Duke Slap The Floor Tradition

Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping.

Duke slap the floor tradition.

My nephew went to duke basketball camp. It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s. While duke players may act like the floor slap is a spur of the moment reaction it s actually a learned technique. One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils.

Watch as duke respon. 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. Slapping the floor may not have started with duke but no one is more famous for doing it. I asked him and yes they teach the.

Former duke guard steve wojciechowski practically made it an art form. 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. You can see video of the floor slap below. Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong.

Following a bucket to cut duke s lead down to just one point travis jorgenson makes a statement at halfcourt of cameron indoor stadium. They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the. The duke floor slap. The gesture was miami s way of mocking duke which has been doing the floor slap on defense for years.

There may be no tradition more closely associated with duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense. Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition.