Amazing Full Court Shot
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Third grade teacher 'Ms. Fitz' becomes playground legend with full-court shot
I am 6’4” and played basketball in high school and college. I must have tried making a full court shot at least 50 times and even though I rimmed a few, the ball wouldn’t drop through the net. I saw a player from Cleveland State make a hook shot from half court while warming up. We lost that game 61-58. There were no 3-point shots back then, or that may have changed the game had there been.
JonSR77
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I used to play ball also. But not in college. I played around with half court shots. I watched what the Globe Trotters did. Basically it was a football throw and I broke it down like a golf swing. Just do the precisely exact same thing every single time.
I got to the point that I was hitting 40% from half court (if it was the same court, same ball and I had time to practice). I think the Globe Trotter guys were doing something like 95% from half court.
Never tried a full court shot.
Anyway, it was fun. What I was able to do, any decent high school basketball player could do, with some practice. There really is a trick to it...at least with the half court shot.
But the gal in the video? I don't think she did any of that. I think she was just very talented. One of the news reports shows her sinking a 3 point shot in the middle of a college game. She was / is just really that good.
Oh, by the way, since you love basketball...my wife worked for a major charity in NYC. She did one program to help fund athletics for youth. Here's a picture of her with former NY Knick Willis Reed, 6' 9" , then my wife, 5' 2" , and then Dick Barnett, 6' 5"
I got to the point that I was hitting 40% from half court (if it was the same court, same ball and I had time to practice). I think the Globe Trotter guys were doing something like 95% from half court.
Never tried a full court shot.
Anyway, it was fun. What I was able to do, any decent high school basketball player could do, with some practice. There really is a trick to it...at least with the half court shot.
But the gal in the video? I don't think she did any of that. I think she was just very talented. One of the news reports shows her sinking a 3 point shot in the middle of a college game. She was / is just really that good.
Oh, by the way, since you love basketball...my wife worked for a major charity in NYC. She did one program to help fund athletics for youth. Here's a picture of her with former NY Knick Willis Reed, 6' 9" , then my wife, 5' 2" , and then Dick Barnett, 6' 5"