Why do I keep falling asleep while watching basketball?
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If I can't sleep I either turn on a basketball or baseball game.  It cures my insomnia.  Both sports are so boring and I can't stand to watch either. Give me football or hockey any day!
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What is so cool about a guy who doesn't have to jump to dunk the ball?\n\nShow me a guard who can sky any day before Yao
440264
You're right.  I tried to watch a game once.  What a waste of time.  Of course, the NBA isn't much more entertaining, but at least you know you're watching the best.  In the WNBA, they make a big deal out of a dunk.  That should tell you about the overall caliber of play in that league.  Won't be around much longer, I shouldn't think.
1024893
its when a player interferes with the ball going into the basket... while its on/around the rim
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Lack of sleep is one cause.
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why is this in basketball?
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Might be because of too much sleep
592069
Me and my buddies watching basketball, Burp!   ;>)
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This strange falling sensation and muscle twitch is known as a hypnagogic myoclonic twitch or “Hypnic jerk” If this has happened to you on more than one occasion, don’t worry, you are not alone. Close to 70 percent of all people experience this phenomenon just after nodding off, according to a recent study at the Mayo Clinic. \n\nMost experts agree that this is a natural part of the sleeping process, much like slower breathing and a reduced heartbeat. The occurance is well known and has been well documented. However, experts are still not completely sure why the body does this. \n\n\nThe general consensus among researchers is that, as your muscles begin to slack and go into a restful state just as you are falling asleep; your brain senses these relaxation signals and misinterprets them, thinking you are falling down. The brain then sends signals to the muscles in your arms and legs in an attempt to jerk you back upright. This misinterpretation that takes place in your brain may also be responsible for the “falling” dreams that accompany the falling sensation. These “dreams” are not really normal dreams, as they are not produced from R.E.M sleep, but rather more like a daydream or hallucination in response to the body’s sensations. \n\nWhile this phenomenon happens to most everyone, studies have recently begun to link occurrences of “Hypnic jerks” to sleep anxiety, fatigue, and discomfort. People who are having trouble sleeping or can’t get comfortable in bed appear to experience the sensation more often throughout the night. It is especially more common with people who are trying to fight falling asleep or have deprived themselves of sleep for more than 24 hours. \n\nResearchers believe that the lack of sleep from sleep anxiety or sleep deprivation confuses the muscles and the brain. The muscles continually attempt to relax and shut down for rest, while your brain remains awake creating continued “misinterpretations” of falling or loss of balance. \n\nScientists and researchers continue to study sleep twitching and jerking in a small capacity, but state that the sensation is completely normal for our bodies and is “of little medical significance”. Our bodies go through several procedures of shutting down and preparing for an extended period of rest. “Hypnic jerking” is just one of them. It doesn’t appear to cause damage to body and poses no danger to our physical wellbeing.\n\nRandom info on Sleep Stages:\nAlthough sleep may seem like a steady state, it actually consists of several stages that cycle throughout the night. The types of brain waves present at the time (based on amplitudes and frequencies) determine the stage of sleep. Only a brief introduction to the stages of sleep will be presented here because a thorough examination of them is beyond the scope of this site. Most importantly, lucid dreams occur in the 5th stage of sleep, known as the REM (Rapid Eye Moment) stage (note: REM is read as a word, not as each individual letter). As the name alludes to, the most profound discernible characteristic of REM sleep is the bursts of rapid eye movement while dreaming. Although dreaming occurs during the other stages of sleep, the most vivid dreaming occurs during the REM stage.\n\nOne complete sleep cycle lasts about 90 to 100 minutes; therefore during an average sleep period a person will experience 4 to 5 complete sleep cycles. The sleep cycle begins with four stages of SWS (Slow-Wave Sleep), also called NREM (Non-REM). Note that after the completion of the 4th stage, the 5th stage does not immediately begin; instead, the first 4 stages quickly reverse and are then immediately followed by a REM period. The first REM period will occur roughly 90 minutes after falling asleep; thus the first REM period will last only about 10 minutes, given the length of each sleep cycle being roughly 100 minutes. The length of the stages is not static, however: as the night proceeds, the length of stages 3
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Because in today's society, America is obsessed with entertainment. Basketball, whether it's the NBA or college, is a great form of action packed entertainment that every American craves. Plus, it's just freaking awesome!
