Comments on: basketball: 69/365

By: cynthia

cynthia — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:49:56 +0000

In reply to Claire Guyton. Claire, you are a natural storyteller : )

By: Claire Guyton

Claire Guyton — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:12:22 +0000

When we were first married, Pat and I lived in a house with a basketball hoop in the back. He loves to play most sports and often played basketball with work friends at the time. He asked if I’d like to play some one-on-one so I said sure. When we started I went after him, trying to wrestle the ball from his grasp. He stopped, aghast, then burst out laughing, b/c, apparently, you’re not supposed to do that. That’s nuts, I said, give me the damn ball, and I ripped it from his grasp and proceeded to fling the ball at the hoop multiple times, missing badly each time, while he tried to explain that for some crazy reason you’re not supposed to pounce on your opponent and yank at the ball. Makes absolutely no sense, I said, the whole point is to get the ball and put it through the hoop, right? He said yes but threw out words like “travel” and “dribble” and “personal foul.” To which I replied, “Ridiculous, silly, what a waste of time,” and then I finally got the ball through the hoop and that was that.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:04:07 +0000

In reply to Mary. Nice, Mary. I love this visual of you coaching little girls : )

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:50:43 +0000

In reply to writersideup. Donna, I don't "get" basketball either. I tried to play in 8th grade but broke my finger during our first practice. I like watching football on TV and golf, weirdly enough. I still like watching baseball sometimes but not as much as I used to. Sports can eat up hours and hours of a day.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:52:19 +0000

In reply to helena sorensen. Woo hoo, Helena! You go, girl!

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:20:52 +0000

I love it. I coached little girls for 3 years as a volunteer.

By: writersideup

writersideup — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 19:14:24 +0000

LOL!!! OK, this cracked me up! The only time I was interested in basketball was in high school—shooting hoops and cheerleading at our games. Other than that, it was too fast-paced for me to “get” what was going on or understanding the penalties. The only sport I ever really got into was baseball and after a good 15-16 years of being an avid Yankees fan, I pulled away to spend less time with that and more time being productive. It was fun while I was doing it (my son’s interest sparked it).

By: helena sorensen

helena sorensen — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:53:39 +0000

I played ‘at’ it… in senior high (read ’69)
when cheerleading wasn’t where it was at!

pssst… I was good ‘at’… Tear Drop Shots…
aka Floaters… read: in the basket 9/10… 🙂

I suppose that’s one true thing about me (lol)

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 21:36:23 +0000

In reply to KM Huber. ha, ditto.

By: KM Huber

KM Huber — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 21:30:40 +0000

I am with you. Never had a bracket and don’t feel denied…. 😉
Karen