A video has emerged of a basketballer almost colliding with another player while performing a celebratory backflip on the court.

The footage, shot by a teammate during the game in Philadelphia, PA, US, late last month, captures the moment the acrobat just misses another player with his feet.

“Just finished playing our first game. We won and he came to the side line to do a backflip” the filmer later wrote online.

“A loose ball almost hit him causing a horrible accident but great awareness and no one got hurt.”

A video has emerged of a basketballer almost colliding with another player while performing a celebratory backflip on the court.

The footage, shot by a teammate during the game in Philadelphia, PA, US, late last month, captures the moment the acrobat just misses another player with his feet.

“Just finished playing our first game. We won and he came to the side line to do a backflip” the filmer later wrote online.

“A loose ball almost hit him causing a horrible accident but great awareness and no one got hurt.”