to reach that level. First you must compete with thousands of other players in your age group for a college scholarship. And whereas college football teams have as many as 85 scholarships to use every year, college basketball programs have no more than 13. That's a lot of competition for few spots.
4.3 Education benefits
4.3.1 College for basketball players
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