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Arrgh this basketball shit is serious

harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
edited October 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
So I've now trained twice with the Warwickshire Bears wheelchair basketball team and they've expressed interest in training me up to be a Forward.

It's pretty gruelling and tough stuff as even though I looooove wheelchair basketball, I've not been much of a sportsman thus far.

And DRILLS!! Fucking DRILLS!! Anyone else on a sports team and find drills fucking confusing? What the fuck am I doing?? Where am I supposed to be?? Arrrgh
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    The drills help you figure out positioning so that stuff will fix itself.
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    I grew up playing street ball, so I really didn't understand a lot of the subtle nuances of running an offense or zone defense. When I started playing some city league and playing with guys who had played organized ball, they had us run drills and plays and I found the whole thing a little confusing.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Rygar wrote:
    The drills help you figure out positioning so that stuff will fix itself.

    Yep, that's what I'm thinking.. it's about familiarising yourself with tactics and positioning during a game so it's about as necessary as you can get.

    Ah well, suck it up matey.
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Yep, that's what I'm thinking.. it's about familiarising yourself with tactics and positioning during a game so it's about as necessary as you can get.

    Ah well, suck it up matey.
    I miss hockey drills.
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Rygar wrote:
    I miss hockey drills.

    You miss them? Wow, you must've liked 'em then.

    Come on, sell 'em to me, let's see if I can't find some reason to like 'em ;)
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    You miss them? Wow, you must've liked 'em then.

    Come on, sell 'em to me, let's see if I can't find some reason to like 'em ;)
    Not particularly the drills, just being on an organized team in general.
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Rygar wrote:
    Not particularly the drills, just being on an organized team in general.

    Ah, yep. I get that. :) I'm pretty thrilled to have found this one. It's not everywhere that has the facilities they do. Three different teams in the squad playing for three different leagues. Most of the time you just get a 'Huh?' when you ask a sports centre if they run w. basketball.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Ah, yep. I get that. :) I'm pretty thrilled to have found this one. It's not everywhere that has the facilities they do. Three different teams in the squad playing for three different leagues. Most of the time you just get a 'Huh?' when you ask a sports centre if they run w. basketball.
    Do you need anything besides a bball court to get a game going?
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Rygar wrote:
    Do you need anything besides a bball court to get a game going?

    A ball helps...
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    eyedclaar wrote:
    A ball helps...
    ...........
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Rygar wrote:
    Do you need anything besides a bball court to get a game going?

    You can play a game anywhere, sure.

    But to run a league club you have to register with the GBWBA (Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association) as well as pay a fee to borrow a court regularly. The coaches need to be registered etc. and the most important thing is the cost of the basketball wheelchairs, at least £2.5,000 a pop.

    Basically any kind of disabled sport is growing in popularity at the moment, so the teams are hard to find. There probably are some in London but I was hard pressed to find them. This club is only 10 minutes away from where I'll be living next year.
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Rygar wrote:
    ...........

    Some players wouldn't hurt either. :)
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Some players wouldn't hurt either. :)
    Two in a row!!
    *crickets*
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    You can play a game anywhere, sure.

    But to run a league club you have to register with the GBWBA (Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association) as well as pay a fee to borrow a court regularly. The coaches need to be registered etc. and the most important thing is the cost of the basketball wheelchairs, at least £2.5,000 a pop.

    Basically any kind of disabled sport is growing in popularity at the moment, so the teams are hard to find.
    I didn't know you needed a specialty wheelchair, that is more or less what I meant. Very pricey too...
    Nice to have access to.
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Rygar wrote:
    Two in a row!!
    *crickets*


    What, you don't find my stranglehold on the obvious to be uproarious?
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    eyedclaar wrote:
    What, you don't find my stranglehold on the obvious to be uproarious?
    No you're usually much better. I'm wondering if your wife figured out your password.
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Rygar wrote:
    No you're usually much better. I'm wondering if your wife figured out your password.

