This weekend I was searching through some old pictures and I found this particular one after a game I played. I immediately knew there were physics to be discussed. The first thing I realized was that there needs to be enough force to overcome gravity pulling the basketball to the earth. However, if too much force is generated, the ball would bounce hard off the backboard or go out of bounds. This right amount of force is what most players call "touch" on the ball. This "touch" is usually what determines if the ball would bounce in the basket after hitting the rim or backboard. I also thought of the vectors of force needed to project the ball into the basket. Because the y component always equals the weight downwards, the x component is the one that varies, depending on how far the shooter is from the basket.