[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I make a habit of not chasing any basketball even if it is close and behind me.

Same here. Our former local interpreter used to say to keep your eyes on the players, never get a ball, it always comes back to you, and that he never lost a basketball in a game.

I almost lost a basketball this past year. It somehow disappeared after a call was made. I asked the players, "Wheres' the ball?". They didn't know. A parent yelled from the bleachers that the ball rolled out an open gym door. I looked into doorway and saw classrooms with open doors and a downstairs stairwell. No way was I making a trek to find that ball. I asked the coach for a new ball and she said that it must be somewhere. She did find it. It hadn't left the gym, as the parent claimed, but rolled, hidden, behind a trash can near the door.