Blog for Week 13

From the way they dribble to the way they move on the floor, the Harlem Globetrotters are an excellent example of the black aesthetic. These skilled athletes do so many tricks and make the game look so easy. It's as though they really are just "playing." First I'll begin with their dribbling. The Globetrotters dribble in different positions: on knees, crawling, balancing the ball on their arms, heads, and shoulders. They even dribble while carrying things, like umbrellas, around the court. The Globetrotters can shoot from long distances, all the way on the other side of the court. And they travel across the court with such speed that it's hard to tell who even has the ball. One of the main things they do though, that really shows the black aesthetic is the way they fake. Not only do they fake passing the players, but they fake who has the ball, pretending to go for a shoot, then throwing it to someone else who makes the basket. It amazes me how talented these men are and truly how easy they make it look.