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Because you are falling -- falling asleep!  Why do you think they call it that?
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Your brain blacks you out while you sleep, and it does it chemically. It is triggered by adenosine and seratonin but the actually falling asleep is quite complex.\nAlso your mind is not dulled by sleep. During non-rem sleep brain activity is lower but during REM sleep brain activity is often greater than waking life.  Most people's bodies are temporarily paralyzed chemically to prevent the body from moving during sleep, while the senses are being excited by dreams of rem sleep.  This process occurs even if you dont remember dreaming.\n\ncheck:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep
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A true player you are.... Having played myself in college, it was something I lived. I love basketball and still associate my life with it, and play even when tired. It is my therapy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Let's be honest, Jordan went to the line whenever he wanted to; and the 90's Bulls and Knicks were unwatchable because they couldn't fill the hole and were content to rape and pillage on defense (until the hand-check was prohibited, post-Jordan's prime years).\n\nIt depends who you root for whether the NBA is unwatchable.  The Suns, much as I don't like them, are a run and gun team that aren't horrible on defense and they are fun to watch.\n\nThe Pistons and Spurs are as good as morpheine, you can watch that stuff if you want a deep sleep to kill the pain.\n\nThe Heat, Lakers, Sixers and to a certain extent the Sonics and Hornets are fun to watch because they have one guy you have to guard or he will torch you (Wade, Kobe, A.I., Allen, Paul).  LeBron is amazing, but the team around him is horrid and it impairs his game (where that's not so much the case with the other guys).\n\nThe NBA was fun to watch when Erving, Magic, Bird et al combined dazzle with defense, alley-oop with altruistic team play.  Jordan did the razzle and got no ring, til his defense and jump shot improved, then the team got boring but won rings.  It's just finding a balance between entertaining play and solid team execution.  The Pistons and Spurs are solid, well-oiled machines, coaches love watching them play.  D'Antoni in Phoenix is Westhead at LMU:  Run your opponent into the ground (sometimes it doesn't work).  The Lakers and Heat and Mavericks are a bit more watchable in that they have a few young players who are fun to watch and are coached in fundamentals (the perfect combo).  But as long as Riley and Jackson are in the league, you're gonna get boring, slow, half-court, 10 passes to a hoop, basketball.  It wins, it's just not pretty.  Maybe some new coach will figure out how to combine run-n-gun with stifling defense and make a game of it again.\n\nAfter the first 11 quarters of this year's finals, I thought the NBA was cooked.  Mavs dominating, Wade an afterthought.  Then the refs, the NBA and the networks figured it out and made some adjustments and voila!  The Heat win four in a row, three of them really tight games.  Wow, funny how that happens huh?  Don't mistake it, the NBA is the one sport most affected by officiating, and that is probably the biggest reason it is sometimes unwatchable.
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Because you don't want to zone out.  You know how if you stay still for a while you start day dreaming?  Same thing.  You don't want to be daydreaming with balls going over 100 miles an hour.  You just have to be ready, whether in the field or at bat.
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It's kind of a chain reaction, and it depends partly on your metabolism. If you have a low metabolism, then you're probably more prone to being tired, and the more you sleep the more in a rut you're getting. You need to exercise and get your body active. But it's also a mental thing; if you're relaxing too much, you'll start to get used to that and not feel the desire to be more active.\n\nJust let me know if you need something to keep you awake. I'll be right over!
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I dont know what is wrong with you. If you are physically and mentally fit to play the game, I dont see the reason why you're having such a big problem. Its all in your head. If you got game, you dont have to brag about it. Let your game do the talking. My Dad once said, you dont ask for respect, you earn it. By showing that you are a really great baller, respect will come. But not being a great offensive player, makes you a great player. You have to have all the necessary skills to play on a TEAM. Your problem was, you always get picked last? That's fine because they dont know you yet. So, show them that you belong by being a chamistry type of player. Look to pass before you shoot. Look to rebound before you run for a fastbreak and most of all, the most important thing in all of team sports, RUN RUN and RUN. Dont be lazy. If I'm wrong with my advice, I'll give you 50 points from me.