A Dallas, Georgia, middle school teacher with a strong TikTok following wowed the judges on reality talent show “America’s Got Talent” this week by throwing footballs into a target from increasingly further distances.
Her winning move was hitting the net from the balcony with just seconds to spare.
Over four years, Amanda Badertscher has amassed 1.3 million followers on TikTok dubbing herself the “Trick Shot Queen” with videos of her attempting and eventually getting a variety of balls into a basketball net or hitting other targets.
Badertscher mixes and matches sports, using a bat to hit a basketball, for instance, or propelling a Frisbee into a net via a lacrosse stick.
Her usual reaction when she finally hits her mark? An excited “Lets go!” or “Oh my God!”
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