AS in all professional sports, the chances of making it to the highest level of basketball are hopelessly slim.

AS in all professional sports, the chances of making it to the highest level of basketball are hopelessly slim. Aside from the usual barriers of athleticism, talent and mental strength, it also helps to be freakishly tall - and it's rare indeed to have all those attributes wrapped together in one package.

But fear not, fellow vertically-challenged and athletically impaired friends. Here is a chance for you to carve your own personal chapter of basketball history and beat the stars at their own game. All you need is time, a ball, a hoop.....and a lot of space.

- Read more now, watch the incredible videos and have your say in Mark Heath's Playing the Links blogs.