Having a hoop set up near your house surely means a ton of fun for you and your friends. Unfortunately, it could break down at some point, especially if you have it installed outdoors. After hours and hours of games and shooting, you may notice the basketball rim bent down or become tilted upwards or sideways. How do you fix a tilted basketball rim? It’s actually pretty easy. Read on and find out.
I. What Happens When Your Rim is Bent?
II. How Do You Fix a Tilted Basketball Rim?
III. How Long Does it Take to Fix a Tilted Rim?
IV. Wrapping Things Up: How Do You Fix a Tilted Basketball Rim
What Happens When Your Rim is Bent?
A bent rim could happen if you or one of your friends dunk a basketball forcefully over and over again. Or if not, the force of the basketball hitting the front of the rim repeatedly takes its toll and may bend the rim over time. Either way, it’s not fun. You can still play on it, but looking at that oval-shaped monstrosity could affect your shooting or perception of the rim.
Could a bent rim actually ruin your game in the long run? I wouldn’t say so, but if you play on a bent rim long enough, there are shots that you should and shouldn’t try. For instance, if the rim is bent backward on one way, it’s easier to make a shot from that direction. Conversely, a shot from the opposite side of the bent rim will be more challenging.
From personal experience, if the rim is really bent, I would not suggest shooting a layup off the backboard. Otherwise, the ball would just “fall off” the rim because there is no front metal to cradle the bounce. On top of that, shooting on a bent rim could affect the arc of your shot. You may shoot a flat jumper over time, trying to compensate for the annoying bend.
How Do You Fix a Tilted Basketball Rim?
The easiest way to solve the problem is to get yourself a new basketball rim. However, a basketball rim replacement is not always the most practical way. If you can get more miles out of a broken basketball rim, you should always go for it.
Here are your best options in fixing a tilted basketball rim:
1. Use a Car Jack
Car jacks can lift cars, so why not use them to “carry” a much lighter load like a bent basketball rim? Any car jack will do, but the pneumatic types provide the most effortless lift. Either way, if you know how to use a car jack, you should be able to handle this one.
The idea of using a car jack to fix a misshaped basketball rim is pretty simple. You just need to fit the car jack in the rim and then crank it up until it starts to get back to its original shape. Now, ensure that you position the jack in a way that the bottom is one side and the top on the other. This way, you can turn the jack all the way up, so it pushes the rim back into shape. You may need a couple of 2 by 4s to help you if the jack couldn’t lean on the backside of the rim.
As soon as you get the jack in position, crank it until the force of the jack turns the oval back into a circle. This may not be a one-time process, so repeat as desired. And like I said, it may not turn into a perfect circle, but it should be ways better than an oval-shaped monstrosity you call a rim.
2. Use a Blow Torch
Flame is used to shape metal, so you see where this is going, right? If you want to do the blow torch method, just make sure that you have enough space to work with and that there are no combustible materials around. Don’t let the children anywhere near you and the flame you’re producing, and wear safety gear for your hands, eyes, and body. Remember, always be safe, or you won’t be going anywhere near a basketball rim anytime soon!
Now, the next step is to find out which parts of the rim got broken or misshaped. This is a relatively easy task. The next step is to apply the flame to the broken parts and keep it there for at least three minutes. When metal begins to heat up, it will become pliable, and you should be able to pry it into shape.
Just to be clear, prying into shape doesn’t mean you use your hands. You need to hold the broken part against the concrete or any safe surface and use a hammer to pound it back. Depending on the number of misshaped parts, you may need to do it several times. Lay the entire rim on a surface and see if it lays flat. If it does, then you got it good!
3. Use a Rubber Mallet
A rubber mallet is only an option for really tiny bends or tilts or if you don’t have a blow torch or a car jack. If you want to do it the easy way, you will need to remove the rim entirely off the backboard.
The first thing that you have to do is check the bent or tilted part. Again, this is a pretty easy task, and most probably, you can tell just by looking at it. Lie the rim flat on the concrete, and that bent part will stick up in the air. Using weights to prevent the rim from moving, pound on the broken part until it lies flat.
How Long Does it Take to Fix a Tilted Rim?
It really depends on the amount of damage it has sustained. If you have a jack, it’s an easy problem to solve, something that should be over with in three minutes or less. The blow torch method should take the most time since the heating time alone takes three to five minutes. If you’re using a rubber mallet, taking the rim off the backboard will take several minutes, but the entire process is pretty straightforward. In any case, if a tilted or bent basketball rim is still worth saving, it wouldn’t take much time to fix it. Besides, who wants to spend $500 on a basketball rim replacement?
Wrapping Things Up: How Do You Fix a Tilted Basketball Rim
Basketball rims are pretty robust objects, but they take a lot of abuse. The pounding of the ball from your repeated shooting or the force of a dunk can take its toll, bending and tilting it in the process.
