Handshakes come in all shapes and sizes ahead of basketball games. The pregame ritual allows allows players' personalities to shine and boosts chemistry on the court.

We may still see pregame rituals such as those this upcoming season, ... NBA has set a 90-second limit on players’ pregame routines and ritutals. October 17, 2012. by Steve DelVecchio. 0. 0.

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The top-seeded Auburn Tigers have a similar pregame routine: manager hoisting a boombox on his shoulder as the players trail behind, heads bopping in time to the music. But there’s another, very ...

The little boy has the pregame steps taken by basketball players during and immediately after the national anthem down to a T, including taking off his "warm-up" shirt to reveal his jersey.

Gafford’s pregame alley-oop ritual originated ‘out of nowhere’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Before every NBA game, many players have certain pregame rituals and superstitions ...

Pregame rituals are kind of crazy. You spend the preseason, an 82-game season, and a four-to-twenty-eight game postseason doing the same thing, every day. Players become obsessed with routine ...

TCU junior guard Mike Miles Jr. has a unique way of preparing before any basketball game. Speaking with ESPN College GameDay's Rece Davis, Miles broke down his socks-and-shoes ritual that he ...

Syracuse women's basketball guards Brittney Sykes likes to give teammate Gabby Cooper some pre-tipoff advice. ... what's the meaning of Syracuse women's basketball players' pregame ritual?

In a pre-game ritual, the New Zealand players (known as the “Tall Blacks”) performed the haka — a traditional Maori dance featuring synchronized movement and war cries.

In all levels, high school, college and professional teams and players have rituals that they perform to get themselves mentally ready for the challenge ahead of them. One can argue that these ...