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So who here likes to play Basketball? Do you guys play on a team? Shoot around in the driveway? Play at church?
I recently joined an intramural team at my school to play on weekends and I'm actually getting quite good. It's fun to learn all the plays and the different shots you can take, and when you swish it, it's one of the best feelings in the world. I'm currently playing as a 2 guard (shooting guard). I've been practicing my shooting ALOT (hours) and I can pretty much nail it from any reasonable range with a good look, of course I'm no Kobe but, who is? Besides Kobe. I've been into watching the sport of basketball since I was a kid (back when I played in middle school and pretty much just sat on the bench, drank juice, and looked around all game) but actually getting out there and playing is alot more fun. (Don't get me wrong I still love watching the NBA, it's probably the most exciting sport to watch out of all of them)
So yeah? Who else plays? What kind of playstyle do you employ? Yadda yadda yadda.
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I LOVE basketball. I played on my church league last year. Because I'm so short, I always play guard, which is good for me because that's where I make the majority of my shots. I also play in our driveway with my older brother who is really good at basketball and always wins...but it makes for great practice.
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Exactly, I practice alot in the driveway against my cousin who's super short and only 14 so I always dominate him. But he's small and fast so he helps me get my agility and awareness up. He only gets to shoot when he takes the ball in though, otherwise... he's not getting any rebound I don't let him get.
^ I had to learn basketball against my brother who was 6'0 at the time and always blocked my shots.
I played on a legit basketball team in the 6th grade. Our team was like 7 guys and we traveled around playing other homeschools and Christian schools and such. Unfortunately, I was basically the only kid on our team who could dribble, so I was automatically the point guard. We were terrible, but we had some good times. One game we were tied 8-8 going into overtime, and I scored the go-ahead basket (we won 13-8). In another game I got fouled and made the game-winning free-throw with 5 seconds left.
I should probably stop talking about my 11-year-old basketball heroics, get off my tush and practice...
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I play around at church in our gym, because we've got a pretty good floor and hoops, and I've been getting better with my rare practice. My shoes have always been horrible at gripping the floor, so whenever I tried playing against my really good-playing friend I would always just slide when trying to put on a move, but somehow a few months ago I managed to stay on my feet against somebody else and beat him. One of my other friends is 6'7" and can dunk, but I've never actually seen him do just 1-on-1 with anybody...
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"I actually want to see this happen... the controversy would be legendary. " - American Eagle
":hilarious: This ladies and gentlemen is the founding of: 'The Awkward Club!'" - Steve
"Happy birthday, big Mercy! " - Whitty Whit
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I just started playing basketball again after a couple years hiatus that was ensued because of science and music. It's great exercise and I love it when I can swish 3-pointers.
I stink at offense. Can't make a single shot. Though I mainly play with college kids from church so their 3-4 inches on me interferes. I'm a decent perimeter guard.
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Basketball is really boring to watch. I used to like playing it, though. When I was...9 or so. I should dig up some of my old pics of my team...I played with a rec league. Some interesting characters. One girl came up behind me during practice, grabbed me around the waist, and lifted me in the air. Oooookay.
I was a forward, and I loved getting baskets because my parents would give me a quarter for each. One game I made a whole dollar!
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I love to play basketball. Although I have never played an organized game in my life I still love playing with my friends. Since I had to teach myself I can not shoot very well. The paint is were I live. I love driving into the lane. I'm pushing 6'0 so I usually don't have to much trouble with height. Basketball is just plain awesome even if you never swish a three because you never shoot them. lol
Laura Ingalls wrote:Basketball is really boring to watch.
Says the girl obsessed with hockey.
Stop Wooton' Around wrote:I love to play basketball. Although I have never played an organized game in my life I still love playing with my friends. Since I had to teach myself I can not shoot very well. The paint is were I live. I love driving into the lane. I'm pushing 6'0 so I usually don't have to much trouble with height. Basketball is just plain awesome even if you never swish a three because you never shoot them. lol
Driving in the lane for the layup is probably the funnest part really, faking your defender out and shaking them gives you extra brownie points. You feel so awesome when you can just lay it in smoothly...like butter.
Laura Ingalls wrote:Basketball is really boring to watch.
Says the girl obsessed with hockey.
Stop Wooton' Around wrote:I love to play basketball. Although I have never played an organized game in my life I still love playing with my friends. Since I had to teach myself I can not shoot very well. The paint is were I live. I love driving into the lane. I'm pushing 6'0 so I usually don't have to much trouble with height. Basketball is just plain awesome even if you never swish a three because you never shoot them. lol
Driving in the lane for the layup is probably the funnest part really, faking your defender out and shaking them gives you extra brownie points. You feel so awesome when you can just lay it in smoothly...like butter.
Sometimes I might try to fake out the defender by spinning or sidestepping but the majority of the time I just take it at them. I play off of contact. In fact contact actually slows me down and helps me to shoot better (which is also why I am ineffective against girls because you can't play off of contact against girls). Though one time I did make my 5'6" 120lbs track star friend break his ankle (not literally) while driving (I'm 6'0" 175 lbs).
I played rec basketball in the next town over for 8 years until I decided not to play this past fall. I like playing for fun and have played a bunch of street basketball games at grad parties in the past few weeks, no one cared if we were following the rules which made everything super fun. If you have problems with your shoes sliding, I learned a trick from one of my former coaches, take a rag and clean off the bottoms of your shoes and spray a good amount of hairspray on the bottom, it'll help you not to slide, especially on those super dirty school gym floors......
I’m not good at basketball, but I really enjoy playing anyway. (Just ‘for fun’ two on two with friends.)
But I’m very sad that it’s now impossible for me. My asthma makes me only able to move around in that way for literally three minutes tops.
Laura Ingalls wrote:Basketball is really boring to watch.
Says the girl obsessed with hockey.
Hockey is sooooo much more exciting and adrenaline pumping than old basketball. It's a lot faster and unpredictable than trotting back and forth on a basketball court and scoring a basket on both ends most times.
ANYWAY. The old days:
Those were the days when people sometimes mistook me for a boy.
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I'm currently playing as a 2 guard (shooting guard). I've been practicing my shooting ALOT (hours) and I can pretty much nail it from any reasonable range with a good look, of course I'm no Kobe but, who is? Besides Kobe. I've been into watching the sport of basketball since I was a kid (back when I played in middle school and pretty much just sat on the bench, drank juice, and looked around all game) but actually getting out there and playing is alot more fun. (Don't get me wrong I still love watching the NBA, it's probably the most exciting sport to watch out of all of them)
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One girl came up behind me during practice, grabbed me around the waist, and lifted me in the air. Oooookay.