Of course, you have the option to just let it be. After all, you can still shoot buckets in it. But then again, it does not look good, and it may even affect your depth perception, especially if you play on circle rims. On top of that, it could lead to a flatter shot arc, and there may be instances when shooting at a specific angle is impossible. Where’s the fun in that? The solutions would be to spend money on basketball rim replacement or fix the broken basketball rim yourself.
If you choose the latter, it’s really a pretty easy fix, given that the rim is still strong enough to take a good pounding. How do you fix a tilted basketball rim? The best method for this is to use a car jack. Car jacks are obviously strong tools that can lift cars, so they could quickly straighten out a piece of metal like a basketball rim. If you don’t have a car jack, a blow torch is a nice option, provided you have all the safety equipment ready. Lastly, if the damage is not too bad, you can take the rim entirely off the backboard and pound the broken part with a rubber mallet.
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How to Fix or Remove Broken, Rusty or Bent Basketball Pole
There are a few problems that could come up with either portable or in-ground basketball hoop. One of them is a broken, rusted, or bent basketball pole.
I had an installed basketball backyard hoop that was there when we bought the place. It had a really nice glass backboard hoop that cost probably near to $400 to replace. And then a dude delivering firewood drove into it and bent it right at the bottom. It was starting to lean to the left, and it really gets on my nerves. But, it had such a nice backboard and ridding of it was not an option.
What did I do? I cut out a 7×7 so that it went over the pole perfectly, and beat it with a sledgehammer. It got 75% of the bend out and worked well for a while. (It looked like crap, but it worked).
But this isn’t the only way to do this, neither I’m saying it’s the right way. You should just know that in reality, depending on how big is the damage, fixing a basketball pole is a simple job.
Whether it’s totally crashed, or just having two compatible poles sections stuck together, in this article we’re finding the solution. Also, we’ll teach you how to paint the pole and how to completely remove it if there’s a need for it.
How to repair a BROKEN basketball pole
If you have a cemented pole that’s broken and sticks out of the ground, you could try to mount a new piece of a pole. Before starting anything, make sure that the old pole looks secure and safe with the concrete in place.
Think about mounting some kind of a pipe with a large surface thickness to guarantee strength. Just find a piece that will slide over the old pole and slip the top piece in and have it welded. I did a thing for a chain-link fence that’s similar to this. I slid 5-foot long poles over each of five poles which had 3-foot lengths shown.
Note that with this plan there shouldn’t be any concrete inside the pole above surface level.
Use epoxy as you place a larger diameter pipe over the pipe stump
Use 2×4’s as a substitute help to keep the pole precisely vertical. Then you load the pole with concrete grout (smaller aggregate concrete) to stabilize it. Clearly, the snugger the fit between the two pipes, the more steady the basketball system would be.
If needed, you could use a few concentric pipes (or aluminum flashing) to build your replacement sleeve(s) inside the external pipe, to make the fit as secure as possible.
Do cap the pole if you don’t fill it with cement so you won’t have water-storing inside it, rusting away the stump.
What to do if the basketball hoop pole is bent
How bent is it? If it more than a bit, the pole is probably pretty blasted. If only a bit, it can possibly be saved. It depends on how much you have to pull to save it, as to how much strength it will lose. If it’s just going to be used for standard basketball, it will be okay.
If you want, you can weld a few stiffeners along the sides. For dunking and hanging on the rim, it might be a little weak.
The hardest thing you can do is blow torching it off with HI trigger start torch. You would lose around 4-5 inches of height, but you would have it vertical. If you’re good with a torch, take a bind, heat it for a few seconds, and it will go on its own.
Just be careful; pole loses strength due to applying of fire, you don’t want it to bend in the other direction.
Do you have a large tree near the pole opposite the direction of bend?
You can use a import cable come-along puller (like this 2-Ton Power Puller) to fasten the tree with a used auto tire padding to protect the tree. Use a tow chain if the rigging needs extending.
Begin the pull, then use a sledgehammer with the help of a hardwood block for pole protection. You’ll also need one more man to hold the end of a long block while you strike. Pull, strike, pull, strike.
During the pull, the goal is to make the pipe take a ”set”, instead of falling back after releasing pressure. I love leverage, but you need to stay safe. If you don’t have a tree, you can hook it to a truck bumper parked in perfect alignment, but be sure that the cable stays whole.
What to do if two basketball pole sections got stuck together
I’ve had two Lifetime 48” basketball poles stuck together badly. Dropped them on the driveway from shoulder height three times and they loosened enough to get all the parts separated.
It might sound strange, but dropping the poles on the grass will totally do the job if two basketball pole sections got stuck together. Just let it become a little wonky, and the pieces will fall apart. You can lube it and spray it with some canned air – there’s a possibility that the parts expand because of heat.
If you have two basketball pole sections stuck together you can also:
1. Get a long screw and bolt.
2. Stick the screw in the hole that the pole’s stuck in.
3. Bolt it on the other front of the pole. Leave adequate room to get the flat side of a hammer between the end of the screw and the basketball hoop pole.
