Louisiana basketball coach breaks world record for longest hoop shot ever

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Louisiana basketball coach breaks world record for longest hoop shot ever
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Joshua Walker made the longest basketball shot from 113 feet, 6 inches away from the hoop.

Walker took the record for the longest basketball shot from Elan Buller, who made a basket from 112 feet, 6 inches back in 2014."I literally don’t know how to react."After making the longest basketball shot, Walker went on to the farthest behind-the-back basketball shot, which he made — after numerous attempts — from a distance of 48 feet, according to GWR.

"I just wanted to get it close to the goal as many times as I could, and eventually one would go in," Walker said.Walker’s third record for the day was the farthest basketball hook shot, which he made from 80 feet away from the hoop — which he also took from Middleton."That one drove me crazy," Walker told GWR. "It was actually making me mad."He took that world record from another Harlem Globetrotter, Corey "Thunder" Law, according to GWR.

Walker has been playing basketball since he was very young. He told GWR he’s thrilled with his achievements.Read more of this story on

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