my side of the basketball story...

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  @croatianborder2735 · 2 years ago

  Slime, the way to redeem yourself isn’t to beat kids at basketball, it’s to beat Lud. You gotta secretly train, nothing on cam, not around Lud, until you’re confident enough. Then show up out of nowhere to one of Lud’s basketball meetups and 1v1 him. If you beat him, never play him again and then you can say that you are better than him forever

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• RI

  @RichardULong · 2 years ago

  This video unfortunately reduced my ability to think that slime could sleep anyone

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• TE

  @Temojikato · 2 years ago

  Honestly I didn't notice the re-record, that's crazy gg

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• SE

  @SeniorNano · 2 years ago

  Slime cant ball confirmed

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• AN

  @annoy4nce648 · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgpwaJ3tVCs&amp;t=690">11:30</a> Slime the kind of guy to be like &quot;you&apos;re telling me they&apos;re at an advantage just because they&apos;ve <b>practiced more?&quot;</b>

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• CH

  @ChiefHazza · 2 years ago

  The fact that he has THIS low a level of knowledge about the basics of basketball and still thought he would wash them is quintessential Slime

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  @Sonoshoes · 2 years ago

  Hi Slime, running shoe guy here again. The difference between your brooks ghosts and a proper basketball shoe is that a running shoe is built solely for forward and backward movement. Basketball shoes are designed to help support your foot during those lateral movements that put a substantial amount of force on the shoes that running shoes are not designed to accommodate. Obviously someone can still “break your ankles” in a proper basketball shoe but it is much less likely because of the way the shoe is structured. I hope you find this interesting, if you have more running shoe questions let me know 😊

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• JO

  @josephh7650 · 2 years ago

  Common basketball verbiage is “you reach I’ll teach,” meaning don’t reach for the ball on defense , just stay balanced and in front of them with a hand in their face

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• CR

  @CrazyCatMan13 · 2 years ago

  &quot;someone said &apos;yikes&apos;.&quot; <b>silence</b> &quot;timing you out.&quot; is incredible.

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• FR

  @freyjafam · 2 years ago

  &quot;Gargantuan physique&quot; somehow got me

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• DG

  @DGibbon57 · 2 years ago

  The guy explaining athleticism vs fitness as dex vs endurance has transcended this plane

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• OM

  @omJJ9595 · 2 years ago (edited)

  1 Shoes: basketball shoes are made to interact on the court- they grip really well and allow side to side movement and fast stops for vertical jumps. Running shoes are not good for side to side movement because they are not made for court traction, and are made to keep your feet comfy while running.<br><br>2 Footwork: Learn to shuffle your feet side to side so you can always face the ballhandler rather than running foot-over-foot to turn and follow them. The ballhandler is trying to go toward the basket so remember that you can shuffle backward and intercept their path to the basket rather than following their number. (After a really annoying intro, NBA Basement has a good demonstration on how you should be moving your feet. just mute the video to watch: 4 Great Basketball Defense Drills for all ages - Fundamentals)<br> &nbsp;<br>3 Hands: If you don&apos;t have the size advantage so you can&apos;t block the ball, and you don&apos;t have the athleticism (no offense) so you can&apos;t cleanly steal the ball, you can just put your hand in front of the shooter&apos;s eyes so they can&apos;t see the hoop. Make them have to remember where it was when they tried to pull up. <br><br>4 Fouls: It&apos;s really complicated, but basically- don&apos;t shove people, you can&apos;t hit the arms of the player shooting, you can&apos;t hold a player or their jersey, you can&apos;t kick the ball. Those are like the most common ones that would come up for 1v1 basketball but there&apos;s a lot of rules for fouls.<br><br>5 Backing into the paint: Use your hips- using your shoulders is (lol) a foul. Your hips are closer to your center of gravity and therefore it is much easier to keep your balance as you push people back. You are also able to keep the ball further from the defender compared to leaning your upper body into the defender.<br><br>6 Dribbling: yeah just practice. bouncing a rubber ball is a very predictable physics experiment- you can trust it to come back to your hand, just learn the timing.<br><br>7 Shooting: jump as high up as you can and/or slightly backwards or to the side to create space from the defender (practice)<br><br>8 Getting crossed up: you lead your left foot too far forward to the ballhandler. he recognized that you would have to turn around to defend him if he ran toward your back. instead, keep a more neutral, shoulders square to the defender stance that allows for ^^ good footwork. Also remember that most ballhandlers are right handed and want to run to the right side of the court because then they naturally dribble further from the defender, making it harder to steal the ball.<br><br>- sincerely, a former high school varsity, now washed basketball player<br><br>p.s. you gotta get comfortable jumping. stuff the shit out of somebody and then tell them they got their tax return early or something idk. there&apos;s no better time to talk shit than after good defense

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