4. Get a rubber hammer (I recommend this set) and hit the barrel of the hammer connected to the screw.
How to remove rust from basketball pole and keep it that way
No one likes to see a rusty metal basketball pole. It can look worn down, old, and just plain ugly. But how good it will look depends only on what you want. And how much work are you willing to put in.
I used this product – Ospho on several rusty things in need of painting. It has been around a long time. I remember my dad using it on boat equipment.
If you’re using it, just beat off the loose rust with a wire brush. Put a bit layer of Ospho on. Let it be for a day. Put another layer on. Again let it sit 24 hours. Now take a can, put water in it with soap and wash down the pole. Let it dry, prime it, then paint.
Now here’s how to remove the rust from a basketball pole in a classical manner in four easy steps.
1. Buy a wire brush for a drill and use it. Make sure you wear safety glasses and long sleeves; small bits of hot metal would be all over the place.
2. Use a wire brush to clean rust off the metal facade. You should scrub as much rust as you can from the pole unless you want it back. You don’t actually have to remove all the rust off; scrub the loose rust so that the pole is smooth and doesn’t cause the paint to peel.
3. Use an all surface enamel oil primer to prime the pole. Once you have polished it down, treat it with a rust primer. Metal surfaces suffer least with oil-based primers, in contrast with latex-based primers. I heard people are mostly using Sherwin Williams All Surface Enamel Oil Primer when working this kind of stuff.
*BONUS TIP* Make sure you do the inside of the pipe as well. Check if there are holes in the pole. The rust from the inside could increase rusting on the outside. Pvc endcap and caulk should do the job of caping it.
How to paint a basketball pole?
After you cleaned off and primed the surface, it’s time to paint. You can use a Metallic Multi-Surface Paint, made to withstand weathering and hard sunlight. Another option is to finish it off with something like Rustoleum LeakSeal.
It’s common to see bare metal oxidizing and rusting with years of weathering. It’s crucial to prepare the rusting pole carefully. Otherwise, the paint could peel off again. But this is only a short-term solution; repainting is inevitable when the rust comes back.
Another option includes finding Hammerite paint (it’s a bit expansive, but it’s good) that goes straight over the rust – paint, and primer in one. Just brush it on, and you’re done. If the pits bother you, you can fill them with nitro-stan and sand with wet paper before you paint.
And finally, POR paint used for vehicles.
How to remove a basketball pole?
What should you if you’re sick of watching your old basketball hoop lying on the ground, all broken? The thing is already 15 years old, rusted AF towards the middle of the pole, and you thought about removing it, but you just hadn’t had time.
Or if the storm f’s up everything and you find your hoop lying a few inches next to your car? This is the time to learn how to remove the pole or the part of basketball hoop pole that’s stuck in the ground.
Keep in mind that the option you’ll choose depends on how much concrete is actually there around the pole. But it’s easier than you think.
Using a vehicle
Dig around the concrete that holds the pole, and then pull it out using a chain or heavy straps. You can pull the chain with a pick-up or any other vehicle using a trailer hitch. It’s not necessary that a vehicle is a diesel, you just need momentum.
Please make sure you have enough of straps or chain to stop the pole to come down on your car. That almost happened to this guy.
Using an electric hammer
This came to my mind because one time I had to replace a massive swinging gate that was crashed by some vehicle (they took off).
To do this, get a Bosch Brute Hammer, and cut the concrete with ease. At least that’s what I did. It’s a 3-hour project, and you don’t need help.
Using a floor jack
Make sure to have a large plumber’s wrench. Some people also call it monkey wrench. Place it around the pole, about a foot off the ground.
Put a floor jack with the cradle under it, directly at the basketball pole. jack it out of the concrete, catch it when it starts hitting the ground. You’ll need one more man for this.
Using a shovel
Soak the ground around the pole. Make sure you do it really good. Wiggle the hoop back and forth to ream out the cement out of the hole. Use a shovel to break the suction of water and soil.
You can even use a high-pressure type nozzle and apply the water all around the concrete. If you take to make the dirt very wet, this thing can pop out with minimum effort.
Dig the dirt from around the concrete a few inches down, then wrap a strap around the concrete in that spot. Get a farm jack, attach the straps to it, and it will come right out. A Farm Jack can do a pull of nearly 3.5 tons.
I’ve seen many fence posts concreted 3 feet in the ground removed this way.
Alternatives
Cut the pole as low as possible and leave it there. Seriously, this is the thing you can do if you’re good with metal cutting. A right angle grinder will do the job here. Leave the concrete, build a little retaining wall using railroad ties and put enough dirt to plant nice flowers.
Secure at least a 12-foot radius around the concrete when removing the pole, in case it falls strangely. If possible, have someone to help you. If not, go with the option that suggests an electric hammer. Also, dispose of the rest of the pole right away, it will be extremely sharp.
Wrapping up
Guys, there you have it. We hope that you found the solution to your problem, and we hope that you will decide to fix your basketball hoop. If you want to remove it or replace it completely, follow the instructions and everything’s going to turn out fine. For more on hoops and basketball, stay tuned to Improve Hoops.
