Duke Slap The Floor Tradition

One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils.

Duke slap the floor tradition. Watch as duke respon. 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. It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s. Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong.

Former duke guard steve wojciechowski practically made it an art form. While duke players may act like the floor slap is a spur of the moment reaction it s actually a learned technique. Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition. Duke s jay williams made famous the floor slapping.

My nephew went to duke basketball camp. 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. I asked him and yes they teach the.

There may be no tradition more closely associated with duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense. Following a bucket to cut duke s lead down to just one point travis jorgenson makes a statement at halfcourt of cameron indoor stadium. Slapping the floor may not have started with duke but no one is more famous for doing it. Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs.

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