Duke Slap The Floor Tradition

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Duke slap the floor tradition.

Watch as duke respon. It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s. Slapping the floor may not have started with duke but no one is more famous for doing it. You can see video of the floor slap below.

One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils. Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping. 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. While duke players may act like the floor slap is a spur of the moment reaction it s actually a learned technique.

The duke floor slap. 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. Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong. There may be no tradition more closely associated with duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense.

When you slap the floor each and every player has to mean it has to commit to playing defense at a higher level. They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the. Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs. Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition.

Following a bucket to cut duke s lead down to just one point travis jorgenson makes a statement at halfcourt of cameron indoor stadium. I asked him and yes they teach the.