    Did you just call my wife dumb?
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Rygar wrote:
    I didn't know you needed a specialty wheelchair, that is more or less what I meant. Very pricey too...
    Nice to have access to.

    Yep. Here's a basketball chair.

    http://www.discoveringdigits.com/for-students/stadium/img/wheelchair-basketball.jpg

    Rigid, strong and extremely light titanium frame for speed, agility and contact

    Cambered wheels for speed and a perfect 360 turn

    Footplate guard to withstand some good fucking bashing without legs getting damaged!!

    A single caster wheel at the back to prevent accidental tipping (These chairs are very tippy, and that's coming from someone who's always doing wheelies in my own chair)

    And the main reason for the cost is that they're all made specifically for an individual's specifications.. size, disability, position on the court (slightly different chairs for different positions)

    And general out and out sexiness. I get as excited about these as Jeremy Clarkson gets about cars.
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Did you just call my wife dumb?
    Not at all (although I could make a joke about how she married you, but I won't). She just isn't as funny as you. ;)
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Yep. Here's a basketball chair.

    http://www.discoveringdigits.com/for-students/stadium/img/wheelchair-basketball.jpg

    Rigid, strong and extremely light titanium frame for speed, agility and contact

    Cambered wheels for speed and a perfect 360 turn

    Footplate guard to withstand some good fucking bashing without legs getting damaged!!

    A single caster wheel at the back to prevent accidental tipping (These chairs are very tippy)

    And the main reason for the cost is that they're all made specifically for an individual's specifications.. size, disability, position on the court (slightly different chairs for different positions)

    And general out and out sexiness. I get as excited about these as Jeremy Clarkson gets about cars.
    Those look pretty mean! Was that price 25 thousand or 2.5 thousand?
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Rygar wrote:
    Not at all (although I could make a joke about how she married you, but I won't). She just isn't as funny as you. ;)


    I already explained about the brain washing and mind-control drugs that led to her marrying me in another thread this morning. But you're right, she isn't as funny as me.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Rygar wrote:
    Those look pretty mean! Was that price 25 thousand or 2.5 thousand?

    2.5, but usually closer to 4 when you've had one made to measure. I'm considering splashing out on one but if I do I can't fucking give up on the sport!
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    eyedclaar wrote:
    I already explained about the brain washing and mind-control drugs that led to her marrying me in another thread this morning. But you're right, she isn't as funny as me.
    I had completely forgotten about the drugs, my bad!
    I could have also suggested that someone from Scotland hacked your account.
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    2.5, but usually closer to 4 when you've had one made to measure. I'm considering splashing out on one but if I do I can't fucking give up on the sport!
    That's right, you go for that and you're in for the long haul, which isn't a bad thing at all. Sometimes it's the motivation you need :p
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Rygar wrote:
    I had completely forgotten about the drugs, my bad!
    I could have also suggested that someone from Scotland hacked your account.


    Those Scots call themselves hackers but little do they realize that headbutting computers really doesn't work.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Rygar wrote:
    That's right, you go for that and you're in for the long haul, which isn't a bad thing at all. Sometimes it's the motivation you need :p

    I was thinking that.. Might be good to treat myself to something which is staring at me every day, saying 'You know, if you get bored, you'll look back at me thinking I was a very expensive waste of time and money'.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I was thinking that.. Might be good to treat myself to something which is staring at me every day, saying 'You know, if you get bored, you'll look back at me thinking I was a very expensive waste of time and money'.
    There is that risk. I've got a few belongings that are nice and expensive and dusty.
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Those Scots call themselves hackers but little do they realize that headbutting computers really doesn't work.
    They'll never learn. After all, what's a Scot if not a sober Irishman?
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Rygar wrote:
    They'll never learn. After all, what's a Scot if not a sober Irishman?
    Sober?

    You haven't met many scots have you?
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Sober?

    You haven't met many scots have you?
    Against the Irish it's a sliding scale ;)
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