I Learned How To Spin A Basketball In 3 Hours

"When I dreamed of getting paid to play basketball this isn't what I meant."
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Beautiful girl in black hoodie spinning a basketball on her finger outdoors. Trees and sun shines on the background
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[@PouryaBigonah]

Imagine if 97% of your gymnastics grade was determined by this and only this

[@koryunee]

99.9% would fail and that 0.1% would be just luck

[@koryunee]

Btw seen you somewhere (¬_¬) i cant seem to lay a finger

[@papercraft_3730]

JulietteASM probably everywhere

[@papercraft_3730]

I would’ve done something in this class for the first time ever

[@AdamKhan-jc6nv]

6:41 when the teacher yells at you and then turns back to the board

[@lynnfarhat9955]

LMAOOOOOOO

[@twixzle6889]

This actually helped me more than the actual vids that teach u how to do it🤣🤣🤣💥🏀

[@zwwz1424]

It took me 5 hours to spin a ball for 2 minutes lol. (3 years ago btw, now I can basically do it until my finger is too tired)

[@savage_agamer3534]

Please teach me some tips

[@savage_agamer3534]

I cant find the centre of the ball plus I'm using a Adidas football because I dont have a basketball

[@marcusm5305]

binklaw sameeee i just got 6 minutes after doing it everyday for 2 weeks 😂

[@sukaina.f5947]

pls- help

[@Kinobambino]

I get 10 seconds

[@ChiefKillaCue]

I watched a few other vids trying to learn how to do this and doing what the chick said actually helped more than any other vid. Getting down keeping the ball spinning is the hardest part really

[@TechDunk]

Tip: don't do it on the top of your finger. Do it on the middle of your nail (not the top). That way you have a lot more controll if you're learning

[@deepstuff543]

Lol the top fucked up my nails, I can spin the ball anti-clockwise but not clockwise and that's what I want to learn.

[@iancredible2757]

the slightly accidental but purposeful middle finger drops were amazing

[@cynthiaking2153]

I a 60 year old lady and I learned to do this when I was 15 and can still do it.

[@esaugamez8101]

How can you spin the ball oppositely( opposite direction)? Like counter-clock wise. If it's going to the right, how would you make it go to the left while mid-air ? Do you start with spinning it to the left or could you change during the process? Help

[@stevenczarnecki3059]

Awesome videos and keeps hard works anyones.

[@IAmASlugger__]

6:41 he just.flipped us off lol

[@jaredglo6572]

6:41 ahahahahahah

[@carlnsknexus]

Does the ball need to be well inflated or it can spin even with less air?

[@james68279]

People here hating he ripped someone off or that the timer skipped. He did better than all of us. Congrats dude

[@LanNguyen-sn7qm]

I begin to learn this skill, not easy , but i will try again and again

[@jessicascott6715]

Learn to throw a knife (with a proper throwing knife and target) I taught myself with no help in about an hour (however I do have experience teaching people how to throw axes and hatchets) and there many aids on the internet that you could use to help teach yourself

[@JUSSRonard]

This doesn’t come close to spinning a basketball! Good for you Jessica

[@sukainasheriff2407]

Jessica Scott h

[@jackxer]

This is a clear copy of Mike Boyd's show Learn Quick... You should be shamed BuzzFeed.

[@NK-qf9ro]

TheTitanSmash :3 that is what I was thinking

[@diamond4442]

TheTitanSmash :3 it’s not like the same exact idea

[@chabashiratenko4lyfe]

@@diamond4442 it *IS* literally the *SAME CONTENT*. Wtf are ya smoking on?!

[@amandabrownson8960]

Except mike did 30 seconds in 4.5 hours and is a lot more entertaining.

[@CoachNick]

and both videos, imho, portray a grossly inaccurate amount of time required to learn this skill. i'd say mike and this dude had A LOT of prior practice : )

[@ethan7825]

6:40 thx for flipping me off

[@gentianjashari405]

Says to have finger a little bent, the procceds to spin with straight finger

[@gamerla-jiah1388]

Props to whoever had to watch all the attempts

[@dolo_kaayy]

the wrist thing means start w ur palm up and fingers facing toward u,, not the back of ur hand up

[@rstslime1016]

Did any body catch that he flipped you off at 6:37

[@brunkage1]

Awsome dude!

