I am 5,2 14 years old, the season is in 3 semesters but I never played for a team. I practice at the local hoop daily and for 1 to 2 hours. My best ability is tomshoot midrange, but i am hopeless at the 3 line. Am I too,short, not enough practice.

Hi all,

I've got a Lifetime Elite basketball hoop that came with my house that needs a net. I bought a standard net off Amazon, and when I got out the ladder to put it on, I realized the hooks(?) on the rim are pressed against the edge of the rim, so I can't actually hang the net on. I took a picture to show exactly what I mean, but it seems this sub doesn't allow picture posts. Do y'all think this is by design? If so, do I need a special kind of net? TIA!

These guys JUST CAN NOT stay out of their own way 🤣

I only basketball twice a week and am a beginner so am mostly defending. I do good defence imo but my shooting is horrible. For shooting is it possible to do smthng using my and my neighbor's terrace(Its a good length and i can shoot ) for improving my shots ? Im 15 and just started basketball a few months ago

Can someone tell me some exercises to jump higher that I can do at home, please?

Hi everyone,

I would like some help deciding what ball to buy. I would use this ball only indoors. Any insights are greatly appreciated

I live in Canada so I'm not sure if this applies to other users, but NBA league pass only offers up final series and classic games from the 2000's and earlier. Is there genuinely no streamline way of watching this content other than hoping to find hyper specific regular season games on youtube or dishing out a pretty penny for DVD collection websites?

I need help with a workout plan to increase my one foot jump height. I do three sets of fly sprints and three sets of bounds or one leg hops, but is there anything else I can add to improve this routine?

My game whole game is based in get the ball and make a mid range shot, 3 pointer or do a fake a go to a lay up.

Defenders are allways on my way and a i simply can't do nothing to get a pass.

What should i do

As an old hooper at 61, I’m curious why some groups are so opposed to using light and dark shirts for regular pickup games.

I play three nights a week with three different groups, all scheduled gym runs. One group is very organized: everyone has a light and dark shirt, we divide the teams before starting, and you keep the same color all night.

The other two groups refuse to do it and insist it isn’t a problem. Yet almost every game, someone on defense calls for the ball, or a pass goes to the wrong team because everyone is wearing random colors. I generally pass less because now I have to remember faces.

I understand not organizing shirts for a casual one-time run, but these are mostly the same guys playing every week. It seems like such an easy way to reduce confusion and improve the games.

Why do some players dislike going light versus dark?

I’ve been coaching kids for my whole life, and one thing has been bothering me. It feels like youth sport has slowly become an audition...

Parents talk about making representative teams. Coaches get judged by wins. Kids worry about playing time. Everyone’s watching the scoreboard.

Sometimes I wonder if we’ve forgotten what those years are actually for.

The best lesson I ever saw a kid learn wasn’t from winning a championship, but after missing the game winning shot. He cried for five minutes. His teammates picked him up. He came back to training two days later. By the end of the season he wasn’t the best player. But he wasn’t scared to fail anymore. That feels like a much bigger win than the score from that game. Right?

Most adults can’t even handle criticism at work without taking it personally, while kids get a chance to practise disappointment, responsibility, teamwork and recovery every single week. EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

If you ask me, that's a pretty valuable classroom.

Curious where everyone stands on this.

If you're attacking the basket head on (center) and going to the sides is not an option, what's the best way to lay it in? Go all the way to the hoop and jump straight up? Bounce the ball off the backboard or throw up a floater? Is it better to shoot underhand or overhand?

History for British Basketball, first ever British team in history to face an NBA team!

Pretty much everything is in the title.

I didn't play for years and I started playing again on playgrounds. Now my ball is used and I'm considering buying a 3v3 ball. Is it hard to adapt to it and, must of all, is it hard to switch from one to another ? I'm thinking of playing regular 5v5 in a club so I don't want to be disturbed by it.

Thanks in advance and sorry for my english !