Tag: Trick Shots

Luka Doncic made a 21-foot underhand shot and it wasn’t his most ridiculous shot of the night

What made Luka Doncic even attempt either of these shots?!

Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic was basically playing an entirely different sport than everyone else on Sunday night.

Doncic recorded 47 points in a much-needed victory over the Houston Rockets. He also added 12 rebounds and seven assists while shooting 9-of-16 on his 3-pointers. It was a dominant performance from Doncic, who is in the midst of an MVP-caliber campaign for Dallas.

While the stats were impressive during this outing for the Mavericks star, nothing was as memorable as the ridiculous finger roll that he took in the third quarter. Leading by more than 20 points, Doncic decided to get a bit creative.

Doncic somehow decided to have the courage to attempt an underhanded finger roll from 21 feet away from the basket.

Usually those kind of looks are reserved for layups and floater range but he thought it would work from near the 3-point line. Somehow, he was right.

What is most unbelievable, though, is that this wasn’t even the most absurd attempt that Doncic made that night.

 

Although it was the most audacious that he tried during game action, he had a trick shot before the game that was even harder to process.

Before tipoff, he threw the ball off the scoreboard for a shot that somehow landed perfectly in the hoop. It made absolutely no sense and it was such a joy to watch.

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Golfweek Top 5

Golfweek’s JuliaKate Culpepper counts down the top 5 trick shots of the week. Submit your trick shots by tweeting them to @golfweek with the hashtag, #golfweektop5.

Golfweek’s JuliaKate Culpepper counts down the top 5 trick shots of the week. Submit your trick shots by tweeting them to @golfweek with the hashtag, #golfweektop5.

Watch: Texas sophomore Cole Hammer’s pool-side trick shot

Texas sophomore Cole Hammer is passing the time stuck at home by making trick shots.

Cole Hammer has some serious skill.

As a freshman at Texas he maintained a sub-70 scoring average and tallied consecutive T-1 finishes in the spring of 2019. In a sophomore campaign cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, Hammer had two top-10 finishes for the Longhorns.

Before heading to Austin, the Houston native and former world No. 1 amateur played in the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, was a member of the 2017 U.S. Junior Presidents Cup team, earned co-medalist honors at the 2018 U.S. Amateur before losing in the semifinals to eventual champion Viktor Hovland and won the 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball.

His talent on the course also translates to backyard, pool-side trick shots.

A+ effort. 10/10 creativity. The only question now is, what will Hammer do next?

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Golfweek Top 5: Counting down the best trick shots of the week

Check out the best trick shots of the week on Golfweek Top 5– Golfweek’s new video series.

Desperate for jaw-dropping shots while most professional golf is on hold?

Welcome to Golfweek Top 5, where we rank the best trick shots of the week.

With the masses self-isolating due to the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a new series created to showcase the talents of golfers and fans who are stuck inside.

This week, our finalists range from an NFL quarterback to a family in New Zealand. Our finalists set up courses in their backyards and in their homes and used everything including a simulator, a cup someone was drinking out of and a game console.

If you have a trick shot that deserves to be included in the next edition of the Golfweek Top 5, tweet the video of your trick shot to Golfweek with the hashtag #GolfweekTop5. We’ll show the top five videos on the next countdown.

Watch the first edition of Golfweek Top 5 below.

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Golfweek Top 5

Golfweek’s JuliaKate Culpepper counts down the top 5 trick shots of the week. Submit your trick shots by tweeting them to @golfweek with the hashtag, #golfweektop5.

Golfweek’s JuliaKate Culpepper counts down the top 5 trick shots of the week. Submit your trick shots by tweeting them to @golfweek with the hashtag, #golfweektop5.

The story behind that viral trick shot, water pong video

This golf-themed viral video from Garrett Clark and Matt Scharff from Kansas City features an elaborate course design and big payoff.

A new decade, a new viral video.

This golf-themed viral video that kicked off 2020 is courtesy of Garrett Clark and Matt Scharff from Kansas City, Kansas.

Clark, 19, and Scharff, 20, who met competing in junior golf at the Kansas City Golf Association, were inspired by trick-shot videos on Tik Tok and decided to make their own.

Clark admitted designing the indoor course, which features two sets of stairs, some barstools and a set of pots, was tough and took about an hour to construct. Once the course was done, it took about four hours of trial and error to get the shot seen in their viral video.

“One of the hardest parts of this video was the handoffs of the cell phone,” Clark wrote to Golfweek in an email. “Three hand offs!!! We kept the ball in frame the entire time and did a pretty decent job keeping it steady.”

The video, filmed by Clark and Scharff on Clark’s iPhone X at Clark’s home in Kansas City and posted on Jan. 1, has been viewed almost 700,000 times on their @gm_golf Twitter account and has been picked up by ESPN and other viral video Twitter accounts.

Clark putts the ball at the beginning of the video and Scharff douses himself with the cup of water in which the ping pong ball lands at the end, but they weren’t the only two stars of the video. Clark made sure to mention Annie the dog was a key component to the viral video. She’s sleeping under the ladder 13 seconds into the video.

When asked what Clark and Scharff’s reactions were to their video taking off the way it did, Clark responded, “Viral videos is what we do and happy to see it doing so well.”

Scharff also have a YouTube page on which he and Clark create other trick shot videos.

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