Comments on: Basketball on Turf https://www.isegoria.net/2014/09/basketball-on-turf/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bill https://www.isegoria.net/2014/09/basketball-on-turf/comment-page-1/#comment-1534056 Bill Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:28:11 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36195#comment-1534056 Aha! I loved playing pickup basketball in college, but I didn’t figure out my edge until I got married. One day, my wife said to me “you’re very long-waisted.” I had no idea what she meant.

I’m 5’10″ but I often played opponents who were much taller and beat them easily. The “long-waisted” reason is that my 5’10″ height is an “average”. From the belt down, I’m 5’7″ – and from the waist up, I’m 6’1″, with the extra long arms to match. As a result, I could easily block the shots of guys 3-5 inches taller that me. Guarding guys my own height was no contest.

I realized that basketball was a game that turned not on how many feet tall your opponent was, but on just one tenth of an inch. If I could just touch an opponent’s shot with the tip of my finger, it would be a miss.

I was quick, too, but that’s another story ;-)

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