Lesson and Basketball Safety Rules
In any sport, injuries are inevitable both during games and during training. In order to reduce their number and consequences, safety precautions were introduced. In basketball there are often collisions and tight play, so the players always wear additional protection, adhere to certain recommendations. This article will cover the main safety points, as well as other tips to help avoid injury.
Pre-class safety rules
Choose the appropriate uniform before class. Basketball is a very intense sport that can make you sweat after just a couple of minutes of playing. If the temperature is higher than 15 degrees, it is recommended to wear short shorts and a T-shirt. In case of lower values, you need to dress a little warmer, for example, in sweatpants and a T-shirt. Particular attention is paid to shoes. Its sole should not slip, and fasteners or tongues should not interfere with jumps and movements.
All jewelry on the arms and body should be removed. Sometimes, during a collision, athletes accidentally broke off chains or bracelets. It will be difficult to find them later, and even more difficult to fix them. Long hair can be gathered in a ponytail or a bun. On the elbows and knees, you can put on a special tightening fabric. Knee pads and elbow pads can be supplemented with pulsators. You will fall many times during training, so it is better to think about a soft landing.
Before starting a workout, it is worth checking the area as a whole. Are the rings secure? Are the floors wet or dry? Are there any foreign objects on the floor? Everyone looking should move a few steps away from the end line.
During exercise
Warm-up is a must before the main workout. It is necessary to simulate dribbling, throws, collisions. All this will help prepare the body for the upcoming stress. A light jog and cardio load will also not be superfluous. After 10-15 minutes of such preparation, you can proceed to the main workout. It is better to carry it out on the street, as there is good oxygen saturation.
It is necessary to use all simulators and apparatus for their intended purpose. If you train or handle the equipment incorrectly, you can not only break it, but also get severely injured. It is worth noting that during training you need to monitor your well-being. You can not train on an empty stomach or in a state of severe drowsiness. Before training, eat high-calorie foods and sleep well.
Keep an eye on your thirst and take 1-1. 5 liters of water with you. If you do not maintain the water balance in the body, then there will be little sense from training (since the metabolism will slow down and the muscles will not grow). But worst of all, if the athlete brings himself to exhaustion. With dry mouth or lethargy of the body, you should definitely drink water and take a short break in training. It is good to have some fruit with you for getting fast carbohydrates (banana, apple, pear).
When exercising, care must be taken not to injure yourself. If a player feels discomfort in the muscles or a sharp pain, then it makes sense to suspend the training, give the muscles a rest. You can apply something cold (the same water bottle) or massage the problem area. If the pain does not go away, you need to contact a trainer or specialist.
Emergencies
It happens that the muscles suddenly tighten or sharp pain pierces the ligaments or joints. In this case, you should immediately contact the coach and go to a specialist. It is desirable that before the start of the training, all those present know the rules for first aid, and also know where the medical center or doctor is located.
After class
Even if the class is over, you still need to follow safety precautions. After training, you need to remove all the simulators and shells in their places, wipe the surfaces with a damp cloth, wipe the strongest peddlers of bacteria (faucet, handles of simulators, doors) with alcohol. After any workout, it is better to take a shower and relax your muscles. It will help to steam out the muscle fibers so that the next day the pain does not bother the player much.
You should also eat something rich in protein and water (milk or yogurt) after class. Such products will help to quickly restore strength, will not allow you to overwork much on the way home.
Crooked ring. Curry's Growth Story - Tales from Roracle - Blogs
David Flaming on how an old rickety basketball hoop in the outback of Virginia produced two generations of great shooters, one of which is now defining the game's future
Author: David Flaming
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Hordes of bears roamed around their house, and the house itself was occupied by Barbie dolls from the inside, thanks to four daughters. Wardell "Jack" Curry, who lived in Grottoes, Virginia, was looking for an urgent solution to this problem before the end of the school year. He needed something to keep his only son, Dell, busy to distract him from the bears and playing with Barbies during the long summer holidays. As it turned out later, Jack Curry, with just a plastic backboard, an old lamppost and makeshift iron brackets, managed to change the world of basketball and create the best point guard in the league, his grandson, Steph Curry.
Jack's basketball hoop was nothing special. The most noteworthy detail was the lantern, blinking industriously in the darkness from above and enveloping the area under the ring with a cozy yellowish light. The lantern was part of Jack's larger plan. The illuminated court was supposed to attract the most basketball-hungry people, because only they could continue to play after sunset. The edges of the shield were softer than a chain link fence, and the thick metal shackle of the ring was unforgiving of misses. Only a perfect throw, sending the ball to the center of the cylinder, had a chance to hit the target.
The switchboard attached to the other side of the pole hummed loudly, getting on his nerves and preventing him from concentrating on the throw. The unhewn pole stood crooked and was not visually aligned with either the white house or the road or the Blue Ridge Mountains to the south and the river to the north. So each throw required careful calibration.
