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.

One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils. Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition. I asked him and yes they teach the. They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the.

Slapping the floor may not have started with duke but no one is more famous for doing it. My nephew went to duke basketball camp. Watch as duke respon. While duke players may act like the floor slap is a spur of the moment reaction it s actually a learned technique.

It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s. All the tradition that coach has built. Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping. Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong.

The duke floor slap. The gesture was miami s way of mocking duke which has been doing the floor slap on defense for years. 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.

When you slap the floor each and every player has to mean it has to commit to playing defense at a higher level. You can see video of the floor slap below.