08-24-2007, 02:52 AM | #1 |
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Have you ever dunked a basketball?
And can you still do so? Have you ever done it in a game situation?
As for me: No, No and No. It is one of the great shames in my life that at 6'2" I could do no more than grab the rim. Meanwhile guys like bluegoose can dunk at 5'10". I was reading an article about a guy who has a booming business training 30 somethings to dunk. They pay him $5,000 and he guarantees it within a few months. |
08-24-2007, 03:41 AM | #2 |
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Yes, no and yes.
I was blessed with a nice vertical leap. I never had it measured, but I could dunk with rather ease. I just don't have large enough hands to palm the ball for one handed dunks. I dunked in a high school gym class pick up games a few times and did the same in pick up games in college until my knees no longer allowed it to happen.
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08-24-2007, 03:48 AM | #3 |
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#1 Yes many times
#2 No...lol..I'm not sure if I can touch the rim now. #3 only once.
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08-24-2007, 04:47 AM | #4 |
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I was a high school point guard, all 5'10" of me. I could dunk a tennis ball. I have not tried recently, but I would be impressed if I could touch just the net.
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08-24-2007, 05:00 AM | #5 |
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Yes, yeas, and yes (barely). But I am a cheater because I am tall, it's expected.
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08-24-2007, 05:08 AM | #6 |
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Yes.
No. I did grab rim tonight. Yes. A few times. None in any real important games though. |
08-24-2007, 05:14 AM | #7 |
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No, no, and no. I'm 6' 1" and I've never touched the rim. I share your shame.
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08-24-2007, 05:16 AM | #8 |
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I could grab the rim as a freshman in high school.
Two footed jumper and small hands doomed me. At my best I could one-step grab the rim. I also have gotten injured which prevented me from really giving it a go (knee tendonitis, sprained ankles). I can grab the rim now, but don't have the hops I used to. |
08-24-2007, 03:03 PM | #9 |
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Not even close.
5'9" and poor jumping skills. |
08-24-2007, 03:12 PM | #10 |
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No, no and no.
I was lucky to touch the rim and I could do so up until I was forty. After than I lost explosion, if you can call a white man jumping explosion, now I'm relatively short with no jumping skills. Or were you referring to an eight foot basket? If so, then yes, yes and yes.
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