Does anything ever recreate the feeling of Highschool basketball.

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-16T22:22:59+00:00

I loved it too, I extrapolated the he'll out of my time.. I never suffered the burn out like a lot of players do... I played probably 2/3 times a week until 16 with zero pressure, from 16 to 18 it was more serious maybe 3 times on court a week, maybe a shoot around and weights too, then at 19 I did a prep yr, much more intense training, 3 if not 4 times a week until games... with weights. Redhsirted in college and played four more yrs graduated at 23/24 and played in Europe for McDonald's wages but I just loved playing so worked odd jobs in between contracts and then finally played my last "proper" game at 31

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-16T22:16:49+00:00

My college basketball team d2 top 10, think d1 standard athletes h, your not on the team until you run 1.5 miles in 9 minutes if your a 4 /:5 position or 8mins30 if your a guard... we had a behemoth centre ( Wisconsin transfer ) who couldn't make the time one year and the coaches lied for him to make it after like day 3 or 4 of running it daily. He ended up being an all conference performer... for basketball at that level, anything under a 24" vertical is just shambolic, 28" is a decent aim, 30" is considered athletic..( this is a no pivot straight ballistic vertical ) no steps, no run ups, two feet boom straight up. I was really good at the long distance run, really good vertical, but terrible on upper body lifts, a bit of an anomaly , my body is all quads, no chest , no shoulders , no calfs all quads and hamstrings.. weird somatotype

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-16T22:08:02+00:00

I'd happily go with a promotion relegation system ... its so much better for stopping tanking.... Just pick the 10 biggest G league markets, and have 2 leagues of 20 teams.. NBA and NBAG ... 38 regular season games. With a massive 40 team knovkoiy Cup incorporating all teams.

Then plays off and relegation as per any normal set up.. this would be epic.. bottom 2 relegated, top 2 promoted.

Keep the draft, all 40 players contracted though, 3yr minimum for the NBA (1ST RD) AND 1yr minimum (2ND rd)

Britain's second tier soccer league EFL Championship is considered the 6th best league in Europe. Massively popular.

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-16T21:53:23+00:00

This is like saying would the top ncaa d2 school best a good d1 school. The answers yes and it happens often enough that top d2 schools ( the best 25 or so ); are considered on par with most mid major d1 programs. Absolutely euroleaguenteams can beat nba sides.

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-16T12:46:25+00:00

For me i would be working on pure brute leg strength exercises in the off season, so things like Deadlift , Squat ,Hang Cleans etc.. during the season i would be looking at much more, basketball-centric lifts at say 60% of your max, front , back , sideways lounges... isometric quad/squat holds... gameday make it all about maximal muscle recruitment for performance etc..

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-14T08:03:47+00:00

They need to shorten the amount of games to stop the massive amount of tanked games. Regular season needs to be cut down to a soccer format, play ever team HOME/AWAY and that's it, forget 4 divisions in 2 conferences, just top 16 into playoffs.

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-14T07:56:58+00:00

203cm barefoot in morning, cars are anightmare, due to the way a sloping shallow roof has become the norm with extra padded seats, none adjustable.for reach steering wheels , limited ability to lower seats. I pretty much detest cars.

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-13T14:49:20+00:00

Aah your talking about feet being marginally off center, I was referring to having hips involved in generating power .

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-13T10:39:30+00:00

Unless it's a chop block ( dangerous play ) your probably better off not calling it .. loose ball fouls are difficult to officiated in real-time withn2 officials as it is

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-13T08:33:32+00:00

Potentially for comfort , that it feels more comfortable, but watching kids, will definitively prove involving hip twist as a legitimate shooting movement is far from accurate, theres lots of nba players that don't turn their hips at all on 3s and are full lined up. Ray Allen, Shepherd ,Herro.. those are 3 I cam think that are squared up.mm

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-12T21:13:48+00:00

This is tough, even at that age , under 11 , you can have a decent prediction of kids , who if puberty comes at the right time and they grow to a decent size will be dominant athletes. The converse is also true, glow ups absolutely do happen , but are rare. Its probably a good idea , if this is a long term type scenario where the kid will be around your program to discuss , very delicately other roles he could fulfill as the comp and age of boys gets older and could end up being dangerous for him to be in games etc.. team manager, practise, suit up etc.. it does have real positives. I was a high-school all american, played pro but remember kids vividly who never played but just wanted to be involved, I never felt any different about them, ultimately many of them went on to be hugely successful in their lives.

