I heard it mentioned during the broadcast, and it made me think of it.
Who had a nerf hoop set up? Where?
Mine was in the hallway leading to my bedroom. We would go full force when we played. We even had a three point line.
I have purchased several nerf hoops since I've had kids, but they don't seem to get into as much as I did.
i could score from anywhere, nerf wise.
mine was on my closet door.
“someone's controlling the vibes!"--apache dropout
Bedroom door. I was the king of the two-wall bank shot.
my buddy and i once played the whole tournament field of 64 in a masterpiece of nerd-dom.
“someone's controlling the vibes!"--apache dropout
Growing up it was on the closet door, I drew OU "backboards" for it. Later a roommate and I had a house with a 22 foot cathedral ceiling, we had it above the fireplace. Made it nice to not have to shot so flat like I did at my parents house.
On the closet door is where my kids played.
Bedroom door. I set up schedules for OU, including a preseason tournament, all college tournament, home and aways with all big 8 opponents, big 8 tourney, etc. I put out weekly rankings and of course a 64 team bracket. I would play possesions for both of the teams. They would get a three point shot and if they missed a follow up two point shot. I tried to make it as "fair" as possible, but my OU team somehow consistently made it to the NC game.
I never did the whole tournament thing with the Nerf hoop, however, when I was about 11 or 12, my best friend and I found a nerf-sized wooden backboard with a real metal rim and a net. The weird part was that it had the University of Kentucky on it, and it was at TG&Y in OKC.
We went in together and bought it. My friend had the perfect set-up for it in his garage, so we had our own arena. We did play the field of 64 several times on that.
You're right; that is epic nerd-dom.Originally Posted by King Crimson
But awesome.
did you guys have the one with the medal bracket that could go over the door? or the newer crap kind?
I got mine back in 1984 and that sucker was solid. I tore down the trim above the hallway tryin' to dunk back in the day.
In fact nerf basketball caused me to develop osgood schlatters.
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I had the one with the metal bracket. Bedroom door at my house. I completely wrecked that door. Had to put tape all along the bottom of it.
My neighbor had his in his garage, which was probably for the best.
why do they not sell the metal bracket ones anymore? We have three of the newer kind in our house. They suck
Bedroom door, I could play with my friends all day, then we would go outside and dunk on the basketball goal after it was lowered to 6 ft.
Keep in mind we were like 12
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Mine was on the closet door. Many times my friends and I would fly into the closet doors and knock them completely into the closet during the many dunk and horse contests.
bedroom door. we had a free throw and 3 point line. when my parents werent home, we played on their closet door because their room was bigger. man i loved playing nerfball
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. Always wondered about that door.
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The first one that I had at my parents house was metal clip and metal rim, the later one that I had had the metal clip but plastic rim and the heavier ball.
metal rim? wow. mine was metal clip and plastic rim but yes the ball was much larger than those of today. you actually had to be a decent shot for it to go in. Those were the days I tell ya...
I seem to remember having one with a metal rim when I was a kid. I bought one with the metal clip, but plastic rim when I was in college. My roommate and I would put it up on the dorm room door. Nice high ceilings in the room so it worked good.
Haven't bought one in about 10 years but the latest models that were all plastic and had the cardboard backboard were crap. I actually bought one off ebay a long time ago just because it was old school.
I do prefer the balls that were made out of the same material as the footballs rather than the really fuzzy older ones that didn't bounce well and seemed to collect hair like nobody's business.
I actually picked a rental place because the living room had an elevated ceiling and was perfect for the NERF hoop. Seriously!
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