They just might not be quite as good at it as the six young men who form 'Dude Perfect' are.

These astonishing videos claims to show the longest basketball shot
in the entire world - but is it for real?
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Scroll down to see the three Dude Perfect's videos

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These three videos show six students at Texas A&M University in America who have come together to form a group called 'Dude Perfect' - quickly becoming yet another internet legend.

The first two videos, posted on YouTube on September 17, shows one of the 'Dudes' making a jaw-dropping shot from the third deck of the Texas A&M football stadium.  One video taken from the third deck, and one taken from down by the net - both show the ball clearly arcing through the air before smoothly scoring.

Computer experts called in to examine previous videos have told American media that they cannot see where any edits may have been made.
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He shoots, he scores: The Dude Perfect player hurls the basketball  towards the net from the third deck of Texas A&M football stadium.

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Nothing but net: The 'Field View' video clearly shows the ball  sailing through the air and sinking into the basket.

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The six - formerly high school basketball players, now college roomates - have taken the web by storm with their 'nothing but net' feats. 

One shudders to imagine what their parents and teachers think - after all, it's clear that the majority of their time must be spent perfecting these astonishing shots rather than in their rooms studying.
But it's all for a good cause. For every 100,000 views the group's Summer Camp video (shown below) receives, they plan to sponsor one child through an 'awesome' organisation known as Compassion International.
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.  How it looked from above: The ball, circled, sinks down in an arc to  the basketball net, surrounded by excited Dude Perfect members below.

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'We are already set to sponsor a few and, for example, if our video hits one million views this semester, the six of us will be sponsoring 10 kids!' the group announced somewhat excitedly.

'We're really excited about this, and we hope you will help us spread the word so we can sponsor as many kids as possible!'

The group's website can be found at www.dudeperfect.com (perhaps unsurprisingly, that domain name had not yet been snapped up).

The six young men also revealed the secret behind the name: 'Sean set a camera on a railing in our backyard, looked through the lens, saw Tyler sitting perfectly in the frame, and said 'Dude perfect'', they confessed.
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.  Eye on the basket: One of the members of Dude Perfect takes  the shot from the third deck of the football stadium.

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They also revealed that one of the members is actually already a graduate, having left Texas A&M this spring.  Four others are due to be graduating next year and one in 2011, though they did not clarify who was who.

Despite their viral fame, the six have remained elusive, with frustrated American television hosts begging them to return calls and grant requests for an interview.

They have been featured in the media before, with the hosts of U.S. morning talk show Good Morning America devoting an entire segment to questioning whether or not their video is fake.

Fortunately for Dude Perfect, computer experts called in by the show confessed they could not spot where the videos had been edited together to create a fake.

The group also found an audience on U.S. chat show Regis and Kelly. 'That's a very specialised skill,' host Kelly Ripa commented drily on watching the video.
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See Dude Perfect's 'Longest Shot' and the 'Summer Camp Edition' here.

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