Good for you.  It is nice to have something to do, instead of 
instigators always sneaking or standing outside your door.  But I guess 
that would be something to do if they ever actually tried something overt.

Roberts wrote:
> I started to, but then I remembered what I was about to do.  Sorry.
> 
> 
> "Terence Nesbit" <TerryKidd@att.net> wrote in message
> news:3F935AE9.8010703@att.net...
> 
>>No replies?  No scientists out there?  I know that helium would lighten
>>the ball, but of course, for other actions to occur there would have to
>>be a third element, with air being the norm.  And then a control
>>processor would be required no matter what was placed into the ball, in
>>order for periods of normalcy to exist, as opposed to increased spin,
>>lightened, or denser weighted balls.  Rather expensive isn't this?  Or
>>isn't it?
>>
>>Terence Nesbit wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Terence Nesbit wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Terence Nesbit wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Does science apply to the game of basketball?  In particular, to
>>
> jump
> 
>>> >> shots and lay-ups?
>>> >>
>>> >> My reason for asking!  I am trying to figure out why a dribble could
>>> >> suddenly not bounce as high, with all things being equal;  and why a
>>> >> shot could alter rotation, glide from the basket to the left or
>>
> right;
> 
>>> >> fall from one's hand, to the left or right, or upwards (off of the
>>> >> finger tips), or down into the palm or lower; and how can a shot
>>> >> suddenly spin downwards, or slow its revolution, or curve at the end
>>> >> of its arc.
>>> >>
>>> >> My theory:  I believe that the ball is being affected by something
>>> >> that can alter its mass/weight.  I can not figure out what it is,
>>
> and
> 
>>> >> I am not sure what could trigger the adjustments, but it would have
>>
> to
> 
>>> >> be some type of external control.  But this has to be the case, at
>>> >> least from my personal experience.  Why do I feel this is so?  After
>>> >> playing basketball for 23 years, I have taken a lot of shots.  I
>>
> have
> 
>>> >> shot to the left or right, and I knew that from the time I released
>>> >> the ball.  I have shot high, and been able to adjust the next time I
>>> >> touched the ball.  The same can be said for any other shot that I
>>
> have
> 
>>> >> missed.  I have had a turn around three point shot that I have hit
>>
> at
> 
>>> >> an extremely high rate, but suddenly I could not hit it if my life
>>> >> depended on it.  I feel the ball shifting in my hand at the point of
>>> >> release (I have sensitive hands, and I have been able to shift the
>>> >> ball in my hand for a long time when the need arose).
>>> >>
>>> >> Thoughts?
>>> >>
>>> >> Terence Nesbit
>>> >> Valparaiso, IN
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > Also, I have felt the ball become extremely heavy when I have delayed
>>
> my
> 
>>> > shot, but only sometimes.  All of this is only sometimes, but I have
>>> > missed twenty shots in a row after hitting a few at a decent clip.  I
>>> > have also had to push the ball extremely hard in order to shoot
>>> > sometimes.  It seems warped (but that isn't odd as a lot of things
>>
> do).
> 
>>> >
>>>Of course, for this to occur, for a shot to be altered illegally, the
>>>shooter would have to be watched.  By a person playing in the same game,
>>
> or
> 
>>>by some other party.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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>