By the way, I'm not an experienced basketball player.
But my dad and brother Ma were on the basketball team, and I was familiar enough with the game to play free throws and a little game every day with my family when I was in early elementary school. I was good at PE, and I love to watch and play basketball.
However, it's been quite a while since I've dribbled in a gymnasium.
It had been 18 years since I dropped out of high school.
After all, basketball is fun. I've only played in a game format at gymnastics and ball games, but just dribbling is uplifting. The sound and impact of the ball bouncing seems to coincide with my heartbeat.
The ball is too big for my hands, which are only about 20 centimeters long, to grasp even when I spread them out as wide as I can.
I struggle to concentrate and control it.
I know basketball is considered unsuitable for a small guy like me, but there is a certain type of play where my height is not much of a handicap.
It's free throws.
During free throws, no one moves but me. There is no difference in size. What matters is practice and mentality.
I am proud of one of the few things I am proud of in basketball.
It was only in gymnastics and ball games, but I don't remember ever missing a free throw. That was my secret pride.
However, after nearly 20 years of not playing basketball, my sword is rusty and tattered. Well, it won't go in. It's almost a matter of luck. It's one or the other. It was more like, "I'm in," than "I'm getting in.
In the end, I threw about 200 shots in two hours.
Of those, only about 30 shots were taken. Putting aside the hopeless reality of a 15% success rate, it was still fun. Too much fun.
I made a video of the free throws that were made, and I'm posting it here for your viewing pleasure.
I took this picture so that I could objectively look at my form, etc. later, but I have my own unique form, lol.
I don't care how I look, I'm so fat.
During the game, I tried overthrowing, throwing a barrel, throwing in a very long shot, and various other challenges.
Incidentally, there is a basketball in the gymnasium, but it seems to be small in size, so we used Mar's own ball.
At the end of the day, we cleaned up, mopped, locked the front door, and headed home.
An afterthought
The next day, I had severe muscle aches and pains all over my body.
But it was fun and we plan to use it again soon.