playing basketball

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/4/7/8353509/what-are-the-rules-of-pick-up-basketball-survey

btw this is how pickup is supposed to be played imo

- 1s and 2s to 15, win by 2, unless a lot of people are waiting in which case all 1s to 11, straight up
- winners outs in half court
- line up at the foul line to pick teams, alternate
- do or die shot from 3 for ball. if full court, the team who doesn't get ball first gets to choose which way they want to go
- shoot a 3 to resolve disputes
- call your own fouls. if it goes in anyway, it counts. "and-1" means nothing, it's just a way to taunt
- no fucking zone

everything is right but we play 2s and 3s to 21 now. Its great.

zone d sounds kinda lame for a pickup game, but why outlaw it?

cos weak

I often think about how pickup 1s/2s scoring overweights the three, but how that may be counterbalanced by the fact that you don't see a lot of true knockdown 3 shooters in pickup games.

Don't find this to be true. Most guys I play with, 3's is their main bball skill and they are lethal from there. I'm always trying to score games 2/3's instead of 1/2s (even moreso before I improved my 3 pt shooting). I do not understand where the 1/2s thing came from and why it overtook 2/3s as the standard.

was trying to explain to one guy how 1/2s overweights the long distance shot, but he couldn't grasp it. "but 2 is one more than 1, just like 3 is one more than 2...". i'm sure there's a lot of other guys out there who don't get it, either.

haha

so much frustration from working hard to get 6 high percentage buckets...and then the 5 ft 2 sharpshooter drains 3 in a row from behind the arc in like 30 seconds and it's a tie game.

the other day I'm guarding him, he dances around with the ball behind the arc, creates just enough space, hoists one up, nothing but net as usual: "fuck you, Sergio". I'm on offense, take him to the post, get an easy bucket. "fuck you, Granny". #microcosm

play some defense already, granny

he says I play the best D on him! maybe that's a psychological ploy...

I'm getting the keys to the school gym muwahaha

game changer

my new gym has basketball :)
not sure anyone plays :(

have to check it out 6pm weekday to see

shot around for like 45 mins today

i was just thinking about this thread--used to sometimes go to a gym that had very regular very competitive games that i would have been way too intimidated to play in. just moved out to the burbs and new gym has a court that no one uses. i need to get a ball so i can start shooting around.

Really feel like my skills are diminishing :/ turned 34 so I'm way passed my prime and all the injuries I think have caught up with me. Idk I guess I'm like Paul pierce where I have like one good game every three or so now.

That sucks :( But try not to get into that "I'm old now" mentality. I'm 37 and am better now than I ever was. Can't finish over/around people like I used to but you find other ways...

yeah i already had old man game, now I've got to keep developing it.

Spottie get up here, people keep cancelling at last minute for tonight's session :(

Wish I could!

been shooting at this gym for the past few weeks. can't tell if games ever break out but i have a lot of work to do remembering ballhandling and getting a shooting stroke back anyway

me and 2 guys in their 50s just beat 2 19 yr olds and a 22 yr old 2 games out of 3. all of the young guys played on their HS teams. after winning the last game, one of my teammates goes "do you have any idea how satisfying that was for me??".

haha

CAD, you still at it? make any progress?

37.5 yrs old and grabbed the rim for 1st time in my life. I don't know wtf is going on here! I'm guessing slightly lower body weight (thx crohn's) and 1000 miles/yr hiking giving me some calf muscles??

display name is still a lie tho let's not kid ourselves

thats awesome man.i started lifting weights wanting to get my legs back and its working. Im playing better.

chrons is not awesome tho.

granny how tall are you?

i used to be able to "dunk" a tennis ball on my best day about 5 years ago, but my hops aren't what they used to be

congrats, meeting the rim is a life goal. i can make it about halfway up the net. must continue grinding...

there was a period of about three months long ago when i could kinda consistently dunk

still have dreams about it tbh

never even been a thought for me. I'm 5 9.5 and have never had any jumping ability.

im 5'10" but w pretty long arms so i fool myself into thinking it's possible.

i played the other day and felt like i died, im in p good shape/exercise a lot but theres really nothing that gets u in basketball shape other than basketball, wldve loved to just play a lil 3on3 tbh

actually generally prefer 3s to a full game more shots more space less running

fewer ppl not running back on D

amazing exercise tho for sure

yeah there are few things more frustrating than a half-assed 5-on-5 game but i much prefer a good 5 on 5 to 3 on 3

same thing happens when people wanna go 4-on-4 full-court, too many fast breaks. i've been instituting a simple but effective new rule whenever i play and this comes up though: the ball has to be dribbled over half court. cut down on fast breaks a lot

yeah 4s full or half r both kinda bad

u know whats p cool is a very short full court

I'm 6 foot, Kev

lag, you haven't played in a while and dove right into full court? respect.

I rarely get to run full but love it, it's like a different game. slowly starting to regain the skills specific to it.

thank u it just sort of happened i was shooting around at the gym and a game formed, it was fun tho my offense was beyond rusty but i cld still D it up which after the first game was all i had energy for anyway

ha. D can be v fun on its own.
you're around my age, no?

yup