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Speaking of Dunks-GIRLS
I witnessed my first GIRLS dunk last night! She plays for Nimitz HS in Texas, she must have been 6'-3 or so, (I am 6'-0 and looking up to her), I think someone said she is a Soph, but not sure. Anywho, her team whens the initial jumpball and they proceed to score, other team brings the ball up, takes a shot, she blocks it, recovers the ball and fast breaks for the basket. With no one close to her she pulls up and double handed dunks... the crowd goes wild and the other team just looks at each other.... It was a neat moment. How often do you see girls dunk? will this be the only one for me this season??
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"double handed"? Impressive!
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=tuDfRzY2Vqw It says that she is a 6' 5" sophomore. This is a video shot during practice so we don't get to you in action. It seem that there are a lot more dunks in her future. |
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Its a shame. She'll never get to be just a kid. |
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And regarding "being a kid", do you suppose she's never had a chance to play with dolls and toy trucks in the back yard because she can dunk and someone she knows owns a video camera and a computer? I don't understand why you think that someone who gets a tape of themselves dunking and it's on Youtube is someone who can't ever "be a kid". |
It does seem kinda eerie. She never even cracks a smile..teammates jumping around cheering...and nothing...blank.
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Unless she's a zombie.......:eek: |
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First of all, she did laugh at the very end of the video, as her teammate is checking her uniform. I don't know what she's checking for, but as the teammate pulls on her knee pad, the dunker laughs.
Second of all, it's very common for very tall kids (and she's VERY tall for a 14-year old girl) to feel "different", since their stature is such a visible difference from all their friends. It's not sadness or being miserable. It's just being so obviously different from other kids at an age when all they want to do is be the same. |
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I'll refrain from joking about various short boy... er ....men who post on this board. |
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Are you coming down to join us now? :D |
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