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CracktobeR
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Palming a basketball better!
- Friday, October 21, 2005 1:59 PM
Sup? Aight, I tryed to make a little experiment on my own (Stupid..nanan), and I noticed that I could palm bigger basketballs. This is what I did:
I trained my
fingers
by squeezing a basketball everytime I played basketball or when I was bored. I actually trained my
fingertips
more than my fingers, but anyway.
Before: I could palm a size 3 ball, and with a bit of effort a size 5 ball
After: I could pam a size 3 ball, a size 5 ball, and with a bit of effort a size 7 ball
I did this training for about a month.. just don't overtrain your fingers/fingertips ..., I don't have big hands naturally, so I figured that if I could increase my strength in my fingers when palming the ball, I could hold it
Good luck!
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- Sunday, November 20, 2005 12:43 AM
It just takes practice. Your fingers will stretch. It's just like playing the guitar. Even with without large hands, your fingers will learn to stretch over time with practice
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- Sunday, November 27, 2005 2:40 PM
I also like to ball sometimes, I got an old basketball that went flat, instead of throwin it away, I would train with it by squeezing it over and over, and also did sets, by tryin to palm it,and hold it for a certain time, I also got my verticle up, by jumpin as high as I could and try to touch the rim over and over everyday, eventally I could touch the rim, and b4 I knew it I was dunkin at 5"8, sorry I know that doesnt have to do w/ yer thread, but u will be surprised how fast u can increase yer verticle in such a short time
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- Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:38 PM
I have short stubby fingers which suck for playing BBall.
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- Sunday, February 19, 2006 6:08 PM
as long as u can shoot dribble and play some defense it won't be a big deal if u have fat fingers kind of like me
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- Monday, February 20, 2006 6:32 PM
Take up guitar.. that will train ur fingers to stretch
Age: 24
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Started at: 120lbs, 10%bf
Current: 180lbs, 10%bf
Next Goal: 185lbs, 8-10%bf
Mirrors don't measure progress, they just show how much more there is left to do.
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- Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:19 AM
My manager at work,pretty big guy and had a chance to go a long way with his basketball career, told me to crumple up some paper whenever I was just sitting around. Uncrumple it and crumple it up again. Keep repeating the cycle. Helped me last summer when I was big into basketball.
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