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Basketball coach sinks longest backwards shot
From https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/06/28/cpa-basketball-coach-drew-maddux-buries-longest-backwards-shot-ever-recorded-trick-shot/744408002/
CPA basketball coach Drew Maddux buries longest backwards shot ever recorded
MICHAEL MURPHY | NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN
11:37 p.m. EDT June 28, 2018
Christ Presbyterian Academy boys basketball coach Drew Maddux hit plenty of big shots during his playing days at Vanderbilt.
Not one of the 226 3-pointers he hit for the Commodores from 1994-98 compares to the bucket he buried earlier this week at the Nike Basketball Camp at Christ Presbyterian Academy.
On Wednesday, Maddux drained the longest backwards shot ever recorded, swishing an 84-foot, over-the-shoulder toss to break the previous Guinness World Record of 82 feet, 2 inches set in 2014 by Harlem Globetrotter Corey “Thunder” Law.
“When I saw the Harlem Globetrotters posted 82 feet, 2 inches as the world record I thought, ‘You know what, we can actually beat that,” Maddux said. “That’s why we did that shot.
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MICHAEL MURPHY | NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN
11:37 p.m. EDT June 28, 2018
Christ Presbyterian Academy boys basketball coach Drew Maddux hit plenty of big shots during his playing days at Vanderbilt.
Not one of the 226 3-pointers he hit for the Commodores from 1994-98 compares to the bucket he buried earlier this week at the Nike Basketball Camp at Christ Presbyterian Academy.
On Wednesday, Maddux drained the longest backwards shot ever recorded, swishing an 84-foot, over-the-shoulder toss to break the previous Guinness World Record of 82 feet, 2 inches set in 2014 by Harlem Globetrotter Corey “Thunder” Law.
“When I saw the Harlem Globetrotters posted 82 feet, 2 inches as the world record I thought, ‘You know what, we can actually beat that,” Maddux said. “That’s why we did that shot.
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