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Quote from: Coges on April 10, 2019, 07:55:50 pm

Game post-
This game sucked. New team and new comp. The opposition didn't know how to play. As in seriously didn't know how to play. The refs went easy on them and they traveled a lot, heaps of double dribbles, lots and lots of threes from god know where. It was 45-3 after the first half and we ended up winning 71-8.

wtf? that's awful. LMFAO.

i'd call travel on them every single time. learn to play the game. if someone cant dribble, pass. they could have gone naismith old peach crate style and just passed non-stop without dribbling. lol.

Quote from: Coges on April 10, 2019, 07:55:50 pm

Side note- I never realised how much of an art form alley oop passing is. I almost think you need to be either- highly skilled or a dunker to know or appreciate where to pass it. Last night they threw me about 8 alleys and all were either about 6ft off the ground or bullets that no one had a chance at catching. Even in the other team I play with who are more skilled have no concept of how or where to pass them.

back when i hooped, i threw tons of alleys and i never got anywhere close to dunking back then. so just decent passer i imagine. also tho, i threw alleys to people i've played with before. doubt i threw an alley oop to someone i never played with.. so having that experience playing with someone probably helps.

Quote from: Coges on April 07, 2019, 07:49:59 pm

Met up with the new mid week ball team yesterday. Have never met these guys before so was a little hesitant. Not going to be a great team but we'll be pretty good. All similar age to me (few years younger) and all with decent skills. We will also be playing a lower grade so these games will be a good opportunity to practice stuff to use with my Sunday team which is more competitive. Threw down a few dunks yesterday as well. They were surprisingly impressed with my baby dunks haha. One of the guys snuck a video and posted it to his IG story. I still look so slow driving but that's good feedback. I did one dunk though without palming the ball which was cool and that's my new focus to get that down pat so I don't have to worry about it mid game if I get on a fast break. It's the number one thing that has stopped me from dunking in games in the past.

hah nice. where's the ig clip?

Quote from: maxent on April 06, 2019, 06:23:04 am

I think this warrants a seperate post but 

i got my first proper in game dunk in a half court set off a post up against 2 defenders. OMG!!!!!

quick background, we played 1.5hrs full court scrimmage, 5v5. That was shithouse. Then after that i got pulled into a 4v4 half court game. Big guy playing man defense on me, i asked him his height and weight (a bit premediatory? lol) and he said 6'4", he didnt get to reply the weight but he must be 100kg, solid build. I post him up and he moves me out of the key with ease. Like c'mon, im a 170kg squatter and this guy is just brushing me aside like yesterdays news. It kinda kills my buzz cause i was thinking i wanna get a dunk.

So anyway about 30 mins in and ive got a few blocks on him, i feel he's softened up. i get a postup on the right block. I give him a left shoulder fake, he bites! i spin, power dribble and go up. He's recovered and trying to block me and meanwhile a smaller defender has come into the middle and put his hand up, but im already commited to the dunk. Bang. i come down, everyone is like wtf! i dunked on two guys off a post up.

I wish i had it on video. im just the kind of nerd who would tape a fucking pickup game on the off chance i get a dunk. but nah, im not even that lame. doesnt matter, i still know it was legit. Now im regretting it, would be cool to get my first proper postup dunk on video. Ah well.

oh and i had a fast break dunk on the full court scrimmage but i rimmed it out. i didnt grip the ball. it was old and no grip but still i should aleast try. hit the rim so hard ive got a purple bruise on my figer. go figure. if i ever go for a fast break dunk again im gonna make sure ive got it palmed otherwise it's going to be a miss.

sick man. congrats!

that's probably going to happen more frequently now, i mean it's obvious from the recent IG clips that you could be bam'n it on people in games.

6 years ago on this day I was working in a meat factory for $20.50 an hour starting at 4am. Every day I would wake up early, get to work and watch the clock and calculate the money in my head. 90 minutes prior to close I'd hose down and clean all the machines, and come home soaking wet smelling like meat. At the time I felt very resentful because I had gone to uni for 4 years, which cost me 40k. Yet here I was underutilised, working in a low paying job, with most of my colleagues barely able to speak English. These days I have a much better job and earn double the amount, but I still feel miserable. 6 years ago if I was in my current position I would feel happy. However, now I still feel underutilised...

Yea if there is a big lumbering there and i have some decent momentum on me, i'll go up anyway (think pop's "be brave, be aggressive").  I find it easier mentally, to deal with dunking on a big than a small guy. With a small guy my natural instinct to protect my body takes over because you dont want to miss a dunk and go over the top of someone. Especially when they vanish from field of vision once you're in the air and that's scary! With a big they remain in your field of peripheral vision so you can figure out if and how you need to bail last second, if that makes sense. Yes i understand im talking about something ive never actually done lol but ive experienced these feelings when aborting dunks in traffic during games.

One hand finish is probably going to my goto. Only problem is grip. Some days my grip is so good i can bounce and catch the dribble easy and other times the ball just seems bigger. I know this is a CNS thing, days of weak grip and fatigued CNS go together. Wish i could have a grip surplus so i could even grip the ball on bad days. A guy at the courts last week suggested gripping med balls to work on grip.