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I'm shorter and weigh less than her and I can dunk so yeah it's possible. Again, can only do it if I have a good running start. Dunking has less to do with weight and height then it does with speed and leverage. Being tall doesn't automatically mean you can dunk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bert
I used to play some badminton and netball. Not been doing any sports for a good four years though - university made me lazy. Once I'm making some money, maybe I'll get back into stuff.
I am good at no sports. I don't tend to be terrible at sports, either - I just lack the physical presence for the ones I enjoy and the enthusiasm for those that I don't need such physical presence. I still enjoy a good game of cricket and I've been told I'm not a bad bowler. I can hit a tennis ball bloody far, too, but against a cricket ball it's a different story, going back to the whole physical presence thing.
I can run.
you can palm a basketball and get it up 10 feet in the air? O_o I'm sorry I just don't believe it. I used to be able to high jump over 6 feet and I could just barley dunk. Most WNBA players can't dunk. If you can dunk then why are you not like a woman's basketball phenom?Quote:
Originally Posted by ShinyI'm shorter and weigh less than her and I can dunk so yeah it's possible. Again, can only do it if I have a good running start. Dunking has less to do with weight and height then it does with speed and leverage. Being tall doesn't automatically mean you can dunk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bert
It was probably like at my high school, where there were lower hoops on some courts than on others. I don't know why - possibly they do it so that it's a reasonable size compared to younger kids or something. I definitely remember some people being able to dunk at my high school.
Tennis and badminton.
I'd like to watch. (someone had to say it)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
I like to run around in circles.
Wait, wait, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Hold on.
Does Ping Pong count as a sport? 'Cause I'm no good at Ping Pong.
I liked basketball back in school but I haven't played it in years on account of having never had the chance. I'd probably be useless at it now.
Also I seemed to have a slight natural talent for playing on defence in football but I would rather take a bath in your mother's period blood than even watch it, much less play it. Still though, knock a ball in my direction and, if I'm not in my right mind (in my right mind I would normally let it pass me by so its poor owner has to crawl into a nettle bush to retrieve it) my drilled-in-by-havin'-football-shoved-down-my-throat-for-countless-years instincts overtake me I will trap it and pass it back something fierce, then move on.
I am crazy good at dressage.
You don't have to believe it. My brother didn't either and that's when I dunked on him. I'm pretty sure women dunking is not as amazing as you're making it out to be. Sure it's uncommon, but not some mystical "phenom." :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Bertyou can palm a basketball and get it up 10 feet in the air? O_o I'm sorry I just don't believe it. I used to be able to high jump over 6 feet and I could just barley dunk. Most WNBA players can't dunk. If you can dunk then why are you not like a woman's basketball phenom?Quote:
Originally Posted by ShinyI'm shorter and weigh less than her and I can dunk so yeah it's possible. Again, can only do it if I have a good running start. Dunking has less to do with weight and height then it does with speed and leverage. Being tall doesn't automatically mean you can dunk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bert
Anyway, I have no interest in playing basketball apart from my playing knock out with my cousins once in a blue moon. I'm not much of a sports person as I presume all you nerds on here aren't either.
Shiny palming a ball is much less surprising than her dunking, assuming she uses a women's ball. And no, women dunking is not at all mystical (it's very rare in actual games, but many women can do it in a gym), though I have never heard of a woman much under 6' being able to dunk. Or really anyone, male or female, only 5'1". That's some major jumping skills.
On a similar subject, I was at my uncle's house over the weekend and the gold medal women's basketball game was on, and he was commenting, in response to my cousin's question, that a mere ~6' woman who was a SG/SF on the USA's team couldn't dunk because she's "just a girl." I disputed him that it was impossible, but couldn't back it up with anything concrete. You should upload a video I can send to him (and also so I can curse my white man's knees in shame).
I'm pretty beastly at lacrosse. I had one of the best shots on the team for two years.
I can also play some damn fine hockey when I keep at my skating.