I'm terrible at basketball but I have to do it for gym?
So, I've known for a very long time that I'm absolutely terrible at basketball. But at the schools I go to they've always had a basketball unit that we had to do. Last year a bunch of girls were always teasing me and making fun of how I couldn't play right. Those girls were my "friends". But anyways, I literally just cannot stand being made fun of like that and I'm very afraid I'll just make a fool of myself during the basketball unit we're doing this year. All my friends are basketball players and I'm really scared they'll make fun of me for not being good because I've heard them do it to a girl ON THEIR TEAM. I don't have a basketball net to practice on or anything so I don't know how I'd get better at it. Any ideas, tips, anything please. I just want to get good enough that I won't end up being embarrassed or humiliated. I might just fake sick the whole unit.
The rainmaker2014-01-09T05:01:30Z
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They are not your friends if they make fun of you. Practice ball handling drills by dribbling a basketball up and down the court. There is also shooting drills you can do.
Chesire cat, first of all anyone who teases you, is not your tru friend. This is what i want you to do if you want to be an average baller right now. Find a person on your school basketball team who is preferable female, who is the best player on the team and ask them nicely or kindely to show you the fundamentals of the game. You must stroke their ego or patronize that person by saying you want to learn the game from the best female player in the school. Get together with that person off the school premises, usually at a public park and go for it offer to by lunch afterwards or else maybe bare the scrutiny From your so call friends. Just maybe one day you will play each one of your haters and beat them real good. Remember thou its a process, not over night but at least 6 months to reach that level. Start watching a lotlot of basketball on tv also. Practice their moves before you create your own. Bye
Keep on practice I never got teased because I was born in basketball I knew how too play since when I was little but forget what people say that life you not making a fool of yourself you just don't how too play you keep practice you will be good yea people do make fun of people if they try something they not good at but you saw all them keep on practice in then next day they a very good ball player remember this people make fun of you they maybe not good at basketball I got faith in you I can see you making in basketball if I live were live I will show you basketball
you don't need a court to improve your game! trust me! if you want to increase ball control, just dribble the basketball around with both hands and also dribble it between your legs if you want to increase shot accuracy, take the ball hold in in the shooting position, shoot it straight upwards with backspin such that it will go up straight and will seem to land ryt back on your nose. try to increase the power and prevent the ball from going sideways. cheers!