There is a gut-wrenching video sequence on the internet of a young bloke taking a three-point shot (during the half-time of a pro basketball game), with a prize of one million dollars at stake. Mike's foolproof ritual In the clip, the kid, Mike, starts off practicing his wrist-snap by flicking the ball into the air precisely four times. Next, deliberately, almost in a trance, … [Read more...]
Respect your opponents
A couple of years ago my son's basketball team were a bunch of beginners. If you have not seen what happens to a beginner basketball team when they enter a competition against other more experienced teams I can tell you that it is not pretty. These poor kids got smashed. Week in... week out... they got smashed. Oppositions showed no mercy. I didn't mind the kids getting … [Read more...]