Duke Slap The Floor Tradition

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.

Duke slap the floor tradition.

Watch as duke respon. Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition. The duke floor slap. My nephew went to duke basketball camp.

Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong. Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping. While duke players may act like the floor slap is a spur of the moment reaction it s actually a learned technique. When you slap the floor each and every player has to mean it has to commit to playing defense at a higher level.

All the tradition that coach has built. Former duke guard steve wojciechowski practically made it an art form. Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs. You can see video of the floor slap below.

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. There may be no tradition more closely associated with duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense. It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s.

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. I asked him and yes they teach the.