How to Spin a Basketball on Your Finger

Video Transcript

"Coach Rudy here. I've won championships both as a coach and a player. Sometimes we have some fun and we do stuff like, spin the ball on our finger. I'm going to try and teach you how to do that. This requires a lot, a lot, a lot of practice. It's something you should do every single day. When I was little I used to spin it on my middle finger. So what you do is, you spin the ball, spin the ball, spin the ball, catch the ball. Then you spin the ball, put your finger under it and then it'll fall off a few times, a few times, a few times. And then eventually you'll learn how to twist it, get your finger underneath it so that the ball stays under there. Well one day my mom came out and said "hey, what finger are you using?" And I said I'm sorry mom, I'll learn how to use the other finger. So, I started spinning the ball, spinning the ball, spinning the ball with my first finger. Now, that's only half the battle. You have to be able to keep it up there while it's spinning. So you lightly tap the outside of the ball. Alright? And your buddies come over, you say yeah bring me something back to drink, or yeah get me a double cheese or yeah, OK well what time is the party, and all that kind of stuff while you're still spinning the ball. Spinning the ball, nothings distracting you. Right? All you're doing is focusing on the ball. Keeping the finger in the middle, in the middle, in the middle. Sometimes you just let it spin. And then you hit it back, hit it back, hit it back, hit it back, hit it back. OK, come on, keep it going, keep it going, keep it going, keep it going, keep it going, keep it going, come on. Keep it going, come on, keep it going, come on, ah two minutes. That's how you spin a basketball on your finger."