basketball

[delightt]

I had the worst breakaway at basketball last night. Intercepted a pass near the top of the key in our defensive zone, and drove right up the middle, but then wigged out as I could see out of the corners of both eyes the opponents reaching out for me. Chickened out and stopped short of the lay-up, and turned around only to find a third opponent

Comments

[noobie]

hey when you get a steal, that's a license to shoot.
foul or not, just take it.

[delightt]

I know. Panic.

[winstontlchow]

Just go strong for the hoop the next time, and shout "AND ONE!" Works for me.

[delightt]

:S

[lezy]

aww. just one of those days. hugs. :)

If it's any consolation, I think, with my current confidence (or lackof), I wouldn't even be so noble and brave to attempt a breakaway, much less a breakaway lay-up.

In fact, i don't even think I'd be picking up a basketball for a good many years.

Man, I'm damn limp now. (The ingrown nail totally doesn't help. seriously. can't wear track shoes at all for months now.)

[delightt]

Haha, the problem with this particularly breakaways was that there was no reasonable way of getting out of it, especially as at the point I took possession of the ball I was the only person at the top of the court. It would've been a wasted opportunity ... but then I wasted it anyway. crap.

Anyway, no excuse for me, I've been playing semi-regularly since the beginning of the year. I really should have been able to go for it.

You need to do something about that ingrown toenail.. as Darren would've said, cut it off! Cut it all off!!