Basketball blog

BadBob’s Bullets, and five more drills

19/11 2008, 0 comments

I’ve played and coached on various levels and in different leagues, but kids’ basketball is what I love the most. So I enjoy this viedo more than I do the nightly highlight reel from the NBA.

The Murray High Little League Basketball season begins with Tiger Night, when the jerseys are given out, the teams are announced, and a 6:00 mini-game is played. Here is what happened when BadBob’s Bullets, resplendent in their new pink jerseys, took the floor against the girls of Jason Greer Excavating.

Tiger Night: The Bullets First Mini-Game from Randy Waltrip on Vimeo.

And here are todays five new drills:

• 8-8-18
• 3-5-7
• Spider drill
• Hustle and flow
• Tossback rebounding drill

1000 basketball drills

19/11 2008, 0 comments

Wow! We just passed 1000 drills on the site.

When I started this site eight years ago, I couldn’t have imagined this in my wildest dreams. Thank you to everyone who’s submitted their drill to the site, sending me their friendly comments, and for enjoying the content.

I am working on a new version of the site, which will make it even more useful and enjoyable, feel free to add your suggestions in the comments. In the mean time, remember to add your basketball drill to the collection.

To celebrate, here are Dr. J’s top 10 dunks:

Five more drills, five videos

17/11 2008, 0 comments

Here are five drills to start your week:

• Spin shot + dribbles
• Christmas tree
• Dribble and catch
• 1 minute explosion
• Killer rats

Trickshotkid made a compilation of some of his plays. Looks like he’s got game!

I’ve always been a huge Michael Jordan fan, and here’s a new ad for his Jordan brand, “Maybe It’s My Fault”:

How many passes does the team in white make?

Even though Michael Jordan was and is my man, there’s no denying that Larry Bird had skills as well. Here he is in a college game, dominating as always:

Lastly, here is a seventh grade team breaking the press and passing the ball better than my team (and I could be these kids’ father) ever did:

Have a nice week, everyone!

Vintage basketball pics

14/11 2008, 0 comments

I found some really great and old basketball pictures over at the Shorpy Photo Archive. Shorpy is a vintage photography blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s. They have some more excellent sports related pictures here.

Basketball practice

Columbia Basket-Ball: 1908

A Friendly Game of Horse

J.E. Wright: 1921

Gallaudet Basketball: 1924

Tech Basketball: 1920

Five on a Friday

14/11 2008, 0 comments

Here are five more drills to keep you busy through the weekend:

Curls
Post man
Stump the ghost
Animal drill
3 cone lay-up drill

Remember that you can add your own drill to the collection.

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