Departure Awaits & AFookies' Birthday!

It's 1st of February today, AFookies' (www.afookies.blogspot.com) second birthday. Me and my business partner celebrated the special day with more baking sessions! Yes it was tiring. Just finished baking. Thankfully, many wished us and we are truly grateful for the support given by the AFans. It's been 2 years and we would never be here without you guys.

 This one's the unbaked MnM cookies, which, we decided to only bake this today!

 BAKED! :D

Our proud logo!

...and that tells something else for me. 12 more days to depart to Australia for my degree studies. Despite that I haven't been studying for about 7 months now, I'm quite excited to actually start this journey. Though, it saddens me when I have to face the fact that I'll be leaving my family behind. I'm gonna miss them a lot. 

This isn't just a visit like many families would do, go there for a week or two, and come back to Malaysia. I'm not saying that I won't be back, just that, I'm not sure yet when will I be back. This is the time when you really have to be strong and independent!

Oh well, nevertheless, I'll be 'documenting' a lot of stuffs from there! Gonna post a lot of interesting things that I might find...or not to this blog! Wish me luck!

AND1 Shoes - Lo-Qi Downtime

I don't know guys. I'd rather play AND1 rather than NBA. Don't blame me, I just don't like how people usually do it the formal way. Freesttyle/streetball is the way! And as we all know, AND1 supports this game concept. They make vast amount of products specially for basketballers who want to go freestyle.

They recently released their trio type shoes which I would like to share with you guys, which one is my obsession currently! It's Lo-Qi Downtime! They have 4 colours but if you are like me, you would choose the one which has the most furious colour of all, red. Yup, that one, SEXY!

I just love how the colour blends well with the design of the shoe and that 'bendable'-like footprint for maximum sole movement. Most of all, it's low top. If you do realise something about basketball shoes, low tops look much better rather than high tops that we can always find at courts. Nevertheless, it's up to the person's preference whether he/she puts look or comfortability as the main option!

They come in blue too, and other 2 colours, but look at this,

They both look nice, seriously, but I prefer red! What's your preference? :)

Slip And Slide

Okay now back to streetball basics! This move is called Slip And Slide. I think you can see people diong this move in every streetball matches. It's easy, it's pretty straight forward. The only difficult thing that you have to do is just to balance yourself. I'm not going to explain in words anymore. I'll put a video tutorial for you to refer to, much easier. So here it is, Slip And Slide!

Video courtesy of Trompetenprofi from Youtube.com

Intensify Your Focus On The Rim (Part 2)

It really is not that hard for you to aim your shoot. The only thing that prevents you to do so is how you do it. So basically the main thing that you have to get right first is your hand movement, in other words, how you release the ball, but that's not the thing that I'm gonna talk about today! It's how you implement your total focus on the rim!

Alright, it's very easy for you to do so, and it really is practical but you'll have to practice it a few times, 5 times would be enough. Don't believe me? Try these out.

1.  Whether you're shooting from far or dribbling towards the rim, take a look at the rim.
2.  Don't ever shift your focus other than to the ring itself.
3.  Okay this part is a little bit tricky, it's what I do (which always work). Start by putting deep focus on the rim. You can actually feel this. you'll get that feeling of getting sucked into total focus or some shit, seriously. To do this, you'll have to stop breathing (that's right), put your total focus, and release it (at the same time, exhale).
4. Release the ball (shoot the ball) once you release your focus.
5. Keep an eye and move for a rebound (just in case).

It works for me all the time. You'll be surprised, seriously, just have to put this to your practice daily, and you'll get the hang of it!

Nikebasketball

Nope, the title isn't a typo at all. It is spelled that way, created by Nike itself, to promote and nurture the sport into current and future basketball athletes. Nike has a big role in injecting world spirits into basketball. This particular sport is one of the world's major world economy contributors. People make money out of basketball, but most importantly, the community that exists based solely of this sport.

Lebron James, the number one basketballer in the world, is getting old. This is what he said in one of his interviews (well, kind of), "Who's gonna replace me by tomorrow?". This question goes along to the other world leaders. Who's gonna replace them? Me? You? We know we all have the potential, we can always make it to that point, we have to be strong and persevere always. Obstacles are always coming, it's life, it's how it works.

So enough of my lecture, Nike is currently doing their very best to promote the sport to the people around the world. Basketball is never lost, it is never a myth, a legend, no, neither a trend. So here's an awe-inspiring video from them that highlights the current and future world successors in basketball. Feels like going to the court now aye?

"Basketball Never Stops", by Nike

The Great Comeback!

OMG!

How long was it since my last post guys?Eventually,I have finished my foundation programme!No more tests,assignments,whatever stuffs that are related to studying!So I'm on for basketball,FULL TIME,get that motherfu****!

First of all,my biggest apologies to the readers out there.I left without any notice for months,about 6 months I guess?I went back to check the blog's stats and to my surprise,it is still overwhelming with loyal readers,thank you so much guys!Well here I am to inform a couple of things,just to cope up with things,what's going around and all.

Amirfikri.com,which is my second platform for this basketball blog,is officially closed.It's operation had been stopped for about 2 months before without any updates as this one.So I'm back to ProHoopers!

I will be making a lot of changes on this blog since I have a lot of time now,especially on the things that will be included in a post,maybe I'll include photos and videos!Even videos of my own basketball match with mahh homies!

I am doing a business selling...cookies.Don't say anything about it man.I'm a guy with a soft heart *sobs*.You guys can check the journey of my business on its own blog,www.afookies.blogspot.com.To the other soft-hearted guys like me,I'm with you man.(Oh my that sounds so gay!)

That's pretty much about it!Stay tuned homies!

How To Dribble A Basketball

Today I'd like to talk about my main favorite part of all time in basketball.There's one thing that excites me the most about dribbling.It's the only thing that bugs my team mates whenever I got the ball.Guess what do I do with it?Dribble.I'll pass to them but it'd take seconds or minutes till I'm done with my dribbling.What's so fun and exciting about dribbling anyway?It's the rhythm that you get to hear each time the ball hits the ground.It's the rhythm on how you move and dance with the ball.It's how you confuse your opponent with your sick moves.Those are the things that made me so into dribbling.

When I play with my friends,I can't really see their excitement in basketball other than just to score and win.Where'e the fun part of that?Everybody can score but not everybody can dribble right?You have to be the one who makes the game exciting and fun!

If you've decided to be a dribbler right away after reading what I talked about above,well,here's some tips for you to start with!
1)Get a nice song or music,instrumental maybe,that makes you feel like move,in other words,dance.
2)Listen to that song and feel it!
3)Go to the court and play basketball alone,no supervisions.Just go there and dribble like crazy with  the music along.Now you don't really have to bring your MP3,Ipod,Ipad,Galaxy Tab,Droidpad,whatever they are as you dribble along.The music must've stucked into your head when you listened to it for the last time.
4)Keep doing the same thing with different kind of musics.
5)Watch videos on how basketballers dribble (with their sick moves).Suggestions?Hot Sauce,The Professor,Snake,Six Combo.

Well basically these are the things that I do!You can mark my words since it worked for me!There's no need to push yourself.Just relax.Get a music,and dribble,like crazy.

Allen Iverson with his Detroit Pistons jersey dribble-crossing a player from New Jersey Nets