Years of plowing in the sun and in the mud forged Dell's unique soft but deadly throwing technique. The same shot that won the state championship won a Virginia Tech scholarship and gave birth to a 16-year NBA career that he spent mostly in Charlotte (retired in 2002). And when Dell and his wife Sonya started a family, their first son Wardell Stephen Curry II received little more than just the name of his grandfather. Stephen inherited his grandfather's basketball backboard, and the same unchanging passion for the game.
During their frequent childhood visits with their brother Seth to Grottoes in a tiny town of sleepy landscapes with horse farms and trailer parks, a kilometer from Charlottesville, the children could hardly wait for the car to stop so they could immediately run to the playground and start playing with the ball. Their grandmother Juanita knew perfectly well that if she wanted to meet her grandchildren, then she had to take a position between the car and the basketball court. Jack died when Steph was only two years old. But it was on that court that the love of long shots 60 feet from the rim was born, being the first in the family to hit the rim from the top step before entering the kitchen. “I always felt like the ring radiates love and teaches me,” Steph says. “It’s amazing to think about how it all started, there, near my grandfather’s house and his old ring.”
This season Steph's greatness is growing every minute. Almost every night, since the All-Star Game before which Steph scored an absolute majority and hit 13 consecutive 3-pointers to win the shooting competition, he has continued to expand on Jack's court knowledge while setting the benchmark for point guard. Yes, his statistics are at the MVP level.
He was 7th in the league in points per game (23.4), sixth in assists (7.9) and third in intercepts (2.1). In 3-point shooting percentage, he is third in league history at 43.6% and has led the league in 3-pointers made since 2012. In six years, he raised Golden State from being a forgotten team to being a contender, a contender for the championship. But Steph's progress this season goes deeper than just records and stats. The player who was raised by that historic ground at Grottoes becomes the future of the game. Curry is at the forefront of a new era of playmakers. For the first time since Magic Johnson, we see a new push in the evolution of the position. We are witnessing the epitome of the ideal point guard. Not a shooter like Steve Nash, not a passer like John Stockton, not a defender like Gary Payton, not a general on the floor like Isiah Thomas. He does it all at once, masters every component to perfection, improves the game of those around him and progresses every following evening: a basketball strength of 6’3”, 190 pounds of unstoppable weight.
"He's a lethal weapon," says coach Steve Kerr. "Stef is mesmerizing with his acting," says partner Clay Thompson. "The best sniper I've ever seen" - the words of US President Barack Obama. Curry often becomes everything at once. In a 106-98 victory over the Clippers on March 8, it took Curry seven seconds to transform the LA defense from elite athletes into a herd of bewildered rams heading for an unfamiliar goal. Curry crossed the center line towards the left half and used a screen to get past Matt Barnes and Chris Paul. In his path, 7-foot power forward Spencer Howes and center DeAndre Jordan emerged as a wall. It only took a fraction of a second for the Clippers to surround and crush Steph the way a press crushes old cars in a junkyard. But he stopped abruptly, jumped back, passing the ball between his legs to his left hand, and then transferred the ball back to his right behind his back. This movement caused both Paul and Jordan to simultaneously rush in a direction where Steph was no longer there. Curry then turned his back to the ring (as it seemed then, he could no longer escape the bear hugs of the irritated Howes), then turned with a lunge in the opposite direction one meter from the arc, as if he was jumping over a muddy puddle on a gravel path near Jack Curry's house. Phenomenal!
In the blink of an eye... in fact, even less, Curry groups up, jumps out and straightens the brush. Ball in the ring. “Probably the best dribbling I've ever seen in my life,” exclaims Jeff Van Gundy. But his teams played against the best, including against Michael Jordan. When the partner on the air chuckled, Van Gundy cut him off: "No, I mean it in all seriousness. "
This episode had it all: court vision, ball possession, impeccable shooting technique, creativity and, more importantly, iron balls. Kerr at this point looked like a young Macaulay Culkin (the actor from Home Alone). Somewhere on the other side of the country, Ducky's grandmother enjoyed the moment while sitting in front of the TV. “Every time Stephen does this kind of thing, we all imagine Jack gathering the angels and pointing out to them: Look! This is my school! Do you all know that I started it all? It all started with that little ring over there,” says Stefa’s aunt, Jackie Curry.
Steph perfected dribbling over rocks and tire tracks at Jack's court. At the same time, the unforgiving shield and ring tested his technique and perfected his high parabolic throwing trajectory. But more importantly, the venue polished his composure. It was there that he first learned the Tao, the true path of the point guard. “It was a visionary place for me,” Curry says. “Make everything perfect, no matter what you have to play with or on — that stuck in my head very early on. Change. Be more resourceful. Try a different angle, a different direction, a different move, or a different throw, but make it work. My grandfather's playground was the best place in the world to nurture creativity."
After all, it would be amazing if Steph could be intimidated by some Grizzlies fans, because he once scored 100 free throws in a row at the sight of real bears prowling through the trees nearby.
