ure stressin to much, if u wanna play ball u gotta be tough, i got cut from a high level team, got a really bad team record in my skool team, lost from the first round of the playoffs in this other league i play in (got fouled out), and it all hapenned this year, but i aint stressin anythin, i used tthink that i wouldnt get any better and all...but u just gotta grind it out, and rite now, despite all wat hapened i think....actually i KNO i can be a great baller, just gotta believe in ureself...

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Running Vert: 24 inches.

Any thing that you train for is going to be emotional I almost had a nervous breakdown when I was 16 because of how bad my game was but the things that helped me was this site http://www.mascsa.psu.edu/dave/Mental-Toughness.pdf and let me ask you a question like when you play do you focus on the rim or is it on somthing else while you are balling

"Basketball is all about learning from past mistakes."-Paul "The Truth" Pierce

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Height: 5'10
Age: 19
Vertical: 30
Position: PG/SG
Bench: 245
Speed: 4/6
PPG: 14.1

"Failure just improves the taste of victory" Marvin "X=Factor" Taylor

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Height: 5'10
Age: 19
Vertical: 30
Position: PG/SG
Bench: 245
Speed: 4/6
PPG: 14.1

The more comments I read on this topic the more I feel like I can become better. This is defenetily my favourite topic of this forum. I hope the original poster feels better now.

Dont give up and keep playing. You will eventually get better. i remember starting playing and i was shooting with 2 hands. i couldnt make a shot even if i was staying under the basket. My dribbles were horrible. i couldnt touch the net.
But now, my handles became good, my vertical jump improved so much that i am only 4 inches from dunking and i can now make most of my jumpshot 3pt.
It took me 3 years of practice to get to the level i am right now. I was playing ball everyday during summer.... even during raining days on the basketball court outside.

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Vert: 31 inches (maybe increased)
Running Vert: 35 inches (maybe increased)
Height: 5'6.5
Weight: 132lbs
Reach: 7'4
I dunked the 10 feet for first time of my life! june 19, 2008

Pistons fan!


Deeeetroit Basketball!!

My advice to you is: Just practicing won't help, practicing right will. When you practice think about what will help you the most. For me it was seriously learning how to shoot. BECOME A SHOOTER. Seriously. Best thing to do. ANYONE can learn to shoot. I started to play basketball in like 8th grade. Plus i skipped a grade so i had a disadvantage all along. Plus i'm an all honors student who practiced ONCE A WEEK. I tryed out and somehow i almost made it lol. I shot 4/10 freethrows, 2/10 spot shooting and almost made it. That was because of my ability to play tough and my ability to drive. That was my raw talent. However, now because i just practiced shooting, i make about 90 percent free throws and i can swish threes easily from 2 feet behind the line. Use your time wisely and just pass up those one on one games. Go and practice. After, go out and beat the guy with your shooting.

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I'm Chinese =P
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 145
Wingspan: 6'1.5"
Reach: 7' 6.5"
Standing Vertical: idk somewhere around 30
Running Vertical: idk somewhere around 33

Man I once and such a bad game I only hit one basket and I was clipped in the air and I think I was 1/7 from the field when I got home I went outside and started shooting and while I was shooting I... I felt my heart sink into my
chest and I started crying.


Everything I know now . . . the pitfalls, the highs and lows, everything . . . it taught me and made stronger.”-Ray Allen

It's probably the best I've played throughout my career. I'm older, a lot wiser, more comfortable and I feel great. I'm in pretty good shape. It feels good.”- Paul Pierce

I'm from the bottom, I understand what it's like to have and to not have. My perception on giving is to put yourself in those people's shoes and go from there. So that's what I did.”

p.s I am very very hard on myself when it comes to basketball

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Height: 5'10
Age: 19
Vertical: 30
Position: PG/SG
Bench: 245
Speed: 4/6
PPG: 14.1