momentum / shooting motion
― "MVP Love" (Clay), Monday, 3 May 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
you have to understand that I am old and the travel rule was definitely more strictly interpreted in the 1960s when I was learning the game. The current game is looser and allows more action and improvisation, which is good, but my brain still sees "travel" on those moves.
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Monday, May 3, 2021 4:04 PM (0 seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
travels are def called a lot loser now but whats interesting is from a formal perspective theyre not actually being called differently (tho the rules have actually been changed somewhat over the years) its all to do with players stretching the definitions by doing stuff like picking the ball up super early in the gather step or taking huge steps and changing direction ie the euro step, like you can go back to basketballs early days and find footage of guys taking two and half steps going into a layup no problem but theyre naturally looking steps and theyre picking the ball up at the end of the gather
― lag∞n, Monday, 3 May 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
e.g. if you always get two and a half steps in any direction after picking up your dribble, then why is it traveling when you switch pivot feet? my brain breaks.
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Monday, May 3, 2021 4:08 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
its just a different rule that hinges on whether the player has come to a stop and established their pivot foot
― lag∞n, Monday, 3 May 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
Idk if it was always different between NBA and amateur ranks, but I remember my youth coach showing us all the rulebook section which specified we get 1.5 steps. Def frustrates me to play with a generation who grew up getting 2.5 steps, plus gathers and hop steps and God knows what else.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
idk about youth rules but my understanding is at the pro level the half step wasnt mentioned in the rules it was a colloquialism the rules just said two full steps after picking up the ball and then a while ago they put a reference in there to the gather step where it had only been replied before
― lag∞n, Thursday, 6 May 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link
one and a half steps doesnt make any sense to me just rhythmically, that would be like an off foot layup or something
― lag∞n, Thursday, 6 May 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
*implied
― lag∞n, Thursday, 6 May 2021 15:42 (two years ago) link
what if Edwards started the game by freeing himself from chains and padlocks in a water tank like Houdini then put up 30? that would help his case
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:07 (two years ago) link
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― Spottie, Thursday, 25 November 2021 01:17 (two years ago) link
nagl
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 25 November 2021 02:16 (two years ago) link
lmao
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 November 2021 02:41 (two years ago) link
love it
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― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 25 November 2021 03:31 (two years ago) link
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― Spottie, Friday, 16 June 2023 22:31 (ten months ago) link