I was wondering why basketball players often touch the bottom/soles of their shoes especially after they shoot a foul shot. After they shoot the first one, theyll touch the bottom of their shoes, one at a time, and then throw the other shot. They sometimes do it when they are just standing around too.
2007-03-10 09:57:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
How about a combination of some of those ideas? Their hands are sweaty; their shoes are dry. It's killing two birds with one stone. They can wipe the sweat off their hands AND make their shoes have a bit more grip. Guess what? The shoes don't squeek on the floor if they are dry/dusty!
2007-03-10 11:00:16 · answer #1 · answered by jadenn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It whips the dust off of the shoe
2007-03-10 18:02:20 · answer #2 · answered by Cary B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a really good question. Honestly I've done it to get extra grip on my fingers. Just me...Let's see what others will say.
2007-03-10 18:03:30 · answer #3 · answered by Asaph23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theyre just wiping off the bottom of the shoes.. they cant become dry and slippery..
2007-03-10 18:05:07 · answer #4 · answered by LION 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to take the dust off, so it could have good grib on a gum
2007-03-10 18:49:07 · answer #5 · answered by kevin617@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so they can get the dust off the bottoms and get better grip when the run........
2007-03-10 18:02:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get sweat off their hands to gain more grip
2007-03-10 18:04:39 · answer #7 · answered by Q_RICH23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they do it to get the dust of their shoes so they don't get slippery
2007-03-10 18:53:42 · answer #8 · answered by i_fly_high 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that is what they do when they don't have anything to do, or just simply exercising.
2007-03-10 18:03:53 · answer #9 · answered by henry t 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