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Originally Posted by bainsey
I'm the T; defense gets the steal.
I start to backtrack quickly when I start to feel my feet go out from under me. I try to maintain my balance, attempting some sort of wide stance before going down, but it turns into one of those inevitable falls that lasts five weeks.
My downward thoughts: "Oh no, not now, try to balance, won't work, oh s**t, here it comes, don't fall into the crowd...!" WHAM, flat on my back, possibly leaving a crack in the foundation.
Someone in the front row asks if I'm all right. I pop up and high tail it to the end line, just in time for the layup. I hold a thumbs up to the crowd going back down the other way. My partner tells me they went on about it for several minutes. Rabbit ears. 
Lone upside: Falling is the one thing an official can do that pleases everybody. |
You weren't backpedaling, were you? If so, you deserved to fall.
Seriously, backpedaling on the court is not the way to go the other direction. Turn and run and look over your shoulder.