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baller_4_life · 05-10-2003, 06:27 PM

i learned a new spinning routine today....off the elbow off teh knee off the head. just wondering if anyone has any other ideas for me to try.....im gonna be the queen of spinning dat ball

W1Z0C0Z · 05-10-2003, 07:06 PM

I'm the King of spinning the ball on my fingers.

Well apparently ya already know what your doing. This is one of the "juggles" that I do when I'm waiting for people to get ready before a check ball. I start spinning the ball on my middle finger and move it around between all the fingers on my right hand. Then I move it down to my knuckles and go through all of them. Then I move it to my fingertips and go through them. Then I put back on my middle finger and toss it up real high and catch back on the finger. Then I bounce it off my knee and back onto my finger. And I end with dropping it onto the inside of my hand for a second then back up to spin. (dropping it onto the inside of your hand kinda slows it down and puts some weird spin on it). Then i usually drop it to the ground and knee it forward to the guy guarding me for the check.

baller_4_life · 05-10-2003, 09:30 PM

wow man that sounds pretty crazy. i can already move it down through the fingers and knucles and toss it up and catch it....even bounce it off my head and catch it again. but i hafta work on keeping it spinning longer.....any tips???

W1Z0C0Z · 05-11-2003, 12:13 PM

Hm, if you can do all that stuff already I don't really know what to tell you about spinning it longer. I guess it's just practice. I'm one of those people that see a trick and can pick it up within a few minutes. So I'm not the best teacher, though I have tought a bunch of people moves.

If the balls spinning on my right middle finger, I can hit it full strength with my left hand and it'll keep spinning. You know how you normally tap it to keep it spinning? Can you hit it full strength? It'll just show how good you are at it.

Can you do that "juggle" where you spin the ball around your arms in the circle motion? From your arms to chest to other arm and back around non stop? I can break that down and teach if ya can't. Though it'll be harder with words and not a demonstration. I've taught a few ex g/fs to do it, so it's not impossible.

Street_Ball · 05-11-2003, 03:15 PM

sup fly man dat was soo sweet learning all them new tricks we goin to be the queens here pretty quick my bro was showin me some new stuff ill show u when we ball next sooo sweet oh ya i jsut bout got dat spin from arms to chest thing down i just cant get it to keep goin good stuff cant wait to get on the court and show off all the new tricks

Pistolballer · 05-11-2003, 07:31 PM

FYI
Pistol Pete once spun a ball on his hand, going from finger to finger, knuckle to knuckle, for a little over an hour

W1Z0C0Z · 05-11-2003, 08:38 PM

Yes he had. After watching his movie I tried it. I've done it a few times. I like doing it while riding in cars. It's funny to see the other people's reaction while driving by. It's also really challening cause the ball might move around from bumps or turns or something.

W1Z0C0Z · 05-11-2003, 08:40 PM

Point of Advice: If trying to spin the ball for an extended period of time.. Learn to spin the ball on your finger tips. The ball will behin to "burn" your fingers after doing it for a little while. Which caused me to learn to spin it on other parts of my hand until I realized fingertips don't hurt at all.

Street_Ball · 05-11-2003, 10:17 PM

but me and fly were wonderin how u keep it spinnin for dat long like is there any trick to it tips or jsut lotsa practise

baller_4_life · 05-12-2003, 11:44 AM

i usually tap it to keep it spinning....not to good at hitting it full strength yet. and i cant do the thing where u spin it across the arms....i can almost but never make it all the way around.