Thread: 150-Foot Basketball Shot With a Homemade Catapult

Yes, You Can Make a 150-Foot Basketball Shot With a Homemade Catapult

Posted on May 21, 2011 at 8:02pm by Scott Baker
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Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... apult.html

The Legendary Shots are a group of basketball fans who go to great lengths to get the ball in the net – literally.

The Alabama friends recently scored a basket from around 150 feet – potentially a new world record – but it was actually the method of the shot that pleased them more than the distance.

The nine-strong gang built a wooden catapult which they used to fire the ball across a street and through the rim.

Video: The Legendary Shots: Catapult Shot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5-QWISz ... r_embedded

Yahoo Sports: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball ... aab-wp2911

The Alabama teens spent most of their winter break in January drawing a blueprint of a catapult they saw on YouTube, then constructing a giant wooden version powered by a pair of 110-pound garage springs. In addition to shelling out $300 for building materials, they borrowed power tools from their parents, painstakingly cut the wood at precisely the right angles and even painted a “Legendary Shotsâ€

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