[@aquiloj742]

He clearly already knew how to do it

[@tabithadye5594]

"I NEVER HAD A SIGNAL LESSON...

[@reelscompilationtv9827]

Am I the only one who remembers him from training like Micheal b Jordan??

[@jaredglo6572]

6:41 giving us the finger ahahah

[@coleskuxx4474]

Took me like half an hour but I got it (I could already spin it using both hands for a decent time before though)

[@jajan-yt]

If u want to learn. 1 step Do push up with your mother finger ...and then try with ball with full speed and make it consistent..3 day u can do it .only ball with full speed to make ball balance

[@jajan-yt]

2 days u feel your mother fingers painful

[@bread8159]

Okay then gyro zeppeli

[@bransonnovsam6937]

Umm took me a year to get it becuase I never tried the hardest part is hitting he ball for the spin

[@iamsoweirrd]

7:13 *"Levron Shames, Levron Shames, Levron Shames"* I'm sorry, I'ma leave now.🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃

[@ducdo5045]

who else searched for "longest basketball spin" after watching this

[@vinjog7039]

How to spin the ball: golden ratio

[@matthewjsherman]

Mike Boyd is the cameraman

[@MirandaInCanada]

Attempt 138 had it!!

[@xyn88]

Give him his tickets

[@zakirreshi6737]

I was trying it from previous 2 days without trimming nails

[@deepstuff543]

2:05 did he go to a buzzfeed website?

[@SamSGSDUMA]

He lasted longer than me at least XD

[@WishmithaFBeatz]

Town hall level 10

[@kelvinle6248]

Lol I thought this was a Mike Boyd vid

[@ABlackWoman]

Shaquita

[@kaamgirl101]

Why are they still making videos

[@mohalamkf]

This is awesome

[@nr_jason7245]

Thanks Kanye, very cool.

[@ZEKEtrickSHOTS]

Awesomeness

[@MYN77]

i learn too

[@stressedoutkid2415]

i didnt know i needed this video until now.watchinf that at 3 am

[@food4444lyfe]

Rubik's cube was wayyyyy easier than this... 😭😭😭

[@RockstarTy]

I want to be able to do that

[@daniel-kl5uz]

Who else thought that was Steph in the thumbnail 😂

[@younginluis3485]

The fact that I learned it in 10 minutes

[@lopde1290]

The fact that literally no one asked

[@tomasnesakysiu3932]

@@lopde1290 XD

[@alastair6531]

Mike boyd

[@force7180]

I just recently learned and my best time is 54 seconds

[@pilot4910]

are u better now

[@John-uo5vm]

Did he just flipped us all at 6:25

[@tylerw.6060]

Did you just bad grammar?

[@chaosjacky]

Buzzfeed have at least 5 people working on this video, from guy researching, the guy spinning, guy filming, guy publishing, guy on social media and I'm sure there's more. This is modern society "work"

[@nolagyt8675]

Wow, Mike boyd.... what did you do to your hair?

[@sumanmagar5460]

good idea

[@anthonywhitaker6417]

honestly if this was me I would of already of bombed that basketball at something

[@Woodshadow]

I think she wasn’t much better than him. She was just slapping it to keep it spinning which he wasn’t.

[@amiy4h482]

Woodshadow the ball was way more stable when she did it lmfao

[@luka4257]

ButtFeed!

[@kamppitaistelija9692]

Wait, that is illegal!

[@toaddude8142]

Butzfeed

[@greenduck2137]

Copying Mike Boyd ? Nice

[@tabithadye5594]

"I CAN SPIN A BALL ON ALL MY FINGERS!!!!! AND KEEP IT SPINING!!!! AND I CAN DO A LOT BASKETBALL TRICKS!!!!

