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Pushxx · 01-01-2013, 01:47 AM

Only advice I'll give you is never practice on a rim that isn't 10 feet. It's gonna fuck all your shit up. If that means you can't practice basketball, don't bother.

Shooting a basketball is muscle memory. If the hoop isn't standard, you are doing yourself a disservice.

01-01-2013, 01:47 AM	#7
Pushxx Anti-NBA Hipster Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cape Cod, MA Posts: 2,660	Re: Picking up basketball at 16 as a soccer player(6'8) Only advice I'll give you is never practice on a rim that isn't 10 feet. It's gonna fuck all your shit up. If that means you can't practice basketball, don't bother. Shooting a basketball is muscle memory. If the hoop isn't standard, you are doing yourself a disservice.