playing basketball

I was nearly 6' when I was 17 (now I am only a bit over 5'10" - old age shrinkage) but I have always had tiny hands. Even when I could almost jump high enough to rise above the rim, there was no way my hands were big enough to grasp and control the ball for a dunk. It would fly off my hand comically. Plus, I wasn't especially quick. I concentrated on playing good defensive position, moving my feet and boxing out on rebounds, and that was the strong part of my game.

Would not play with heez

It's crazy how far basic sound fundamentals will get you in pick up ball

there's a 7fter who plays with us now. luckily he's slow so when he rotates to shot block your layup/teardrop, just have to give eyebrow fake and spring to other side of the hoop and bam wide open layup.

that is extremely tall

yeah pretty ridic to see him playing with all rest of us 6'3" and under. 6'5" ex-college player returns in July, looking forward to that matchup.

I think it was an article linked here on ILH that said that some amazingly high percentage of all the 7 ft. and above men in the USA had been under contract in the NBA at some point in their lives. I expect this probably did not include extremely slow 7fters.

He claims he played D1 for a time but we are skeptical. Tho there are some schools that are D1 that are basically at D2 level quality of play, eg NAU up the road from me.

sort of feel like if you're 7 feet tall and haven't played at a really high level you're probably a klutz

Aye. Plus dude is in town for rehab so whatever habit he had couldn't have helped...

i'm 6'9 and gave up on serious ball in high school because i was too slow. now i kinda regret not trying harder but being a giant definitely doesn't automatically make you good

I played a very short game of 2-on-2 with some other fat randos yesterday and it was really fun. I made zero (0) shots.

I did set a ton of screens and got a few blocks and steals though.

Nice. The shots will fall eventually.
I changed my shot from more overhead to a "thru the nose" curry type release. Def helps with the consistency for me.

All of my shots landed within the cylinder so I felt okay about it. Even when I played a lot I was never much of a shooter.

i pulled a muscle in my back i think and i shd prob take a lil time off to heal BUT I CANT IM CRAZY

played so bad today omg missing layups like crazy

it's not just this game or this series -- you gotta think of your career

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RIP

i love how prince was good at basketball thats one of my fav things abt him along w his music and how hes a good person

tru dont want to be the next grant hill xp

legs hurt

there's probably some juice for that

shd prob start juicing

Lemme know how it goes. Been thinking of getting some of that barbosa horse juice

apparently its gross af

what are the best workout programs for getting in shape for bball? I haven't been playing much but I'd like to show up a little for the annual office game in July. Been doing the gym 3x per week and running maybe 1x per week, but mostly lifting.

idk, probably worth running at least a couple times a week though.

mentally prepare yrself for humiliation

just dribble the ball through your legs a bunch and you're good to go

Def gotta run and get your endurance up. I would do box jumps, squats, calf lifts. For upper body focus on shoulders imo cos you do lots of arms up on D and calling for the ball and what not. When I was in my best Bball shape I was doing lots of sprints and also playing lots of racquetball. But really the best way to get in ball shape is just to play a lot. In college I would play 3 hours a night no problem.

the best workout for playing basketball is playing basketball!!

go to the Y and jump in a few pickup games. if you haven't played in a while, you'll be shocked at how fast you get gassed. basketball stamina is a whole nother thing

i played a pickup game recently and had trouble getting around for a couple of days but also im 30 and not really a champion of physical fitness generally

helps with insomnia to be physically ruined though tbh

attn spottie our long national nightmare is over

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in other news they had hella jordans at nordstrom rack

!!! v nice v nice

proud ilh moment

ty 4 yr encouragement and support

also if you're gonna be playing more, I recently made the switch from cotton socks to Nike HyperElite socks and they have legit changed my life. They're normally like $15-$20 a pair which his insane but the nike outlet had some weird colorways for like half that and I had a gift card so I bought like 10 pair. Best socks I've ever worn.
http://weartesters.com/introducing-the-nike-hyper-elite-basketball-crew-socks/

those look p cool i am the owner of a variety of technological running socks which i like, usually only wear the sub ankle units

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been playing some 21 cause no ones showing up over the summer and i forgot how much i like that game its a licence to try the craziest shit cause u dont have any teammates that care if u if u take extremely high difficulty shots and in fact its necessitated by going against multiple defenders which is fun and actually good practice too

21 is a great game.

3x3 half > 5x5 full > 21 >>>>>>>> all other games

5x5 full over everything

Yeah it's close I've always loved 3x3 for whatever reason. More ball movement. Can't slack on d where full you can just kinda switch all the time. Less long runs and more constant quick burst motion.

id prob go 3x3 > 2x2 > 21 > 4x4 full > 5x5

i like my touches

4s full is a disaster. Way too many lazy open fast breaks