[@sha1k7]

6:41 :O

[@aydenphongsavath7221]

i could just name most of the problems in the beginning 1. not using finger nail 2. not keeping middle line vertical or straight 3. keeping ball balanced 4. learning to first spin ball right please name more if i missed any

[@grrlxgerms]

okay but he is mad cute tho

[@tomasabrito6701]

Try doing it for 30 seconds

[@theenten4579]

That was 2 seconds not 3 nice try Buzzfeed.

[@zazel96]

Arigato gyro

[@jb894]

I taught my self how to do it.

[@florjanhoxhiq7920]

I spinned it for 46 seconds

[@arcaniaheart3570]

The key to learning anything in this world is... Repetition, Repetition, Repetition.

[@shanellrodriguez2581]

I’m really good at this I can switch fingers, make it spin on my knuckles, bounce off my knee while it’s spinning and catch it on my finger again while it’s spinning 🤔 my dad taught me this very young

[@RomeoBarnes]

Where’s the video? I want to see all of that. The finger switch, the knuckle spin and the knee bounce. You can’t just boast on KZbin. You gotta prove yourself

[@shanellrodriguez2581]

Romeo Barnes Lol add me somewhere I can send you a video

[@hlevin7419]

I hate buzzfeed as a whole but somehow I found this vid

[@sleePerCore]

I like this video.

[@vicglxck1910]

I spin it on my pointer finger nail but im trying to learn how to spin it again to go longer ive went for 16 seconds NOHOMO.

[@karolisgudynas]

Pause right on 6:40 😂😂😂

[@WavasWay]

👀👀 Uhh what's his Instagram? I don't know how to spin a ball either. Maybe we can learn together 😊😊

[@-lvely-chan-560]

68 spins per hour, 68×3 = 204, srry ik its 205 My brain isnt functioning rn ~_~

[@ahmednabil1733]

This video is only 9 minutes!

[@RealSimsHouse]

If you fracture your finger spinning a basketball... you shouldn't ever touch a basketball & probably have no business being outside... lmao or shouldn't go outside WAY MORE!

[@yeezyboy9386]

I’m 12 and can do it

[@Jankovic04]

Cool

[@jessicatschirhart3712]

Saw the title and said " That's how I did it in the 80's." Hours of boredom before my parents allowed me to watch TV after dinner. And before you ask I'm 37.

[@bribli2177]

Wow,a video about a guy learning how to spin a basketball on the tip of his finger.I guess Buzzfeed is running out of ideas. *facepalm*

[@kadenray5521]

Not reql

[@lacreasegivens]

Ican

[@stt.9433]

I think the key is having long nails

[@lufaith]

3 hours? I've did it before and it didn't take 3 hours!

[@nataliekeens5531]

Done*

[@lufaith]

@@nataliekeens5531 DID DID DID

[@lufaith]

@@nataliekeens5531 DID DID DID

[@nataliekeens5531]

@@lufaith done is literally the correct wording

[@lufaith]

@@nataliekeens5531 You don't get the point, I like the word did!

[@whotookben]

Timed it, was only 2.82 seconds, this videos a lie 😂😂

[@whotookben]

@@tonish727 I mean i actually timed it with my phone from start to finish and it was only 2.82

[@cu8598]

First comment

[@LickOnBlues]

In their defence Mike Boyd doesn’t own the concept of learning things.... Iam sure there have been plenty of such videos (obviously in vlog form) before Mike... Stop being cynical just because it’s buzzfeed

[@recoil53]

That's not what the whiney posters are about. As long as BF has been around, there have been a bunch of posters looking for any reason to whinge. And it's been done before the internet. If anything, Mike Boyd is copying someone else.

[@0lig367]

E

[@CapAnson12345]

Yeah it's not that hard really. Also it has nothing whatsoever to do with basketball skill.

[@chepho5465]

How many ksi fans are here?

[@strixzypoo]

-1

[@adriancatian6396]

Dont use ur skin use the top of ur nail

[@eggisaway]

mike boyd did it first

[@chazlon5061]

Wait are you serious how do you have to "learn" to do it ? it's the simplest thing ever you just put it on your finger and push it

[@MikedaddyO]

Imagine being not being able to spin a basketball 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@abdulrahman-jn7zx]

You are copying Mike Boyd