Mar 9, 2017
Dirk Nowitzki's shooting coach got emotional during Dirk's historic night. All the feels
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Dirk Nowitzki's shooting coach got emotional during Dirk's historic night. All the feels
Algumas horas antes do terceiro jogo da série entre Dallas Mavericks e Oklahoma City Thunder, uma equipe da ESPN entrou no ginásio para fazer testes com as câmeras e preparar toda a produção do jogo que aconteceria dali a pouco.
Enquanto preparavam tudo, a equipe viu Dirk Nowitzki treinando arremessos. O que chamou, entretanto, foi que os exercícios pareciam saídos de uma competição de HORSE, aquele jogo que você desafia seu adversário com arremessos mirabolantes.
Algumas coisas que a equipe viu (prepare-se que a coisa vai ficando bizarra): 1) um giro de 360 graus da cabeça do garrafão antes do chute; 2) arremessos em uma perna só, com a direita e a esquerda, e tanto com joelhos esticados quanto flexionados; 3) arremessos de meia distância de todo lugar possível, direto no aro e na tabela; 4) dar dois passos bem largos e enquanto ainda estiver agachado pegar a bola rolando e arremessar; 5) abertura das pernas o máximo que conseguir, pega a bola rolando e arremessar ainda nessa posição.
Estranho, sem dúvida. Mas a gente não pode negar que o alemão é um dos maiores arremessadores da história. Esses exercícios bizarros saíram da cabeça do treinador, mentor e segundo pai de Nowitzki, Holger Geschwindner. Este ex-jogador da seleção alemã e hoje técnico, Holger foi responsável por “descobrir” o gigante de 2m13 e moldá-lo no que ele é hoje: um dos maiores jogadores da história.
Ontem entrou na seleta lista de atletas com mais de 30 mil pontos na NBA (ao lado de Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan e Wilt Chamberlain). Na noite em que Dirk atingiu a marca, Holger estave no ginásio e suas lágrimas chamaram tanta a atenção quanto o arremesso histórico.
Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot
Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot
I'm not entirely impartial, but this is a great documentary about a great and very likeable athlete. It's hard to believe how down-to-earth Nowitzki continues to be thanks to his environment of friends und family, as well as his focus on basketball and not the commercial circus that surrounds it.
DVD-Tipp 50Plus: NOWITZKI. DER PERFEKTE WURF.
DVD-Tipp 50Plus: NOWITZKI. DER PERFEKTE WURF.
13 Jahre lang kämpft Dirk Nowitzki um die Trophäe aller Trophäen. Bis es ihm 2011 endlich gelingt: Er gewinnt mit den Dallas Mavericks die lang ersehnte NBA-Meisterschaft. Und wird gleichzeitig zum wertvollsten Spieler der Finalserie gewählt.
NOWITZKI. DER PERFEKTE WURF. erzählt die Geschichte seines erstaunlichen Aufstiegs von einer Schulturnhalle in der süddeutschen Provinz bis an die…
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Kids these days...
What a great condescending phrase. My favorite part is that I'm at the age where it's a double edged sword to be wielded for or against me depending on the situation.
For example, I refuse to abbreviate normal words in text messages, insist on correct punctuation, and prefer to call a girl I'm interested in on the phone or talk in person rather than using Facebook or email, etc.
I also listen to a fair amount of rap music, act goofy at inappropriate times, and quote lines from Anchorman more than is probably good for my sanity.
A little balance (or imbalance perhaps more appropriately) seems good to keep life interesting.
Being stuck in a van for hours at a time provides more than ample opportunity to ponder. I love the dichotomy of swords & castles while moving sideways at 70mph. I am grounded by amazing experiences mixed with ongoing struggles. I am awed by natural beauty hovering all around and outside of withering human monuments.
Perhaps the largest blessing of the road is the extremes that somehow seem to sit comfortably next to each other as opposed to the more even keeled comforts of being home.
But enough philosophical mumbo jumbo...
The Mavericks won last night and I was in Dallas with a bunch of likeminded friends and fans yelling and shouting, enjoying good music from The Daylights and Parlotones, and enjoying some amazing B-level Mexican food (thank you Fuzzys and late night Taco C).
The Door show was an absolute blast (as expected) with everyone in the room running back and forth between the concert floor and the bar area where the TV was with the game on. I even got chided for taking my Dirk jersey off while loading out... Love it...
Two of my college buddies (who managed tickets to the actual game.... So jealous...) stopped by afterwards and the whole Daylights/Parlo crew headed to the Loon for a drink and to revel in our big Finals game win.
Easily the biggest highlight of the outing was meeting Dirk's German shooting coach, Holger Geschwindner, who just happened to stop in. Everyone of of us, of course, were immediately resolved to get a hand shake and give the requisite "thank you for making Dirk's game awesome" kudos.
Ran ended up talking to him for almost a half hour with the bulk of the conversation surprisingly about literature, mentoring, and the unique adventures Holger and Dirk have shared all in a quest to stretch themselves far beyond the basketball court and be renaissance men of sorts in a great variety of subjects from writing, history and art as well as the free throws and fade aways.
It definitely gave me a new found respect for Dallas' favorite German and was a great reminder for how we should associate ourselves with so much more than just current trends and pop culture.
I have 6-7 books with me on this tour run in an effort to push myself to take more in from a variety of sources.
I read a quote today about originality:
"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original, whereas if you simply try to tell the truth you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it." - C.S. Lewis
As usual, Mr. Lewis seems to be on to something; however, I also think that the more we are able to expand our own horizons, the more innately creative we are equipped to be and the more we can have the perspective to be dedicated to what we do.
I may not have all my dots completely connected just yet but hopefully you get the gist of my thought process. End point of the story: I think I need to be reading more to be able to write more. The reading is likely to be reward enough in itself anyway...
Looking forward to some good Texas BBQ tonight in Austin.
DIRK NOWITZKI