Duke Slap The Floor Tradition

Former duke guard steve wojciechowski practically made it an art form.

Duke slap the floor tradition.

Miami hurricanes slap the floor on defense in the second half vs. The gesture was miami s way of mocking duke which has been doing the floor slap on defense for years. Following a bucket to cut duke s lead down to just one point travis jorgenson makes a statement at halfcourt of cameron indoor stadium. Longer high quality version with dicky v s reference to duke s tradition.

One of the many things opponents love to hate about the blue devils. The duke floor slap. Slapping the floor may not have started with duke but no one is more famous for doing it. Video courtesy of espn all video rights belong.

It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year s. All the tradition that coach has built. You can see video of the floor slap below. They do it for an extra dash of grit while playing defense and they went to the floor slapping during the.

Watch as duke respon. 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. 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.

I asked him and yes they teach the. When you slap the floor each and every player has to mean it has to commit to playing defense at a higher level.