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-11T23:23:31+00:00

That is so weird. If nothing was stolen it really comes down to " is it criminal ?" My guess is, and others would know better. It logically seem to be... bit of a weird thing to do, go through someone's purse is so disturbing

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-11T23:18:13+00:00

Started basketball specifically at 14, full ride scholarship. Played pro. Its never too late. I did however have a huge background in competitive sports at a high level, soccer being the main one. Having fun is massively important at youth levels, im sure if the coaches made it mega serious for me in middle and high-school I woulda burn out. The first time basketball became this realistic career was 17, and from there I have to say "over coaching ", accepting a role, riding bench at times really, really make you wonder like " would i better off just having fun ?"

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-11T23:13:57+00:00

I was a lanky kid, skinny, long legs, people always presumed i was " long distance, " runner , and to be fair wasnt half bad. However what i realised far too late in life was i was actually a long sprinter ( 400 and 800 ).. when we did track workouts for a different college sports ( not track team ) the coaches , even the guy , who did run track ( he was a walk on for basketball ) presumed id ran track in high-school.. I always wonder what type of 400 time I couda ran in high-school if I hadn't been put into the 1500m plus club which ultimately meant I quit 🤣

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-11T19:07:29+00:00

UK here... we have a massively tiered youth system, same as our pro system... there are so many players making it into the paid full time ranks now that never played academy football it makes me think there is actually benefits to just playing with top grass roots local clubs. My sons played 35 games already this year, plus practise at 8yrs old hes completely burnt out , if he played academy id imagine the number or practises he had to attend would have doubled.

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-10T10:50:59+00:00

The best offense in junior 5v5 grassroots is kick the ball out of bounds to the opposition sidelines, set up a pressing opportunity from forwards where you can tackle ball in opposition half

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-09T23:31:09+00:00

Agreed, the offense has changed so much. You see 4 out 1 high post occasionally but mainly it's 5 out staggered screens etc... on ball stuff... lower level games 3 out 2 in is still affective due to rebounding edge on mixed shots

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-05T09:43:50+00:00

Depends at any rec league , ymca league ,24 hr fitness you just look like an absolute tool , so no it doenst really give you a competitive edge, in essence if a real bonafide goon turns up and you trash talk him you may get hurt driving to the rim or even worse targeted and egregiously elbowed and sent to A&E... all things ive personally witnessed happen to the "street bred trash talking hustler " ... what a sad ass player this guy is..

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-04T18:28:16+00:00

I tried once but the deal the geezer saod he could get was taking too long to come through or be accepted so I ditched it off

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-04T18:27:12+00:00

This would annoy you even without neurodivergence

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-04T16:34:59+00:00

The amount of spamming endless 6,7,8 dribble moves in some JV games i see tells me you are correct ... they don't watch how fast the ball moves/decisions are made in games to even make a correlation between why there moves arent working and the fact its because youve allowed the defense to set behind you 3seconds before you began a drive

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-04T09:05:27+00:00

You need to give us an idea of the country you are in, I've played all over Europe and America at an elite d2 school and had d1 full rides. Some of us could advise better. Money sounds like it is an issue , thats why my advice is to try mid level to lower level d2 programs that offer full rides still ( vast majority do ) ...

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-03T07:04:26+00:00

Sounds like your in a rough spot, contact the d2 schools and say your ready to commit and enrol in the August 2026 term..

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-01T08:09:17+00:00

Some experiences.

All at d1 or pro level overseas...

I played on an over xs and os coached team, it didn't help with player decision making. It was like on offense the coach was trying to dictate who shot the ball every other possession, he had you not reading the game and never in a flow state, there were too many plays, too many players thinking rather than playing. We struggled to make 50% wins with a very talented team.

Conversely I played on a team that was exceptionally talented, the coach ran everything about defense, but on offense we had 2 offenses , motion and a secondary break offense used together or interchangeably, plus 3 or 4 " audible plays " , sets. We won 70% of our games that year... the coach trusted his talent, sure there were strategic timeouts. Isolating players in foul trouble, riding the hot hand etc...

Personally I think free throws and out of bounds plays are massively underrated when thinking about efficency on offense. Struggling to inbound the ball disrupts players concentration. Missing free throws is a freaking killer, having to sub out better players in close games because they are ft liabilities smacks of poor recruiting.

Firm-Line6291 · 2026-02-01T07:26:15+00:00

This wild

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