Curry calls her father Pops. Listening to Pops' stories, Steph understood the depth and scope of the individual work that needed to be done. His favorite story is how during the summer days, after Juanita and Jack went to work at the GE plant, the Della sisters put him out on the porch, handed him a basketball, and locked the door behind him. If he behaved well, i.e. was not interrupted by watching the series "General Hospital", they could throw him a sandwich for lunch from the window. Then, about half an hour before the parents came home, the sisters took the brother back home, washed, changed, wiped his face with dish towels and forced him to swear not to disclose the secret. What to do all these eight hours? Back then, the closest symbol of civilization was Tasty Freeze, 10 miles from home. Dell simply had nothing to do but work on the smoothness of his shooting, one of the most effective in NBA history, the very feeling of shooting that Steph took as a basis. Playing on a court completely covered in mud, Stephen learned an important lesson in how to keep the ball clean. Hit the ring with every throw if you don't want to get dirty. “That desire to make the shot perfect also comes from that area,” Steph says. “Hit it or run after it. But if you miss, the ball becomes dirty. So you don't miss again. It sets up something in you inside, even if you don't notice it." Jack often watched Dell's progress from behind the dining room window curtains. Periodically, he would start grumbling about something he didn't like about his throw, and would run outside through the back door of the house. The son and father then worked out the basics so that their voices carried for miles around the outskirts of the foothills of the Blue Ridge. And then, as a universal symbol of approval of his son's actions, Jack silently picked up the ball under the ring for his son. Jack died at 1991, at age 58, after an unexpected heart attack, he just sat down to watch Dell on TV playing against the Lakers. By the time Dell flew back to Virginia, the house was already full of people. He walked through the house, ignoring the others, straight to his mother, kissed her tenderly on the cheek, went into his room and locked himself there. He was deeply shocked. After some time, everyone in the house heard a familiar, distant, barely audible, but at the same time life-affirming sound. These were the sounds made by Jack's ring.
Boom. Boom. Boom. Ba-dink.
The butterfly effect of Jack's ring did not reach Dell until many years later, when he realized that he would have to teach exactly the same lesson that he had learned in his time, now Steph. A lean, 150-pound (68 kg) and short, 5'8'' (173 cm) student at Charlotte Christian School, Stephen was still throwing the ball from the navel. It was an ineffective throw that was also easy to cover. Dell knew that if Steph wanted to level up, he would be willing to turn things around and learn the mechanics of throwing from scratch. The first few months were hard and stressful for everyone. Stephen, who loves throwing so much that he enjoys the process even after 1,000 regular throws before(!) practice, says that was the only time in his life when he wholeheartedly hated throwing a ball.
The area near the Curry family home in Charlotte is slightly different from the one in Grottoes. Almost half of a standard court, absolutely smooth concrete surface, professionally installed top glass backboard. Green lawn, trimmed trees that cast a shadow on the court and block it from the pool so that the ball does not land there. But everything else was unchanged. The endless summer days that Stef had to endure on this site differed little from what Dell had experienced in his time. Except, of course, sandwiches from the window. “We called it the summer of tears,” Jackie says. Dell became Jack and Stephen became Dell. And now Stephen was the one tossing the ball with tears in his eyes." They went through it. Stephen worked out his smooth, with a short jump and a quick release of the ball over his head, with the final movement of the brush "swan neck" throw.
Once Steph formed what is now called the best shot in the game, he realized that it wouldn't be enough. Although he only played point guard for one year at Davidson College, the Warriors selected him with the 7th overall pick in the 2009 draft and began building a team around him. Three years later, talk continued about problems with his defense, possession and, most importantly, his health, which limited him to 23 games in the 2011/12 season.
Curry has always studied the game and was inspired by Steve Nash, another less than athletically built defenseman who used his shooting ability, creativity and leadership instinct to become a two-time MVP. But the full picture of how Curry was about to make his mark on basketball history didn't come to light until the summer of 2012, when he visited training camp with the Carolina Panzers, one of his favorite teams. Curry was at the quarterbacks' meeting all day and found a lot in common with Cam Newton, who won the NFL's 2011 rookie offensive tackle title. moment, position, defending the ball, supporting partners, playing ahead of the defense and, when needed most, the player takes over. The difference was that even in his first year as a rookie, Newton didn't worry about making mistakes, he wasn't shackled by the pressure of results to the same degree that Curry was. Newton's playing style seemed relaxed and gentle, but always in control. At the same time, he enjoyed the game. Curry realized that even though the point guard feels the greatest responsibility to the team, the most difficult thing in this is understanding how to remove this burden from himself and play more directly, bring his actions closer to the level of pleasure from the game that he was demonstrating on Jack's playground. Steph knew how to play basketball. Now he has a much better feel for the game. "She's become more natural," Curry says. "I think that explains why I'm more comfortable on set."
