Duke Slap The Floor Tradition

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Duke slap the floor tradition.

It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s. Watch as duke respon. All the tradition that coach has built. My nephew went to duke basketball camp.

Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs. The duke floor slap. I asked him and yes they teach the. When you slap the floor each and every player has to mean it has to commit to playing defense at a higher level.

Former duke guard steve wojciechowski practically made it an art form. Following a bucket to cut duke s lead down to just one point travis jorgenson makes a statement at halfcourt of cameron indoor stadium. Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition. While duke players may act like the floor slap is a spur of the moment reaction it s actually a learned technique.

Two days after seemingly mocking duke s tradition of slapping the floor on defense hurricane guard shane larkin said it was a spur of the moment thing we didn t do it out of disrespect. The gesture was miami s way of mocking duke which has been doing the floor slap on defense for years. One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils. They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the.

You can see video of the floor slap below. Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping.