Duke Slap The Floor Tradition

Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping.

Duke slap the floor tradition.

Former duke guard steve wojciechowski practically made it an art form. There may be no tradition more closely associated with duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense. While duke players may act like the floor slap is a spur of the moment reaction it s actually a learned technique. Slapping the floor may not have started with duke but no one is more famous for doing it.

Slapping the floor is a decades old tradition with duke s defense though it is occasionally mocked and even when other teams imitate the move the blue devils still come to mind. It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s. My nephew went to duke basketball camp. The gesture was miami s way of mocking duke which has been doing the floor slap on defense for years.

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. One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils. Watch as duke respon. Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs.

The duke floor slap. They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the. I asked him and yes they teach the. Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition.

All the tradition that coach has built. When you slap the floor each and every player has to mean it has to commit to playing defense at a higher level.