Steph's game gives Granny Ducky more reason to be happy sitting in the 13th row behind the Warriors bench. On February 24, she and other relatives made the 150-mile trip from Grottoes to the Verizon Center in Washington, only to sit in silence as the Wizards seized control of the game in the third quarter. Feeling the pendulum swinging in the wrong direction, Curry took control of the game, scoring 9 final quarter points. They also included a breathtaking run along the baseline through three defenders that gave them an involuntary “Oh shit!” comparable to what people feel before an imminent collision on the road. Curry's performance ended with a throw of the "candle" at once, and, most surprisingly, it suddenly raised the entire stadium to its feet. In the fourth quarter, Curry fouled John Wall on offense, and every time the Washingtons tried to get Curry on the perimeter in a double-teaming tees, Curry threw blind passes to his open teammates. Steph finished the game with 32 points, eight assists and zero in the loss section in a 114-107 road win. Had it not been for Curry taking control in the third quarter, the game could easily have ended against the Warriors.
"Brilliant performance - Kerr lacks words to describe Curry's performance - Simply brilliant."
This was one of the Warriors' brilliant games this season that left people gasping for moments. The next day, Curry visited the White House as a spokesman for the UN's "Nothing but Nets" anti-malaria program. In the Oval Office, Curry and Obama discussed their sympathy for Warriors forward Draymond Green, and at the end of the visit, the president invited Curry to visit with the entire team, now in the East Wing (in the hall in this part of the building, the president meets with champions - ed.).
And just a few months ago, no one even talked about a possible championship for the Warriors. Golden State had a rookie coach and a reputation for softness. The NBA doesn't like rookies at all. In 16 of the last 19 seasons, the championship has been shared by four teams: Bulls, Spurs, Lakers and Heat. Some respected experts put the team in 7th overall before the season. Now the Golden State have the best regular season record, franchise record, first playoff seed and an amazing 10.2 points difference between goals and conceded, which puts the team among the greats. “You can really feel it, something special is happening with our team,” says Curry, “But the real achievements are made in the playoffs. Point guards who have become champions stand apart in the conversation about the greatest. I want to be in this group."
In September 2012, the Curry family celebrated their last major basketball achievement. Then the Fort Defiance school renamed its court in honor of Dell. After the ceremony, everyone went to the same house in Grottows, cousins, great-grandchildren, friends, neighbors and NBA stars all gathered in one place.
However, a basketball rim replacement is not always the most practical way. If you can get more miles out of a broken basketball rim, you should always go for it.
When metal begins to heat up, it will become pliable, and you should be able to pry it into shape.
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After all, you can still shoot buckets in it. But then again, it does not look good, and it may even affect your depth perception, especially if you play on circle rims. On top of that, it could lead to a flatter shot arc, and there may be instances when shooting at a specific angle is impossible. Where’s the fun in that? The solutions would be to spend money on basketball rim replacement or fix the broken basketball rim yourself.
It was starting to lean to the left, and it really gets on my nerves. But, it had such a nice backboard and ridding of it was not an option.
Use a tow chain if the rigging needs extending.
You can lube it and spray it with some canned air – there’s a possibility that the parts expand because of heat.
I remember my dad using it on boat equipment.
Metal surfaces suffer least with oil-based primers, in contrast with latex-based primers. I heard people are mostly using Sherwin Williams All Surface Enamel Oil Primer when working this kind of stuff.
Just brush it on, and you’re done. If the pits bother you, you can fill them with nitro-stan and sand with wet paper before you paint.
It’s not necessary that a vehicle is a diesel, you just need momentum.
Use a shovel to break the suction of water and soil.
If not, go with the option that suggests an electric hammer. Also, dispose of the rest of the pole right away, it will be extremely sharp.
Basketball is a very intense sport that can make you sweat after just a couple of minutes of playing. If the temperature is higher than 15 degrees, it is recommended to wear short shorts and a T-shirt. In case of lower values, you need to dress a little warmer, for example, in sweatpants and a T-shirt. Particular attention is paid to shoes. Its sole should not slip, and fasteners or tongues should not interfere with jumps and movements. 
Are the rings secure? Are the floors wet or dry? Are there any foreign objects on the floor? Everyone looking should move a few steps away from the end line. 
5 liters of water with you. If you do not maintain the water balance in the body, then there will be little sense from training (since the metabolism will slow down and the muscles will not grow). But worst of all, if the athlete brings himself to exhaustion. With dry mouth or lethargy of the body, you should definitely drink water and take a short break in training. It is good to have some fruit with you for getting fast carbohydrates (banana, apple, pear). 
It is desirable that before the start of the training, all those present know the rules for first aid, and also know where the medical center or doctor is located. 
Wardell "Jack" Curry, who lived in Grottoes, Virginia, was looking for an urgent solution to this problem before the end of the school year. He needed something to keep his only son, Dell, busy to distract him from the bears and playing with Barbies during the long summer holidays. As it turned out later, Jack Curry, with just a plastic backboard, an old lamppost and makeshift iron brackets, managed to change the world of basketball and create the best point guard in the league, his grandson, Steph Curry. 
Only a perfect throw, sending the ball to the center of the cylinder, had a chance to hit the target. 
