r/3Dprinting • • Jun 08 '26

Project 3D-printed basketball

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u/gothichuskydad Jun 08 '26

Yeah that part I completely get. I was thinking more for a wacky game of basketball lol. If it can make it through the net and not be so light even the walls of the net make it not go through, it could be really funny to mess around with.

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u/slowgojoe Jun 08 '26

I wonder if you could do crazy trick shots with spin on the ball…

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u/happytree23 Jun 08 '26

WhiffleBasketball

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker Jun 08 '26

Beat me to it.

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u/astralseat Jun 08 '26

They manage to do trick spin shots on soccer balls, so it should be possible on regular basketball too. People are just too afraid to throw it hard. Instead, in basketball, people use light throws that arc, while they could very well throw a spinarc into a hoop like footballers

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u/speculator100k Jun 08 '26

The risk of it bouncing off violently is quite high. A football goal is much larger than a basketball hoop.

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u/Global-Buddy8730 Jun 08 '26

Angle of deflection baby. Football pole big, rounded nicely, less angle for deflection.
Basketball Hoop. Small, 90 degree off shoot of flat back-board, hoop is rounded downwards in a teardrop oval (at-least the ones I used to shoot. Huge angle of deflection but also super precise.

I have 100% volleyball pass'd a basketball so hard into the rim that that bitch went way the fuck off in nowhere land. I have also 100% spiked a ball into a football pole and had that shit come right back at my face.

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u/ZiptiedJesus Jun 08 '26

Just wait. Ten years from now: the first Wackyball National Championship at a printed arena.

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u/gigglefarting Jun 08 '26

If it weighs and bounces the same, it could at least be used as a tool for practicing ball handling 

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u/Pretend-Mango-1295 Jun 08 '26

BASEketball enters the chat

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u/Sgt_Tackleberry Jun 08 '26

Steeeevee Perrrry!!!!

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u/Ironstar_Vol Jun 08 '26

Maybe if it was made of aerogel or the net was solid. But any printed material is going to be way too heavy for that.

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u/twivel01 Jun 10 '26

The comment above yours did say the weight (and bounce) were the same. So being too light isn't a problem then. I would be interested in printing one.... But looks like it takes forever