Basketball League 2012 Mamee Express Cup

马六甲篮球比赛 2012 杯 Mamee Express Cup


Let's meet at the Tun Fatimah Indoor Stadium. 
Saturday 21 July 2012
Star-studded Game

The man who invented basketball is Mr. James A. Naismith. Basketball has been played for only 121 years. Throwing ball into a basket at both ends indoor during winter, the game is named after the basket.

The basket is fitted at 10 feet above the floor with a metal ring 18 inches in diameter. The ring has a 18 inches long net suspended and the transparent fibre-glass backboard is used. On the center of the division line, a restraining circle of 6 feet enclosed the 2 feet center circle. The free throw line is 15 feet from the transparent fibre-glass backboard.

Three basketball players gave some quite interesting points of the basketball game over lunch today. Chong said, “The black basketball player could hold still in air defying gravity for a few splits of a second before he shoot the ball into the basket.” Kent added, “The black do that to make himself stable first to exact his aim before shooting the ball into the basket.”  Johnson provided the reason by saying, “The black has higher rate of metabolism to enable him to ‘hold-still-in-mid-air’ during his jump.”

Another point is the securing of the ball before letting it into the basket. Player whose hand is long could hold the ball close to his chest with strong arm grip to prevent it from sneaking away. This contrast the shorter hand who has no choice but to shoot the ball earlier before getting closer to the metal ring.

Then we were talking on the lay-up shot using either hand made after dribbling or receiving a pass close to the basket. Leaping toward the loop with one arm fully extended, the ball is softly put against the backboard which rebound it into the basket.

Posted 4:41 pm Saturday 21 July 2012 (Malaysian Time)

This Post will be updated after the game tonight.