title: The Virtual Game of Basketball: The Math, Physics and Fundamentals
author:  Troy R Miles 
description: As a youngster I never quite understood when I would see a martial artist in the park going through exercises in slow motion. I thought, "He'll never fight in slow motion." Fortunately I understand now that it is less about the speed at which you train and more about the precision of technique in each frame of movement. Sustained optimization or positive repetition applied over a period of time will ultimately forge skill acquisition and prepare you for the moment of exchange. It has been a long passage thus far from Fundamentalist to "Virtualist." The road to optimization is as long as the stairway to heaven and the deeds seem just as demanding. My lifelong association with the game of basketball has given me great insight into all aspects of life. Much of who I am today is a result of my journey through the game as a fan, a student, player, and now as a coach and teacher.
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  CHAPTER ONE
  CHAPTER TWO
  CHAPTER THREE
  CHAPTER FOUR
  CHAPTER FIVE
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  Chapter One
  August
  I was a nerd, but I wasn't a super nerd. I wasn't like the guys you might see on those made-for-TV-
  series who could tell you the exact amount of force needed to propel a football forty-five yards at a
  twenty-four degree angle on a cloudy day with a wind speed of three miles an hour depending on the
  chemical make-up of the gases in the ball and the PPI to get it through the field goal to win a tight
  game.
  Okay, I probably could, but I'd at least need a calculator, paper and pencil. The only thing I was really
  able to calculate in my head was my ability to be completely invisible in a group… and make an
  absolute fool of myself when given the opportunity to stand out.
  Like, if the window was open in a classroom, and Mr. Waters––me, I'm Mr. Waters––was standing on
  a desk that was about forty inches high and the wind was blowing outside a