Almost every night, since the All-Star Game before which Steph scored an absolute majority and hit 13 consecutive 3-pointers to win the shooting competition, he has continued to expand on Jack's court knowledge while setting the benchmark for point guard. Yes, his statistics are at the MVP level. 
Not a shooter like Steve Nash, not a passer like John Stockton, not a defender like Gary Payton, not a general on the floor like Isiah Thomas. He does it all at once, masters every component to perfection, improves the game of those around him and progresses every following evening: a basketball strength of 6’3”, 190 pounds of unstoppable weight. 
But he stopped abruptly, jumped back, passing the ball between his legs to his left hand, and then transferred the ball back to his right behind his back. This movement caused both Paul and Jordan to simultaneously rush in a direction where Steph was no longer there. Curry then turned his back to the ring (as it seemed then, he could no longer escape the bear hugs of the irritated Howes), then turned with a lunge in the opposite direction one meter from the arc, as if he was jumping over a muddy puddle on a gravel path near Jack Curry's house. Phenomenal! 
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Change. Be more resourceful. Try a different angle, a different direction, a different move, or a different throw, but make it work. My grandfather's playground was the best place in the world to nurture creativity." 
What to do all these eight hours? Back then, the closest symbol of civilization was Tasty Freeze, 10 miles from home. Dell simply had nothing to do but work on the smoothness of his shooting, one of the most effective in NBA history, the very feeling of shooting that Steph took as a basis. Playing on a court completely covered in mud, Stephen learned an important lesson in how to keep the ball clean. Hit the ring with every throw if you don't want to get dirty. “That desire to make the shot perfect also comes from that area,” Steph says. “Hit it or run after it. But if you miss, the ball becomes dirty. So you don't miss again. It sets up something in you inside, even if you don't notice it." Jack often watched Dell's progress from behind the dining room window curtains. Periodically, he would start grumbling about something he didn't like about his throw, and would run outside through the back door of the house. The son and father then worked out the basics so that their voices carried for miles around the outskirts of the foothills of the Blue Ridge.
And then, as a universal symbol of approval of his son's actions, Jack silently picked up the ball under the ring for his son. Jack died at 1991, at age 58, after an unexpected heart attack, he just sat down to watch Dell on TV playing against the Lakers. By the time Dell flew back to Virginia, the house was already full of people. He walked through the house, ignoring the others, straight to his mother, kissed her tenderly on the cheek, went into his room and locked himself there. He was deeply shocked. After some time, everyone in the house heard a familiar, distant, barely audible, but at the same time life-affirming sound. These were the sounds made by Jack's ring. 
It was an ineffective throw that was also easy to cover. Dell knew that if Steph wanted to level up, he would be willing to turn things around and learn the mechanics of throwing from scratch. The first few months were hard and stressful for everyone. Stephen, who loves throwing so much that he enjoys the process even after 1,000 regular throws before(!) practice, says that was the only time in his life when he wholeheartedly hated throwing a ball. 
Dell became Jack and Stephen became Dell. And now Stephen was the one tossing the ball with tears in his eyes." They went through it. Stephen worked out his smooth, with a short jump and a quick release of the ball over his head, with the final movement of the brush "swan neck" throw. 
But the full picture of how Curry was about to make his mark on basketball history didn't come to light until the summer of 2012, when he visited training camp with the Carolina Panzers, one of his favorite teams. Curry was at the quarterbacks' meeting all day and found a lot in common with Cam Newton, who won the NFL's 2011 rookie offensive tackle title. moment, position, defending the ball, supporting partners, playing ahead of the defense and, when needed most, the player takes over. The difference was that even in his first year as a rookie, Newton didn't worry about making mistakes, he wasn't shackled by the pressure of results to the same degree that Curry was. Newton's playing style seemed relaxed and gentle, but always in control. At the same time, he enjoyed the game. Curry realized that even though the point guard feels the greatest responsibility to the team, the most difficult thing in this is understanding how to remove this burden from himself and play more directly, bring his actions closer to the level of pleasure from the game that he was demonstrating on Jack's playground.
Steph knew how to play basketball. Now he has a much better feel for the game. "She's become more natural," Curry says. "I think that explains why I'm more comfortable on set." 
Steph finished the game with 32 points, eight assists and zero in the loss section in a 114-107 road win. Had it not been for Curry taking control in the third quarter, the game could easily have ended against the Warriors. 
Golden State had a rookie coach and a reputation for softness. The NBA doesn't like rookies at all. In 16 of the last 19 seasons, the championship has been shared by four teams: Bulls, Spurs, Lakers and Heat. Some respected experts put the team in 7th overall before the season. Now the Golden State have the best regular season record, franchise record, first playoff seed and an amazing 10.2 points difference between goals and conceded, which puts the team among the greats. “You can really feel it, something special is happening with our team,” says Curry, “But the real achievements are made in the playoffs. Point guards who have become champions stand apart in the conversation about the greatest. I want to be in this group." 
