Duke Slap The Floor Tradition

While duke players may act like the floor slap is a spur of the moment reaction it s actually a learned technique.

Duke slap the floor tradition.

The duke floor slap. They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the. 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. Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs.

Former duke guard steve wojciechowski practically made it an art form. Slapping the floor may not have started with duke but no one is more famous for doing it. The gesture was miami s way of mocking duke which has been doing the floor slap on defense for years. Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong.

I asked him and yes they teach the. One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils. Watch as duke respon. 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. My nephew went to duke basketball camp. 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.

It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s. Following a bucket to cut duke s lead down to just one point travis jorgenson makes a statement at halfcourt of cameron indoor stadium.