Airball: An outside shot that misses the basketball hoop, backboard, everything. Airborne Shooter: An airborne shooter is a player who has released the ball on a try for a goal or has tapped the basketball and has not returned to the floor.
Airball
Alley Oop
An acrobatic play that ends in a mid-air slam dunk.
Airball
Alive
A ball is alive when it is released by a shooter or thrower, or legally tapped by a jumper during a jump ball; the game clock starts only when the ball becomes alive; compare with live.
Airball: a shot that entirely misses the backboard, rim and net.
Alive: ball is up for grabs when set in motion by a shooter and/or during a jump ball.
For other uses, see Airball (video game).
In basketball, an air ball is a shot that misses the basket completely, failing even to hit the rim, backboard, or net.
Player gets a 1-1 and airballs the shot.
Double pumps.
Fade away jumpers in the lane.
Shooting with your toes on the 3 pt. line, worst shot in basketball.
Watching the ball after you shoot.
him shoot about 15 consecutive airballs. When I asked him what he was
doing, he said, "I'm trying to reach my hand in the cookie jar."
Obviously he didn't know what he was doing; he misperceived the ...
 See also: Basketball, Shot, Basket, Release, Point
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